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Obituaries
Peyton Jovanny Rowe-Gamez
Jul 13, 2024
Peyton Jovanny Rowe-Gamez was born on July 5, 2000 in Kansas City, Missouri. Son of Matt Rowe and Jenny Rowe-Gamez, Peyton grew up in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born the first of four children. He graduated from Shawnee Mission South High School and spent two years at Johnson County Community College and a year at the University of Kansas...
Rosalie Louise Sullivan
Jul 12, 2024
Rosalie Louise Sullivan, 84, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away on July 12, 2024. She was born on March 14,1940 in Iola, Kansas.
Rosalie grew up on the family farm near Yates Center, Kansas. She excelled academically and graduated from Neosho Falls High School at sixteen. She attended Pittsburg State College and majored in Business Administration and Accounting. After graduating from...
Jerry L. Basinger, Jr.
Jul 11, 2024
Jerry Leon Basinger Jr. was called to be with his Lord and Savior on July 11, 2024, at the age of 53. He was born on July 30, 1970, the son of Pat and Sharon Patterson. Jerry resided in Leawood, KS, with his wife and two sons. He worked at Sears, now TransformCo for 30+ years.
Jerry is survived by his...
Royce A. Baxter
Jul 9, 2024
Royce Adell Baxter, age 80 of Olathe, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. She was born on August 30, 1943, in Topeka, Kansas, the youngest daughter of William and May (Jacobson) Scofield.
Royce graduated from Topeka High School, class of 1961. Royce married her beloved husband David on December 11, 1962. After many years as a stay-at-home mom, Royce...
Kristin T. Wray
Jul 8, 2024
Kristin Therese Wray, 36, of Overland Park, KS passed away peacefully on July 8, 2024, surrounded by her family.
She was born in Shawnee, KS, on December 31, 1987. She is survived by her parents Michael and Susan Wray (Caldwell) and sisters Ashlyn Wray and Courtney Keene (Wray). She graduated from Blue Valley West High School in 2006.
Kristin had an uncanny...
Shirley Louise Denny
Jul 7, 2024
Shirley Louise Denny
On March 21, 1935 a beautiful little girl named Shirley was born to Aulsie and Cora Dykes. She was born in a small cozy home in Kansas City, Mo. She spent her early years with her brother Jimmy and Sister Carol.
When she was 20 years old she met the love of her life and her darling David. After...
Michael H. Klinock, CPA
Jul 7, 2024
After a valiant battle with AML, Michael Klinock, 67, passed away on July 7, 2024, at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Mike dedicated his life to his family. He enjoyed nothing more than helping those he loved with everything from assembling Barbie’s Dream House to plumbing a sink. He leaves a legacy of love and a Mike size hole...
Charlotte Adelsperger
Jul 7, 2024
Charlotte Adelsperger, 86, of Overland Park, Kansas went to her Heavenly Home unexpectedly on July 7th, 2024. She and her twin sister, Alberta, were born March 24, 1938 to Mary (Ransford) and Walter Rist. The family of five was completed with the birth of her little brother, Wally.
Charlotte is survived by the love of her life, Robert “Bob” Adelsperger after...
Oliver Michael Reza Neil Brand
Jul 7, 2024
Oliver Michael Reza Neil Brand passed away unexpectedly on July 7. Born prematurely, he was steadily improving. He was recently released from the hospital. His family was enchanted by this sweet, darling boy. While his time with us was brief, he brought immense joy to his family. Oliver was named after his paternal grandfather, Stanley Neil Brand, and maternal uncle,...
Patricia H. Belden
Jul 6, 2024
Patricia H. Belden, 90, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away peacefully July 6, 2024, at her home. She was born April 21st, 1934, in Winfield, KS to Harmon and Thelma Smith. Patrica graduated from Winfield High School (1952). She then worked at Beech Aircraft in Wichita, KS. Patricia was joined in marriage to John R. Belden on January 25, 1953. They...
Elizabeth "Betsie" S. Miller
Jul 6, 2024
Elizabeth "Betsie" Miller of Overland Park, KS passed away peacefully at Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, MO on July 6, 2024, at the age of 85. She was born on October 18, 1938, in Saginaw, Michigan, the third and youngest child of Harold "Howdie" Slagh and Florence Nelson.
Betsie's career included clerical roles at Dow Chemical and several transportation...
LaRue Wyatt
Jul 3, 2024
Vera LaRue Wyatt, 90, passed Away on July 3, 2024. LaRue was born March 2, 1934 in Oakland, Arkansas to Arkie and Floyd Hawkins. LaRue was raised in north-central Arkansas near Mountain Home. She graduated from the University of Arkansas and began a carrier in teaching. She married her husband of 62 years, Don Wyatt on June 18, 1955. After...
Bobette Pierce
Jul 1, 2024
Bobette Jean Pierce was an “Old Soul” born to Bob and Theresa Pierce, both deceased. She has one sister , Barbara McKee. Bobette received a Bachelor degree from Washburn and a Master’s Degree from Emporia State. She loved her sorority Zeta Tau Alpha, at Washburn. She was the outstanding pledge her freshman year, was elected president, and was the Outstanding...
Steven Clyde Huey
Jun 28, 2024
Steven “Steve” Clyde Huey, beloved father, grandfather, son, brother and friend, sadly passed away on June 28, 2024, in Wichita, KS at the age of 71.
Steve was born into a U.S. Marine family at Camp Pendleton (San Diego County), California on August 20, 1952. He was the fifth of seven children of Col. Donald and Margaret Huey. Steve was a...
Lynn Renee Wille
Jun 27, 2024
Lynn Renee Wille, born on 7/21/1965, to John and Anne Marie Wille (nee Klamet) the youngest of four siblings passed away on 6/27/2024 after a long battle with Multiple Sclerosis. After growing up in Overland Park she eventually settled down in Paola to raise two boys, Judge and Tim, as a single mother. A lifelong aptitude for math and numbers...
Patricia Ann Pugh
Jun 27, 2024
Patricia Ann Pugh, 77, of Kansas City, KS, passed away on June 27, 2024 at St. Lukes Hospice House in Kansas City, MO.
Born August 19,1946 to William and Dororthy Nease. She married her high school sweetheart, Kenneth D. Pugh in 1965 and together they had two children, James and Julie. Then came seven grandchildren.
She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother,...
Patricia Ann Farmer
Jun 24, 2024
Patricia Farmer, lovingly known as Pat or Patty, passed away peacefully one day shy of her 89th birthday in Warrensburg, Missouri. Born in McKendree, West Virginia on June 25, 1935, she shared her early years with her beloved twin sister, Delores.
In 1951, Pat married and relocated to the Kansas City area, where she dedicated her life to raising her family...
Jo Ellen Messecar
Jun 24, 2024
Jo Ellen Messecar ascended to Heaven on Monday, June 24 at the age of 97. She was currently residing at Homestead Of Olathe Memory Care at the time of her death.
Jo Ellen was an accountant for TWA Airlines for several years. She and her husband, Dan [deceased] enjoyed the perks of traveling on TWA Airlines.
Family was always important to her....
Wayne Paul Ifft
Jun 23, 2024
Wayne Paul Ifft, 80, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on June 23, 2024. Wayne was born on August 10, 1943, to Paul and Gertrude (Hoerr) Ifft in Forrest, Illinois, a small farming community in central Illinois. He was very proud of his German/Norwegian/Swiss heritage and where he grew up with a large extended...
Robert Bruce Hines
Jun 23, 2024
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the unexpected passing of Robert “Bob” Hines, a beloved husband, father, grandfather and philanthropist. Bob passed away on June 23, 2024. Bob was born on June 3, 1949 in St. Louis, MO to Stuart D. Hines and Elizabeth (Kentzler) Hines. Raised in Kirkwood, MO, later moving to Chicago and finally settling in...
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