Obituaries
Eugenia Spradling
Aug 13, 2022
On Saturday August 13th, 2022, at 1:50 AM Eugenia Fey Spradling, loving wife and mother of four children, passed away at the age of 90. Eugenia was born on May 31, 1932, to Charles and Beulah Pritchard of Overland Park, Kansas where she attended church regularly and became a lifelong member of the Assembly of God Church. On...
Janice Newton
Aug 13, 2022
On Saturday, August 13, Janice Newton, 85, a beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, died peacefully with her husband David by her side. She desired to be part of the willed body program at University of Kansas and her body was donated for study.
Janice was born in Springfield, Illinois on November 4, 1936, to Russell and Irene...
Michael Vennard
Aug 12, 2022
Michael Vennard, 46, died August 12, 2022, from diabetes complications. He was born May 8, 1976 in Washington, D.C. He moved with his family to Prairie Village, KS in 1983.
Michael graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School and Colorado College. He was the program manager at Sleepyhead Beds.
Michael was an avid sports lover...
Charles Strode
Aug 12, 2022
Charlie Clayton Strode was born in Indio, California. He has one brother and one sister still living & no children. He went into the Navy as a 20-year-old and was stationed on a big battleship. He loved to travel and saw many countries. He was very honored to serve his country and always said he would do it again....
Donna Grannan
Aug 7, 2022
Donna Grannan was born December 15th, 1928 in Hastings, Nebraska. After graduating from Holstein High School in Holstein, Nebraska, she attend the Omaha Institute of Radio and Electronics. She worked in communications for Trans World Airlines (TWA). In April of 1948, she married the love of her life, Bernard Patrick Grannan. After having 2 children, she worked as church...
Frank Riggle
Aug 7, 2022
Frank Edwin Riggle, 86, Overland Park, passed away August 7, 2022. Funeral Services at 10:00 a.m. at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS, with visitation prior from 9 - 10 a.m. Burial follows the service at Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Frank was pre-deceased by his wife Betty in January of 2011. Frank served 9 year...
Robert Magness
Aug 6, 2022
Robert (Bob) Lee Magness, 76, passed away suddenly on August 6, 2022 at home in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born in Warrensburg, Missouri to Donald and Hazel Magness.
Bob is survived by his wife, Catherine (Cathy) Magness and his two children, Joe Magness (Courtney) and Pat Magness; grandchildren, Hayden, Skylar (Lennon), Sailor, Brighton, Boston, Peyton, Maylee,...
Susan Pavlakis
Aug 3, 2022
Susan S. Pavlakis, age 71, passed away on August 3, 2022. She took her own life after a period of severe mental distress that included two hospitalizations and releases. A memorial service will be held at a later date. She is survived by her husband George N. Pavlakis and son Gregory A. Pavlakis, and brother Alan Shaw and his...
Samuel Perez
Jul 30, 2022
SAMUEL PEREZ, AGE 85, OF MISSION HILLS, KANSAS
PASSED AWAY SATURDAY, JULY 30, AT HIS HOME.
SAM WAS BORN IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, SEPTEMBER 21, 1936. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, HERLINDA AND PEDRO PEREZ AND SISTER, LYDIA PEREZ.
HE SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD IN ARMOURDALE, KANSAS.
SAM GRADUATED...
Ryan House
Jul 29, 2022
Ryan James House, 33, of Lawrence, Kansas, was born on April 19, 1989, in Wichita, Kansas. Our family learned of Ryan’s death on July 29, 2022. He was preceded in death by his mother Nancy Gray House who passed in 2015, and adoring grandparents Stan and Julia House. He is survived by his father Robert House (Susan) and...
Jin Hee Lee
Jul 28, 2022
Jin Hee Lee was born in 1919 in Kaesong, during the Japanese occupation of Korea. She was third of seven children. She married at age 19 to a nobleman, and at age 21 she gave birth to her only child, Sung Lan Lee. She lost her husband at age 25. Jin Hee never remarried, devoting her life to providing...
Gary Dykman
Jul 28, 2022
Gary L. Dykman, age 66, passed away on July 28, 2022. Born in Kansas City on February 21,1956 to Leroy and Pauline Dykman, Gary’s childhood was filled with baseball, boy scouts, family road trips, and time with aunts, uncles, and many cousins.
Gary married Patty (Martinsen) in 1981. Their 41 years together were filled with love and plenty of...
Pasumponni Karuppanan
Jul 28, 2022
Pasumponni Karuppanan, a loving mother and a beloved wife, passed away on July 28th at Kansas City Hospice House after a prolonged battle with cancer. She is a double Masters degree holder in Molecular Biology at the University of Akron, worked as a Cancer researcher at Cleveland Clinic, and was a Senior IT Analyst in Oracle Database; admired and...
Robert Wheat
Jul 27, 2022
Robert H. Wheat, 77, of Overland Park passed away on July 27, 2022. Visitation will be held on Saturday, July 30th at 9 a.m. at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., OP, KS 66210 with service to follow at 10 a.m. Burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens.
Buck was predeceased by his wife...
William Wubbenhorst
Jul 27, 2022
William (Bill) passed away July 27,2022 at the home of his daughter in Sacramento, CA., at the age of 99 ½ years. Bill was born to John Herman Wubbenhorst and Pauline Ferguson Morgan on January 5, 1923, in Liberty, MO. He graduated from Smithville High School. Bill spent the summers with his brother Norman on his Uncle Fred’s...
Sharon Cooney
Jul 26, 2022
Sharon Cooney (née, Sharon Lou DeCou) died from complications from dementia on July 26, 2022 in Tacoma, WA. She was 87. Sharon is survived by her sister Janice Potter of Louisville, KY and brother David DeCou of Paw Paw, MI, sons Michael Cooney of Perris, CA and Thomas Cooney of Kirkland, WA, and her grandchildren, Kyle, Ryan, Emma,...
Gloria Engelhart
Jul 25, 2022
Gloria Ann "Gigi" Engelhart's story began 74 years ago when she was born to James and Ina Mae Torigian in Aberdeen, SD.
55 years ago, she married the love of her life, James Engelhart, and they were blessed with four children. Her fierce love began when she became a grandmother. She held the love of her 11...
Kay Fulcher
Jul 25, 2022
Kay Fulcher, 77 passed away on July 25, 2022, with her family by her side. Kay was born August 5, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to parents Francis and Helen Axline. Her childhood years were spent in Cedar Rapids where she graduated from Jefferson High School, class of 1962. Upon moving to Overland Park in 1967, Kay became a...
Betty Gale Larson
Jul 24, 2022
Betty Gale Larson, 92, beloved wife, Mom, Grammy, GG, and Aunt, passed away peacefully in her sleep July 24, 2022, at Lakeview Village in Lenexa, her home for the last 19 years. Gale was born Aug. 11, 1929, in California, MO to Charles L. and Edna Beutler Yost. She was the youngest of four children: Nadia, Paul, and Charles. She...
Rose Grinstead
Jul 23, 2022
Rose Alice Cambern Grinstead—beloved wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, and great-grandmother—died peacefully at age 91 on July 23, 2022, at Lakeview Village Care Center in Lenexa, KS. A talented artist, Rosie was best known for her long career as a master quilter. She won national and regional awards, and her quilts were featured in Hallmark calendars and jigsaw puzzles. One of...
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