Obituaries
Virgil Bruning
Jun 11, 2018
Virgil Lee Bruning, 91, of Lenexa, KS, passed away June 11, 2018. Visitation will be 2:00pm Saturday June 16th, followed by a memorial service at 3:00pm celebrating Virgil’s life at the Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS. Private family burial will follow at Johnson County Memorial Gardens.
Virgil was born June 24, 1926,...
Joseph Cox
Jun 10, 2018
Joseph Allen Cox, 93, of Overland Park, KS passed away on June 10, 2018 in Overland Park, KS.
A visitation will be held from 1-2 PM, service 2 PM, with reception following, on Friday, June 15, at St. Thomas the Apostle, 12251 Antioch Rd, Overland Park, KS 66213.
Joe was born in Kansas City, MO to...
Maxine McCallon
Jun 10, 2018
Maxine C. McCallon, 97, formerly of Overland Park, KS., passed away on June 10, 2018 at Avow Hospice House in Naples, Florida. A visitation will be held Saturday, June 16 from 10 to 11 am, followed by a service at 11am, at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS 66210.
Maxine was born August 12, 1920, in Kansas City, MO...
Julia Culliss
Jun 6, 2018
Julia Ann Culliss, a long-time resident of Overland Park, KS, passed away at the age of 77 on June 6, 2018 after a short but courageous battle with non-smoker's lung cancer. Julia was preceded in death by her parents, Cecil and Edna Sprouse of Morgantown, WV, and her sister, Mary Jane Goff of Nitro, WV. She is survived by...
John Brownlee
Jun 4, 2018
John Maurice Brownlee J. Maurice Brownlee, born November 28, 1924 in St. Joseph, MO, died at age 93 on June 4, 2018. Maurice served in the Army Air Corps during World War II as a flight instructor and troop carrier pilot in Burma and China. After the war, he graduated from KU with a degree in Business Administration. While...
Helen Dabbs
Jun 3, 2018
Helen “Catherine” Dabbs, 82, passed away June 3, 2018. She was born in Linn County, KS to Chester J. Dingus and Ina (McGravery) Dingus. Catherine lived in DeSoto, KS for 48 years. She is preceded in death by her parents, Chester & Ina; children, Virgil and Suzan. Survivors include 5 children, 3 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
A...
Irene Rajah
Jun 2, 2018
Irene Samuel Rajah, 81, entered into God's eternal kingdom on June 2, 2018. A visitation will be held from 5-6 PM, service 6PM, on Friday, June 8, at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66210.
She was preceded in death by her son, Jai Samuel.
Survivors include her husband, P. Samuel...
Darryl Taylor
May 30, 2018
Darryl G. Taylor, Overland Park, KS, 81, was born Nov. 1, 1936 in Oklahoma City, OK and went home to be with Jesus, his Lord and Savior, on Wed., May 30, 2018.
Darryl graduated in 1954 from Raytown High School, attended Missouri School of Mines in the late 50’s, joined the 492nd Air Force Reserves, then graduated...
William Newman
May 30, 2018
William “Warren” Newman passed away May 30, 2018 he was born May 27, 1937 in Winfield, KS to Merlin J and Elois Newman. He attended Pittsburg State University where he met his wife and earned a Degree in Civil Engineering. Warren married Sherry Donaldson on Jan 31, 1960. He was 1st Lieutenant in the army at Fort Carson, Colorado and retired...
Paul Simpson
May 29, 2018
Paul A. Simpson, 92, of Overland Park, passed away May 29th, 2018. He was born September 19, 1925 in Canton, Illinois, and upon graduation from high school enlisted in the United States Navy, where he served in the South Pacific during World War II aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Howarth.
After the war Paul attended Grinnell College for...
Guy Casey
May 28, 2018
Guy Casey, 98, died May 28, 2018. A graveside service will be held at 2:30 PM, on Friday, June 1, at Johnson County Memorial Gardens, 11200 Metcalf, Ave, Overland Park, KS. A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:30 PM, on Sunday, June 3, at Kingswood Manor, 10000 Wornall Rd, Kansas City, MO 64114.
William Van Buskirk, M.D.
May 27, 2018
A shining light burned out this past Sunday night, May 27th, when William C. Van Buskirk, M.D., passed away just short of his 95th birthday, at the ICU in St. Joseph’s Hospital.
Dad was born on August 5th, 1923, to Charles Louis and Marie Emma (Musgrove) Van Buskirk. As a fiery young redhead, he worked his way...
Stan Vaughan
May 27, 2018
Stan Vaughan
Jones Stanley Vaughan Jr. age 72 of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on May 27, 2018, at Sunrise of Overland Park. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to The Parkinson’s Foundation of the Heartland.
Jones Stanley Vaughan Jr. was born January 19, 1946 in Courtland, Alabama, the son of Jones Stanley Vaughn...
Gerald Harper
May 24, 2018
Gerald Mandel Harper, 82, died from advanced pancreatic cancer in his home, Thursday, May 24th, 2018.
He was born January 25, 1936, in Ft. Scott, Kansas, the second of two children born to Ethel Lee Harper and Garner Harper, Sr. A brother, Garner Harper, Jr., and his parents preceded Gerald in death.
In 1962, Gerald...
Rex Allen
May 22, 2018
G. Rex Allen, 84, Overland Park, passed away on May 22, 2018 at Lamar Court in Overland Park. Rex was born August 2, 1933 in Leavenworth, Kansas and spent his childhood in Kansas City, Kansas where he graduated from Rosedale High School in 1951. He then went on to college at Baker University in Baldwin City and graduated in...
Wilda Graves
May 21, 2018
Wilda “Jean” Graves, 90, of Prairie Village, passed away on Monday, May 21, 2018. She was the daughter of Geneva (Enright) and Samuel McDermeit, born in Hays, KS, on December 17, 1927. She resided in Mission, KS, for almost 50 years, and at Claridge Court for the past decade.
Jean was married to the late Lowell P. "Jim"...
Alan Heitschmidt
May 17, 2018
Alan 'Al' Heitschmidt, 78, passed away on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at Delmar Gardens of Overland Park. Alan was preceded in death by his father, Elbert; mother, Winnie; and brother, Bob. He is survived by his sister, Sherry; brother-in-law, Bill; nephews, Mike and Chris; sister-in-law, Pat; and goddaughter, Dominique.
Alan worked for the US Postal Service his entire career, however his legacy...
Marion Gilliland
May 16, 2018
Marion Marie Gilliland died May 16, 2018 at a local hospital. She was born December 20, 1927 in Bee, NE, the only child of Joseph and Frances Bulicek Buresh. She married Myles Gilliland on August 15, 1947 in Omaha, NE and lived most of her life in Kansas. After 60 years of marriage, Myles preceded her in death...
Vivian Kirkpatrick
May 16, 2018
Vivian Kirkpatrick passed away on May 16, 2018 at the age of 99. She was known to her parents and brother, Gene, as Viv, and to her friends as Maxine, and to her grand and great- grandchildren as Mimi.
Vivian Maxine Murray was born in her maternal grandparents’ house in Westline, Missouri on December 26th, 1918, six...
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