Obituaries

Marjorie Hansen

Oct 24, 2019

Marjorie Ruth Hansen – Obituary

Marjorie R. Hansen, 81, of Overland Park, KS passed away October 24, 2019 at Brookdale Senior Living of Overland Park, KS after a long and courageous battle with illness. Marjorie was born December 19, 1937 in Omaha, NE to Harry and Lillian Rohwer.

She grew up on her family’s farm...

Reed Smalley

Oct 22, 2019

Reed Armin Smalley

Reed “flew west” on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, near his Overland Park home. Reed was born on April 15, 1933 in Albuquerque, NM. He was the only child of Clarence A. and Belva E. (Reed) Smalley. The Smalley family moved to Argentine, KS, in the fall of 1934. Reed began his education at Franklin...

Marabel Forbes

Oct 22, 2019

Marabel Forbes, 91 of Prairie Village, KS, died Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at Addington Place in Prairie Village, KS.  A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 26 at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS 66210.

Marabel was born in 1927 in Kansas City, MO and graduated from Southwest High...

Robert Dennis (Bob) Collins

Oct 21, 2019

Robert Dennis Collins (Bob) born November 24, 1950, passed away peacefully on October 21, 2019 surrounded by his family.

Born and raised in New York, Bob loved and excelled in all sports.  He managed a Bagel store in Roslyn, NY, where he acquired the nickname Bagel Bob.

He married Diane in 1989 and had four...

Betty Stockton

Oct 21, 2019

Betty J. Stockton was born July 8th, 1927 in Pretty Prairie, Kansas, to Emma Graber and Rudy Krehbiel, where she spent her childhood.  She graduated from Kansas State University and was a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, where she made friendships that lasted a lifetime. Before she stayed home to raise her two daughters, Betty taught FACS in Topeka...

Nonavee Howard

Oct 20, 2019

Nonavee A. Howard was 83 years old upon her death and was born on March 6, 1936 in Manhattan, KS. daughter of Kenneth and Bernadene Taylor. She graduated with an Associate’s Degree from Brown Mackie College, Salina, KS. She first worked at the USDA in Topeka, KS where she met her future husband Marlin Howard whom she married in1957....

Norine Talley

Oct 18, 2019

Norine Kimes Talley, 98, Lenexa, passed away Friday October 18, 2019 at Lakeview Village with her family by her side.   Norine was born February 8, 1921 on the family farm in Humansville, MO to Travis and Celia (Taylor) Kimes.   Norine graduated from Humansville High School and then went on to get her teaching certificate from Southwest Missouri State Teachers...

Steven Borel

Oct 17, 2019

Steven James Borel, 71, Olathe, Kansas passed away Thursday October 17, 2019.  Steven was born November 12, 1947 in Kansas City, Missouri to Mark and Margaret (Gibson) Borel.  Steven graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School and then went on to Pittsburg State University where he made many of his lifelong friends in the Sigma Chi Fraternity.  He completed...

Peter Sikkel

Oct 12, 2019

Peter C. Sikkel, 99, Overland Park, KS died October 12, 2019. A visitation will be held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am with the funeral service being held at 11:00 am on Saturday, October 19, 2019 at Johnson County Funeral Chapel 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, Kansas. Entombment will be immediately following in Johnson County Memorial Gardens.

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Lola Browning

Oct 12, 2019

Lola Catherine Browning passed away peacefully at her home on October 12, 2019 at age 97.  Lola was born in Chicago, IL to Carlo and Corinna Tonelli in 1922, the youngest of four children.  Her parents immigrated to the U.S. from the Tuscany region of Italy.

Lola enjoyed a beautiful marriage to Clarence Sheldon Browning for 65...

Linda Drake

Oct 10, 2019

Linda Drake, 73, passed away October 10, 2019.

Private services will be held for the family.

Joseph Shipley

Oct 10, 2019

Joseph Raleigh Shipley, 86, passed away October 10, 2019.  Joe was born January 28, 1933, the youngest of three children, to Nathan W. and Eugenia M. (Stevenson) Shipley.  He graduated from Shawnee Mission High School (now Shawnee Mission North High School) in 1951.  He then attended the University of Kansas for one year, eventually coming to his senses and...

Betty Ink

Oct 7, 2019

Betty was born and raised in New Orleans, LA.  She and her family moved to the Kansas City area in 1959.  She is preceded in death by her husband, Avery Jerome Ink, SR, and two sons, Avery Jerome Ink, JR and Patrick Harrison Ink, and a brother, Richard Marceline Wambsgans.

She is survived by daughter Nancy Ink...

Letha Wubbenhorst

Oct 5, 2019

Letha Pauline Wubbenhorst, 93, passed away on October 5, 2019 in Sacramento, CA. She was born October 27, 1925, in Horton, KS to Glen and Alice (Wittwer) Kniffin.

Letha graduated from the Original Shawnee Mission High School in Shawnee, KS. After graduating she worked as a County Health Care Aid traveling with the nurse to the rural areas...

David Billings

Oct 4, 2019

David Del Billings, 62, of Mission, Kansas, passed away on October 4, 2019 in his home, surrounded by family and friends after a brave battle with cancer.

Dave was born in Kansas City and lived in the area all his life.  He graduated from Shawnee Mission West in 1974.  He attended HVAC School at Pittsburg State University,...

Anita Hoffman-Davis

Oct 4, 2019

Anita Hoffman Davis, 100, passed away October 4, 2019 at John Knox Village Hospice House in Lee’s Summit, MO.  She was born in Peru, Kansas March 19, 1919 to Paul Verner Aerdelman and Beulah Ruth Aerdelman.  She graduated from Burrton, KS High School in 1936.  Before moving to Overland Park, KS in 1961, she resided in Wichita, Hutchinson and...

Edward Sammarco

Oct 1, 2019

Edward L. Sammarco, 62, of Overland Park, Kan., passed away October 1, 2019, in his home surrounded by family after a courageous and inspirational battle with pancreatic cancer. He was preceded in death by his father, Virgil.

Edward grew up with four close-knit siblings in the Youngstown, Ohio, area. He graduated in 1975 from Cardinal Mooney Catholic...

Freida Hunt

Sep 30, 2019

Freida Hunt was born May 15, 1914 at her grandmother’s home in Pomona, KS. At the age of 105 she went to be with our Lord on September 30, 2019.

She was preceded in death by husband Orval Hunt, Son Don Hunt, Infant granddaughter, Penny Hunt, her parents Andrew Foster and Clara (Little) Foster, her siblings Lois...

Elton Mayse Jr.

Sep 29, 2019

Elton T. Mayse Jr., 92, passed away September 29, 2019. He heard his Saviour and Lord say, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." He was a World War II veteran who came home after serving in the Pacific Theater to serve his Lord and Savior. It took 92 years to build his Mansion after spending 74 years with his high...

Robert Branning Jr.

Sep 29, 2019

Robert Fred Branning Jr. (Bob), 75, of Lenexa, KS, passed away peacefully in his  home on Sunday, September 29, 2019. Born in Galena, KS to Florence Maley and Robert Branning Sr. He lived most of his life in Lenexa, Kansas. Bob was an army veteran, avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping and boating. He found great satisfaction in...