Obituaries

Carole Whelan

Nov 14, 2020

Carole Evelyn Whelan, 78, Lee’s Summit, MO passed away Saturday November 14, 2020.   Visitation will be 1-2:00pm Friday November 20th followed by a memorial service at 2:00pm.   In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to the American Cancer Society in memory of Carole.

Carole was born March 28, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland to John and...

Patricia Lou England

Nov 14, 2020

On November 14, 2020, Patricia Lou England passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family.

Patricia was born April 7, 1928 to Grady B. & Lily Sanders in Wichita, Kansas. She graduated from Wichita North High School and attended Business College. She worked at Davis Manufacturing where she met her husband of 46 years, Steve England. They...

Blanche Banks

Nov 13, 2020

Blanche O. Banks was born in Morrilton, Arkansas, on August 7, 1933 to parents Samuel and Larlean Oliver. She attended the public schools there and after graduating from L.W. Sullivan high school, she attended Philander Smith college in Little Rock Arkansas. Upon enrollment her original plan was to become an attorney.  She had a change of heart during undergraduate...

Barbara K. Grady

Nov 13, 2020

Barbara K. Grady, 89, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away November 13, 2020 at Tallgrass Creek Senior Living.  No services are planned at this time.  We welcome you to leave fond memories and condolences on the Tribute Wall above.

Naomi Turk

Nov 13, 2020

Naomi Turk, 94, went home to be with her Lord and Savior at the Shawnee Gardens Care Center on November 13, 2020.  She was born Naomi Stroud on November 25, 1925 in Weatherford, Texas, to Lewis and Susie Stroud.

Naomi spent her childhood in Weatherford Texas and graduated from Weatherford High School.  She met her husband of...

Helen Boan

Nov 12, 2020

Helen Maxine Boan Helen M. Boan, the daughter of John Walter and Clara Marie (Swanson) Nelson, was born February 25, 1923, in Essex, Iowa, and died November 12, 2020, in Overland Park, Kansas at the age of 97. She grew up in Iowa with her two sisters and two brothers who are all now deceased too. Helen was baptized...

Dick Imel

Nov 10, 2020

Arleigh Richard “Dick” Imel, 93, devoted husband of Ethel, passed away peacefully in the early hours of November 10, 2020, at Sharon Lane Health and Rehabilitation in Shawnee, KS from complications of advanced age.

Dick was born December 6, 1926 in Muskogee, OK to Arley James and Hazel Mary (Detlor) Imel.   His childhood was spent in Muskogee...

Patrick Brian Gerrity

Nov 9, 2020

Patrick Gerrity peacefully passed away on November 9, 2020, after a brief illness.  His long-term partner Barbara was at his side. Patrick was born January 1, 1954 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to parents Thomas E. and Helen C. Gerrity, who preceded him in death.

He spent much of his life in Overland Park, KS, graduated from Shawnee...

Carolyn W. Simmons

Nov 9, 2020

Carolyn Wakefield Simmons, a native and long-time resident of the Kansas City area, passed away last week at Olathe Medical Center Hospice, surrounded by her family.

Carolyn graduated from Southwest HS in 1949, then continued her education at Wellesley College. She completed her undergraduate education at the University of Texas at Austin after her marriage to Second...

John Stephen Bosnak

Nov 9, 2020

John Stephen Bosnak, 79, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away November 9, of complications following a planned surgery, with his loving family around his bedside. He was born February 15, 1941, in Alton, Illinois, to John and Marie Bosnak. He attended Alton High School, graduating as valedictorian of a class of more than 400. In 1963 he earned the...

Patricia Bumgarner

Nov 8, 2020

Patricia B (Thorne) Bumgarner of Kansas City died peacefully in her sleep Sunday morning November 8, 2020. Born to the parents Francis and Blanche Thorne January 7, 1927 in El Dorado Kansas and grew up in Shawnee Kansas. She is preceded in death by Fred O Bumgarner whom she married in 1949. And son Gregory T Bumgarner. She is...

Betty Hild

Nov 6, 2020

Betty Ellen Hild 1922 - 2020

Betty Ellen Hild, 97, of Leawood, Kansas died on Friday, November 6th in the comfort of her family.  Betty was born in San Francisco, California on December 22, 1922 to Walter and Ellyn Elizabeth (Hyland) Miller.  The family moved from San Francisco to the farmland of Nebraska when Betty was...

William R. Fish

Nov 6, 2020

William R. Fish, 102, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away November 6, 2020.  At this time, no services are planned.  Inurnment will be in Houston National Cemetery.

Benjamin Andrew Sparks

Nov 4, 2020

Benjamin Andrew Sparks, loving son, brother and uncle, passed away peacefully on November 4, 2020 at the age of 37. Ben was born on March 21, 1983 to Michael and Diane Sparks.

Ben grew up in Leawood, Kan., and graduated from Blue Valley North High School in 2001. He went on to attend The University of Kansas...

Opal Kroening

Nov 2, 2020

Opal Charlotte (Meier) Kroening, aged 99, passed away Monday, November 2nd2020 after more than a month under hospice care for failing health resulting from multiple recent falls. Opal was born in Hunter Oklahoma on August 18th, 1921, the daughter of John and Rosa (Schroeder) Meier.  As a young child she and her entire family moved to Orange California, then...

Mary K. Jones

Oct 30, 2020

Mary Katharine Jones, 92, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away October 30, 2020.

Mary K. was born January 3, 1928 in Kansas City, Kansas to Ben E. and Lily N. Burnett Wright.  The family moved to Lebanon, Missouri where she lived for 20 years.  She has lived in the Kansas City area since 1950, and in the Olathe...

Ruth Cantrell

Oct 30, 2020

Ruth Evelyn Cantrell, 91, moved on to her heavenly residence on Friday, Oct 30, 2020. She is survived by her daughter, Glenda Terrill (Lynn) of Richmond, VA, and son, Kevin Cantrell, of Overland Park, KS. She has two grandchildren, Jonathan Terrill (Caraleigh) and Jessica Holcomb (Joshua), two great grandchildren (Mariah and Micah Holcomb), and another greatgrandson due in December....

Rosetta Irene Riggs

Oct 27, 2020

Rosetta Irene Riggs, age 96, of Leawood, KS peacefully passed away Tuesday, October 27, 2020.  Visitation will be Monday, November 2, 10:30 a.m. at the Overland Park Church of God (Holiness) with funeral services following at 11:30 a.m.  Burial will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Olathe, KS.

In 2010, Rosetta was preceded in death by Virgil, her husband of 63 years.  She was also preceded in death by a daughter Sondra, by her brother Harlen Dockum, and by her...

Mary Modaress

Oct 26, 2020

On Monday, October 26, 2020, Mrs. Mary Azam Modaress, mother of Nellie (Niloufar), and Magnolia Modaress, passed away at the age of 76.

Mrs. Modaress was born on August 27, 1944, in Esfahan, Iran, and migrated to the US in 1978 with her husband, Dr. Mike Modaress, and two daughters.   Together, they left a successful life in...

Arlene Lindley

Oct 24, 2020

On October 24, 2020, Arlene B Lindley age 91 passed away peacefully.  Arlene was born in St. Cloud, MN on November 14, 1928 to Irene and Nicholas Schwietalla.  She moved to Minneapolis, MN married and started a family raising 6 children in Chicago IL then settling in Leawood, KS.  She returned to school to earn her RN degree and...