Obituaries

Kimberly Enlow

Kimberly Enlow

Feb 8, 2020

Kimberly Sue Enlow, 53, passed away February 8, 2020.   Kimberly was born in Kansas City, Kansas to Trey Francis and Cindy (Cecil) Francis.    She graduated from Turner High School in 1985.   She recently has worked at St. Luke’s South Hospital as a Med Tech.  Kimberly loved to shop, decorate, plan events and gatherings.  She planned her last class reunion...

Bobby Schmidt

Bobby Schmidt

Feb 6, 2020

BOBBY LEE SCHMIDT

Bobby Lee Schmidt, 84, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away Thursday, February 6, 2020 to Lloyd and Helen Schmidt who preceded him in death.

Growing up in Omaha, Bob was naturally an avid Nebraska Cornhusker fan.  It was there that he met the love of his life, Marilyn, during a...

Helen Burks

Helen Burks

Feb 5, 2020

Helen Burks passed away Wednesday February 5, 2020 surrounded by her family after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Helen is survived by her husband Clyde, son Jeff, step-son Tony, daughters in law Becki and Tara, brother Orval, and sister, Ruth. She is also survived by the greatest joy in her life, her grandchildren; Madeleine, Victoria, Sam, Jasper, and Jackson....

Ronald D. Kennedy

Ronald D. Kennedy

Feb 4, 2020

Ronald Daniel Kennedy died peacefully Tuesday, February 4th at his home surrounded by his wife, his three children, their spouses and his five grandchildren.  He was 83 years old.  “Ron” was born July 13, 1936 in Detroit, Michigan to H. Daniel and Charlotte Zavitz Kennedy.   Ron was a 1954 graduate of Elyria High School in Elyria, Ohio … served...

Vivian J. Bowman

Vivian J. Bowman

Feb 3, 2020

Vivian Bowman, 83, passed away February 3, 2020 at Kansas City Hospice House from a weakened heart and lungs.  She was a Christmas Baby, born on December 25, 1936, to Fred and Sally Berry, in Hugo, MO.

On January 19, 1957, Vivian married Thomas Gregory Bowman.  They shared over 53 years of marriage prior to his death...

John McBride

John McBride

Feb 1, 2020

John Joseph McBride, 72, of Kansas City, Missouri died Saturday, February 1st, 2020 at Menorah Hospital due to complications from Parkinson’s Disease.

John was born December 13th in 1947 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the son of William and Anna Kamm McBride.  John attended St Patrick’s elementary school.  During his adolescent years, John was a stellar speller and...

Thomas Slater

Thomas Slater

Jan 30, 2020

Thomas E. Slater

Thomas E. Slater 87, passed away Thursday, January 30, 2020 in Lenexa, Kansas.  He was born to Edmund and Margaret Slater.

Thomas was a graduate from Creighton in St. Paul, Minnesota and also attended the University of Minnesota.  He was a Korean War Veteran of the United States Army.  He...

William Copher

William Copher

Jan 29, 2020

A beloved member of our family.  Passed away on January 29, 2020, at the age of 91.

He was a 60 year resident of Prairie Village, KS.  He was born August 7, 1928 at Barnes

Hospital in St. Louis, MO and spent his first 6 years in Troy, MO.  The family moved from

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Robert Myers

Robert Myers

Jan 29, 2020

Robert Russell Myers passed away January 29th, 2020, in Overland Park, Kansas, at the age of 96. He was born April 28th, 1923, to Noah Russell and Dessie Henderson Myers in Afton, Iowa. Robert is preceded in death by his older sister, Helen, his grandson, Brandon, and his wife of 71 years, Betty. A devout man of Christian faith,...

Janet Barnes

Janet Barnes

Jan 28, 2020

JANET BARNES

Janet Barnes passed away January 28, 2020 at the age of 96.  Janet was preceded in death by her husband Howard.  She leaves her two daughters, Sandra Rose and Sharon Freeman, five grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.

Janet had a rich and fulfilling life full of travel, square dancing, card playing...

Robert Love III

Robert Love III

Jan 28, 2020

Robert Lee Love III (84) died peacefully on January 28, 2020 at home with his family by his side. He was born in San Francisco to Robert Lee Love, Jr. & Louise Love and in his younger years moved with his family all over the Midwest. Bob graduated from KU in 1957 with a BS in Engineering and later...

Geneva Culp

Geneva Culp

Jan 27, 2020

Geneva Lee (Mhoon) Culp, 88 of Leawood, Ks., passed away January 27, 2020. She was born on February 28, 1931, in Seneca, Mo., to Leo and Eudora Mhoon.

As a young woman, Geneva had a great love for music, singing in choirs from High school age to the present day. She graduated from Southwest Missouri State University...

Reynelle Miller

Reynelle Miller

Jan 27, 2020

Reynelle Arlene Miller, 55, of Kansas City, Missouri was lifted to Heaven Monday January 27, 2020.

Reynelle was born January 13, 1965 in Kansas City, Kansas to Gwendolyn and Kenneth Stuart.  She moved to Stilwell, Kansas at a young age, where she grew up and graduated from Blue Valley High School in 1983.

She is...

John Minor

John Minor

Jan 27, 2020

John's services have been planned now.   Please see below.

John V. Minor, husband, father, and former dental industry business owner passed away on January 27, 2020 at age 64 in his hometown of Kansas City. The cause of passing was due to complications during surgery related to previous medical conditions including COPD. His family and...

John Edward "Jack" Baldwin

John Edward "Jack" Baldwin

Jan 26, 2020

John Edward “Jack” Baldwin, 95, died peacefully on January 26, 2020.

Born in Jacksonville, IL, to Sylvan Peak Baldwin and Lawrence Victor Baldwin, he was the 3rd youngest of 7 Baldwin siblings. He later had an additional 4 step siblings after his father died and his mother married Ray Barton.

Jack was in the Navy...

Florence Hadley

Florence Hadley

Jan 25, 2020

FLORENCE M. HADLEY

Florence M. Hadley, passed away peacefully Saturday, January 25, 2020. With today’s world filled with dissension, judgement, division, and hostility, Florence stood out as one of the nicest people, and had the biggest heart of anyone you could ever meet.  Her ability to never hold a grudge, always forgive others (regardless of...

Mabel Hester

Mabel Hester

Jan 25, 2020

Mabel Louise Maurer Hester passed away into the arms of her savior on January 25, 2020. Born January 12, 1935, she spent virtually all of her life in the Kansas City Metropolitan area. She met the love of her life, Harold (Bud) Hester that produced a union that lasted for 63 years and 5 amazing children: Jim Hester, Russel...

Dorothy Carnelia

Dorothy Carnelia

Jan 24, 2020

Dorothy Carnelia, nee Broedel, Prairie Village, KS, went home to meet her Lord and Savior on Friday January 24, 2020 at the age of 106.  She was born in Brooklyn, New York to Peter and Helen O’Hara Broedel on August 23, 1913.  She was the oldest of 10 children all of whom preceded her in death.  On September 4,...

Maxine Black

Maxine Black

Jan 22, 2020

Maxine Green Burger Black, 102, of Overland Park, passed away on January 22, 2020.  A memorial service will be at 11:30am Monday January 27, 2020 at the Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave.  Private burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens.   In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Asbury United Methodist Church, 5400 W. 75th Street,...

Joyce Mary Townsend

Joyce Mary Townsend

Jan 21, 2020

Joyce Mary Townsend, 97, passed away January 21, 2020 at Brookdale Hospice, Overland Park, Kansas.

Joyce had been a resident of Overland Park, Kansas since 1974.  She was born on February 18, 1922 in Fresno, California to Florence and Jim Wallace.  Her early years were spent in California.  In 1945 she moved to Kansas, spending many years...