Obituaries
Susan Marie Kemmerer
Jan 29, 2026
Susan Marie Dube Kemmerer was called home to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 29th.
Susan was born in Faribault, MN on June 3 ,1949 to her parents Joan Payant McLane and Donald Dube. Her parents were divorced when Susan was quite young and she was raised by her mother along with her brother, David, in the home of their...
Charlyne D. Joslin
Jan 29, 2026
Charlyne D. (Wyant) Joslin, 97, passed away January 29, 2026, at the Kansas City Hospice House.
Charlyne was born on October 27, 1928, in Ree Heights, SD to Bruce Rigdom Wyant and Minnie Marie (Anderson) Wyant. She grew up in Maskell, NE besides a short time living in Leavenworth, WA. Her father, a blacksmith, passed away when she was 11. She...
Steven Ray Lofquist
Jan 2, 2026
Steven Ray Lofquist passed away peacefully in Round Rock, Texas on January 2nd, 2026, at the age of 73. Steve was an Overland Park, Kansas native, born to Ramona and Carl Lofquist. Childhood revealed his love of math and athletic abilities. He was an accomplished bowler and loved baseball. He played league baseball growing up and throughout high school. After...
Barbara M. Jones
Feb 5, 2026
Barbara Marshall Jones was born on June 28, 1935, in St. Louis, Missouri, to Dr. John and Virginia Marshall. She grew up in Union, Missouri, and later moved to Kansas City after college. Barbara lived in Overland Park for more than 50 years and passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on February 5, 2026.
Barbara devoted her career to education,...
Dr. James L. Barnard
Jan 27, 2026
Dr James Laing Barnard passed away peacefully in the early hours of 27 January 2026 at his home in Leawood, Kansas. He was 90.
He is survived by his wife, Maryna; his daughter, Yvette Wilsenach; his son-in-law, Wynand Wilsenach; his grandsons, Gregory and James; and his great-grandson, Ilias James. He is also survived by his brother, Sarel Barnard, of Cape Town.
James...
Tracy Welch Tebbs
Feb 1, 2026
My beloved father, Dr. Tracy Welch Tebbs, has completed his earthly life at the age of 65 on February 1st, 2026. He passed unexpectedly at home with his daughter, Blake Emily Tebbs Dingman and son in law Johnathan Gregory Dingman, surrounding him. He has now joined my sweet mother, Janelle Kay Morlock Tebbs (deceased), and other loved ones celebrating their...
Patsy Ann Smith
Jan 31, 2026
Patsy Ann Smith was born on April 17, 1952, in Tyronza, Arkansas, to Jewell and Janie Marks. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on January 31, 2026, at the age of 73.
Patsy was a loving and spiritual soul who found joy in researching her ancestry, caring for animals, and her work at the Mid-Continent Public Library. She was...
Anita Jean Ferrante
Jan 24, 2026
Anita Ferrante, 78, passed away without pain on a snowy but beautiful, quiet, and peaceful January 24, 2026 morning in Lenexa, Kansas following a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Born on July 1, 1947, at Christ’s Hospital in Topeka, Kansas, Anita was the beloved daughter of Vernon Keith Brown, Margie Jean (Schoonover) Brown, and Richard Duncan Roose (loving stepfather) who...
George E. Robertson
Jan 28, 2026
George Earnshaw Robertson passed away peacefully on January 28th 2026, with his loving wife Shirley by his side. George was born October 16th 1931, in Weatherford, Oklahoma, where he grew up on the family farm with two older sisters.
He received a degree in economics from Oklahoma University. He married his college sweetheart, Shirley Ann Padgett in 1953. They began a...
Ricardo Aculina Labayen
Dec 5, 2025
Ricardo Aculina Labayen, 84, entered eternal rest on December 5, 2025. A Celebration of Life will take place at Johnson County Funeral Chapel & Memorial Gardens on Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 11am.
Dr. Ric as he was affectionally called by those that knew him was born on April 3, 1941 in Binalbagen Negros, Philippines to Togo and Carolina (Aculina) Labayen....
Donald McArthur III
Feb 2, 2026
Donald McArthur III, born August 10, 1946, in Kansas City, MO, went to be with his Lord on February 2, 2026, after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by loved ones. He grew up a first generation American of Scottish heritage, graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School in 1964, and earned a Bachelor in Business Administration from Wichita State...
Elizabeth Swanson Wornall
Jan 30, 2026
Elizabeth Swanson Wornall, 58, passed away peacefully on Friday Jan 30th, 2026 at her home in Prairie Village, KS after a lifelong struggle with cerebral palsy.
A native daughter of Kansas City, Elizabeth was born on July 14, 1967 to James Frederick Wornall and Susan (Kuder) Wornall at University of Kansas Medical Center and was a direct descendant of John B....
Gaylord "Ras" Rasmussen
Sep 10, 2025
Gaylord “Ras” Rasmussen passed away on September 10, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 88, surrounded by his three children.
Ras was born on August 12, 1937 in Harlan, Iowa to Holgar and Mayme Rasmussen. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Morningside University in Sioux City, Iowa, attending on a football and track scholarship. He married Carolyn on...
Bridgett Mary Martin, Johnson, Birdie Whitehead
Jan 19, 2026
Bridgett was born in Newfoundland Canada, to Patrick Martin & Mary Hefferhan on Oct. 25th, 1938. Passed away at 1:55pm on Jan.19th 2026 in Waverly, Kansas in her Granddaughter Jessica Lockwoods home. She is 1 of 10 children. In 1959, Bridgett ended her marriage to James Johnson and wed Jerry Whitehead in 1971. In 1957 she gave birth to a...
Philip Charles McKnight
Jan 25, 2026
Philip Charles McKnight Jr. passed away on January 25, 2026, in Lawrence, Kansas, at the age of 84.
Phil was born on May 20, 1941, in Newton, Kansas, the son of Philip Charles McKnight and Margaret Catherine McClymonds McKnight. While his father served in the South Pacific during World War II, Phil was raised by his mother and his maternal grandparents...
Margot Ann Heilman
Jan 29, 2026
Margot A. Rumsey Heilman was born 22 September 1936 in Lansing, Leavenworth, Kansas to E.C. (Al) Rumsey and Helen Margaret Smith Rumsey, both originally from Kansas. Margot had an older brother, Charles Robert, a younger sister, Rebie Esther, and a younger brother, David Elven. The Rumsey family moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado in 1948 where her dad began the Cut...
Jeanne Ann Patton
Jan 28, 2026
Jeanne Ann (Abler) Patton, 75, of Overland Park, passed away January 28, 2026.
Jeanne was born on January 9, 1951 in Norfolk, Nebraska, to Leonard and Collette (Meyer) Abler. She married James E. Patton on January 13, 1975. Together they lived in several different states before finally retiring to Overland Park, Kansas.
Jeanne’s bright smile and contagious laughter drew others to her,...
Carolyn Sue Welch
Jan 26, 2026
Carolyn Sue Morrison Welch was born on March 5, 1944, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Florine and Jim Morrison. She was the second youngest of five children, growing up alongside two brothers and two sisters.
Carolyn spent her early years in Oklahoma City. After graduating from high school, she attended business school, during which time she welcomed her first son, Richard...
Donna Joan Dearmore
Jan 24, 2026
Donna Joan Dearmore, 76, of Overland Park, KS passed away peacefully in Lenexa, KS on January 24th, 2026 surrounded by her family.
Donna was born on October 3rd, 1949, in Wichita, KS. Donna graduated from Marion HS and went on to graduate from Brown Mackie School of Business. Before any career was able to take off, she welcomed her first child...
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