Obituaries

Sep 24, 2018

Dianne Lynn (Buzzard) Coats, 66, Overland Park, KS, passed away on September 24, 2018.

Dianne was born November 14, 1951 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She was an education aide at Crestview Elementary in the Shawnee Mission School District for 21 years. She was married to her husband Ron for 43 years. They enjoyed spending their summers at...

Sep 23, 2018

Margaret Foiles passed away September 23, 2018 at the age of 90 after a long and good life. Margaret was born June 19, 1928, in Peoria, Illinois and was the oldest of 6 children born to Michele and Concetta Cotroneo Zerbonia. A 1946 graduate of the Academy of Our Lady, she worked as an executive secretary in the Planning Department...

Sep 23, 2018

Patricia Ann “Patti” Balter of Overland Park, KS passed away on September 23, 2018 at the age of 87. Beloved wife of 67 years to Wesley Balter; devoted mother of Terri (Tim) Backes, Mark (Mary) Balter, and Jeff Balter; cherished grandmother of Sarah (Ryan) McMinn, Chad Balter, Ashley (Sean) Dickerson, Greg (Diane) Backes, Emily Backes, and Wesley Balter; and...

Sep 20, 2018

Pamela A. Ferguson, 74, of Kansas City, passed away on September 20, 2018. Born in Hastings, NE, she was the daughter of Aubrey and Patricia Stevenson.  She graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and later went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Library Sciences from the University of Southern California. She was a Librarian...

Sep 16, 2018

Michelle Schuster passed away peacefully at KU Medical Center September 16, 2018 during the Church of The Resurrection 5 o’clock on-line service with God and family at her bedside.  Michelle had a long and tedious battle with cancer, being first diagnosed with breast cancer in the spring of 2016. She will infinitely be missed by her family, friends, and...

Sep 15, 2018

Ulla Phillips died peacefully Sept. 15, 2018 at home in Lawrence, KS surrounded by her closest loved ones. She was born in Helsinki, Finland on March 25, 1927 to Dr. Wilhelm & Selma Sucksdorff.

A registered nurse, Ulla came to America in ’59, intent on working only a year as a lab technician at Hinsdale Hospital just...

Sep 14, 2018

Beverly Ann Walker, 93, passed away peacefully after a brief hospitalization in Overland Park, KS in the presence of her son, Scott Walker and Margaret (Piper) Walker. Beverly spent 67 incredibly happy years with her late husband Maurice Walker. Beverly is also survived by her beloved grandchildren Stacy Walker, Marc Walker, Marc’s wife Jennifer (Gilchrist) Walker, and great grandchildren...

Sep 14, 2018

Mary Lou Novak, 94, passed away Friday September 14, 2018 just one day shy of her 95th Birthday.   Mass of Christian Burial will be 11:00am Tuesday September 18, 2018 at Cure’ of Ars Catholic Church, 9401 Mission Road.  Visitation will be from 10-10:45am with the rosary recitation at 10:45.   A reception will follow services at the church.  Burial will...

Sep 13, 2018

Madlion Johnson, 97, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, September 13, 2018.  Madlion was born on July 7, 1921 in Omaha, Nebraska as Madlon Irving Harrington, daughter of Irving Harrington and Cecelia Lanning, both of Denison, Iowa.  Her childhood, in Northeast Nebraska (Norfolk and Wayne) was spent with her mother and stepfather Floyd McCluskey, and her younger...

Sep 12, 2018

Mary “Janice” Keegan, 92, passed away September 12, 2018. She grew up in Oklahoma but spent most of her life in Kansas City.

Janice met Bill in Kansas City and they got married in 1946. Bill preceded her in death in 1999, one month shy of their 53rd Anniversary. Bill and Janice took over Snead’s BBQ in...

Sep 12, 2018

Mrs. Dorcas Ruby “Dorkey” Wilhour Burns went to be with the Lord on September 12th, 2018 from her home in Overland Park, KS at the age of 91.

Dorkey loved her husband Bill, children Barbara Ehresman (husband Tim), Joanne Bartel (husband Steve), and Troy Burns (wife Cathy), grandchildren Andrew and Alyssa Bartel, Amy Burns Carson (husband Tim...

Sep 11, 2018

Urania Apostolou, 71 years, of Drobeta Turnu Severin, passed away on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 in Leawood, KS.

Visitation will be from 5-7 pm on Wednesday, September 12th followed by funeral service at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church at 11901 Pflumm Road, Overland Park, KS.

Liturgical burial service will be held at 10 am on Thursday,...

Sep 9, 2018

Gerald Arthur Rath was born on January 22, 1933 to Gustave and Hulda (Kiepke) Rath in Sioux City Iowa. He graduated from Central High School in Sioux City in 1951. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State University in 1955, and a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University.

After...

Sep 9, 2018

Channa M Haviland, born Oct 15, 1954 in Baumholder, Germany passed away Sept 9, 2018 in Phoenix, AZ.  Preceded in death by her parents, Samuel and Marie Haviland and sister, Holly Poje.  Survivors include sister Lee Colvin, Prairie Village, and brothers Clifford Haviland, Overland Park, and Gary Haviland, Phoenix, AZ, many nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews.  Cremation and private...

Sep 5, 2018

Marcia Ruth Eberly was the daughter of Carl Switzer and Mary Grace Rader. The Switzers were early settlers in the Shawnee Mission community. She attended Park University where she met and married Charles D. Eberly. They were married for 65 years.

Elected as an Elder in the Shawnee Presbyterian Church, she was the first woman to serve...

Sep 5, 2018

Gerald Thomas (Jerry) Dick of Overland Park, KS, a former news editor and assistant managing editor of the Topeka Capital-Journal, passed away September 5, 2018, surrounded by family.  He was 94 years old.

Mr. Dick was born November 28, 1923, in Perry, KS, to Ira T. and Lenora (Vogel) Dick.  He was a 1941 graduate of Perry...

Sep 3, 2018

George Lyndes MacCurdy, a lifelong Kansas City resident born January 13, 1927, at Saint Luke’s Hospital, died peacefully the morning of September 3, 2018. He attended J.C. Nichols Grade School and graduated at the age of 16 from Southwest H.S. in 1943. He attended Kansas City Junior College from 1943-44 until he was old enough to enlist in the...

Sep 2, 2018

Elsa Brzozowski, age 99, died early Sunday morning, on September 2, 2018. Born Elsa Magda Mary Schembri on June 27, 1919, in Alexandria, Egypt, she was the eldest of five daughters born to Emilia and Xavier Schembri. Her parents were Italian immigrants to Egypt, where her father was employed as a manager in the Alexandria branch of Credit Lyonnais,...

Sep 2, 2018

Robert Charles Russell of Kansas City, Mo passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 2, 2018.  He was born on September 30, 1929 in Kansas City, Mo to Stanley P. and Hulda A. Russell.  Robert was preceded in death by his parents, brothers: Richard A. Russell, Stephen P. Russell, and half-brother James D. Reeves.  He is survived by his sister,...

Sep 1, 2018

It is with great sadness that the family of Elizabeth Ann Mattson-Gratwick (age 77), announces her passing. She was a lifelong  resident of Overland Park, a graduate of Shawnee Mission High School (now Shawnee Mission North), and attended Emporia State University. Ann died peacefully in her sleep, surrounded by family, on Saturday, September 1st.

Ann is survived by...