Obituaries

Olive Nugent Wyrick

Jul 10, 2019

Olive Nugent Wyrick, 94, died July 10, 2019. A visitation will be held from 1-3 PM, Sunday, July 14, at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66210. Funeral service will be at 10 AM, Monday, July 15, also at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Green Lawn Cemetery.

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Robert "Bob" Bergeson

Jul 9, 2019

Robert S. Bergeson (Bob) passed away at home from a suspected heart attack.  He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on April 30, 1947 and died on July 9, 2019.  His mother Ruth Herrmeyer Bergeson and father Emory Kirkhus Bergeson preceded him in death.  Bob attended St. Louis Park High School in Minnesota and graduated Magna Cum Laude from the...

William "Bill" Menezes

Jul 6, 2019

William Menezes, husband, father, and grandfather was born October 29, 1930 in the Bronx, New York City. Despite being born in the height of the Great Depression he worked hard and graduated from high school with honors and the unique opportunity to be aboard the S.S. John W. Brown School Ship. In 1950 when the Korean War started, he enlisted...

Dennis King

Jul 5, 2019

Dennis Edwin King of Olathe, KS passed away on 5th July 2019. He was born on 29th July 1946 in Rockford, IL to Helen E. and Wayne V. King. He was the eldest brother to John and Robert King. He was preceded in death by both parents and brother John. He is survived by his loving girlfriend Mila Hood...

Helen Towster

Jul 3, 2019

Helen Towster, age 94, of Overland Park, KS and Barrington, IL, passed away on July 3, 2019 at Wauconda Care in Wauconda, IL.

Helen was born in 1925 in Poland where she met and married her husband of 61 years, Izak.  In 1969, Helen, her husband, and their three sons immigrated to the United States and settled...

Gladys "Lita" Vizcarra

Jul 2, 2019

Gladys "Lita" Angela Rejas Vizcarra, 75, of Olathe, KS, passed away on July 2, 2019. Her visitation will be Saturday, July 6th at 10:00 am followed by a Catholic Mass at 11:00 am at Prince of Peace Catholic Church, 16000 W 143rd St, Olathe, KS 66062. The reception will also be held at Prince of Peace following the burial...

Dorothy Phelps

Jul 1, 2019

Dorothy Phelps, 66, passed away July 1, 2019. Private family services will be held.

Georganna Clark

Jun 30, 2019

Georganna Clark, 92, of Lenexa, KS passed peacefully on June 26, 2019.  She was a life-long Kansan contributing to the community through her years of nursing, Quilter's Guild of Greater Kansas City and charitable work with the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

She is survived by her sister, Barbara Carrier, her...

Thomas "Tom" Roy

Jun 30, 2019

Thomas ‘Tom’ Joseph Roy, 76, of Lenexa, KS, passed away on June 30, 2019. His visitation will be Saturday, July 6th at 10:00 am followed by a memorial service at 11:00 am and ending with a reception, all at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66210.  In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to...

Keith Rodden

Jun 29, 2019

Keith Thomas Rodden, 30, died Saturday, June 29, 2019. He was born April 7, 1989 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Jimmie and Katherine Rodden. He is survived by his parents and 3 brothers Vincent, Patrick and Timothy Rodden and other family and friends.

A private funeral service will be held at a later date.

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Christopher Daniel Coffield Minchew

Jun 29, 2019

Christopher Daniel Coffield Minchew, 37, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away June 29, 2019 surrounded by his family and friends.

Christopher was born February 18, 1982 in Washington, DC, graduated from Langley High School and attended University Of Kansas in Lawrence, KS.  He lived in Alexandria, VA, Lawrence, KS, San Francisco, CA and Kansas City, MO.

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Charles Mueller

Jun 23, 2019

Charles Leonard Mueller, born December 5, 1930 passed away Sunday June 23, 2019 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park.  Charlie grew up in Humboldt, Kansas and married Carol Lasley of Chanute on May 25, 1952.  Charlie and Carol moved to Overland Park in 1957.  They had four children: Christy Branson, Cathy Ross (Mark), Craig Mueller (liz), Connie...

Ann Travis

Jun 21, 2019

Ann Louise Travis was born on October 9, 1956 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Ann grew up in Topeka, Kansas, later attending St. Olaf College, Texas Christian University, and Kansas University.  She was brilliant in her academics, and received a Masters in Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis.  Ann had personal struggles, but through it all maintained a deep...

Jan Meyers

Jun 21, 2019

Janis L. Meyers (United States Congress, retired) died June 21, 2019, at AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Hospital. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Aug. 3rd at Asbury Methodist Church, 75th and Nall in Prairie Village, with visitation at 12:30 p.m. and service at 2:00 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Johnson County Community College or the Johnson County...

Chung Sook ("Sue") Chun Chang, M.D.

Jun 21, 2019

Chung Sook (“Sue”) Chun Chang, M.D., 89, of Mission Hills, Kansas, peacefully passed away on June 21, 2019 while surrounded by her loving family. Born on January 15, 1930 in Hamnan Hamna, Korea, she received her M.D. at Yonsei Medical School in Seoul, Korea, where she was the first female medical student admitted at the prestigious school.  While there,...

Judy Post

Jun 20, 2019

Judy Elizabeth Post

Judy E. Post, 73, of Sunrise Beach, Lake of the Ozarks, Mo., formerly of Blue Springs, Mo., died Thursday, June 20, 2019, at her home.

Memorial Services will be 11:00 am Sat. June 29th at the Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS where friends may call from 10:00-11:00 am. ...

Cheryl Mitchell

Jun 19, 2019

Cheryl Louise Mitchell, age 57, of Overland Park, Kan., passed away on June 19th, 2019, at home surrounded by her family and friends, from Ovarian Cancer. Memorial services will be held at St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Leawood, Kan. on Friday, June 28th at 1 p.m. There will be a celebration of life at Cheryl’s home following the memorial service. In...

Norman Ledgin

Jun 18, 2019

Noted local author-historian Norman M. Ledgin, 90, of Stanley, KS, passed away peacefully at home Tuesday, June 18, 2019, after a fierce, two-year battle with degenerative lung disease. A member of the Kansas City Writers Group since its inception, he continued to critique colleagues’ submissions until five days before his death.

Born in Passaic, NJ July 15,...

Clayton Nygaard

Jun 17, 2019

Clayton Trevor Nygaard, 34, of Overland Park, KS, died Monday, June 17, after a courageous, long term and heroic battle with a rare form of leukemia/lymphoma. He had been a volunteer research subject with the National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD for more than twenty years. Thanks to their treatment, he had been...

Sonya Smith

Jun 17, 2019

Sonya Smith passed away peacefully on June 17, 2019, surrounded by her loving children.

A lifelong resident of Kansas, most recently in Mission Hills, Sonya loved her family and loved to travel. She felt equally at home in the stands at a KU Jayhawk game or on a picnic in Rocky Mountain National Park.

She...