Obituaries

Song Chung

Jan 25, 2018

Song Chung, 85, passed away January 25, 2018. A visitation will be held from 1-3 PM on Tuesday, January 30, at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66210.

Gerald Morris

Jan 25, 2018

Gerald Morris, 66, Overland Park, KS, passed away on January 25, 2018. Private services will be held for the family.

Judith "Judy" Covington

Jan 23, 2018

Judith (Judy) Marie (Schmidt) (Schaefer) Covington, 77, died Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at Delmar Gardens Overland Park in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born August 23, 1940 in Wichita, Kansas to Joe and Tina (Brungardt) Schmidt. She attended Girls Catholic High School/Thomas More Prep-Marian in Hays, Kansas. She then entered nurses training at St. Anthony Hospital in Hays, Kansas...

Lacey Loumaster

Jan 23, 2018

Lacey Lynn Loumaster, 42, Lenexa, KS, passed away January 23, 2018.  A visitation to celebrate her life will be Monday, January 29, 2018 from 6-8:00pm at the Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS. A graveside service will be held at 10am Tuesday, January 30 at the Johnson County Memorial Gardens.  Memorial contributions in memory of...

Doris White

Jan 22, 2018

Doris Ellen White, 91, of Spring Hill, Kansas, formerly from Lenexa, Kansas, passed away January 22, 2018 at Olathe Medical Center.

She was born October 31, 1926 the fifth of eleven children to William B. and Mrytle E. Neal (Hegenderfer) in Severance, Kansas.  After graduating from Severance High School, she attended secretarial school in St. Joseph, Missouri...

Patsy Ann Hartung

Jan 21, 2018

Mrs. Patsy Ann Hartung, age 80, most recently from Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on January 21, 2018.  Patsy was born on November 8, 1937 in Muscatine, Iowa, and was the oldest daughter of Stanley and Izola Carey.  She is survived by her siblings Judy Boyd (Pat), Susan Ladd (Chris), and Tony Carey (Layne).  Patsy loved family and cherished...

Noel M. Klein

Jan 21, 2018

Noel M. Klein, 80, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2018.

Noel was born on October 17, 1937 in Hutchinson, KS, where he lived until graduation from junior college. He obtained a B.A. in Fine Arts from Emporia State University. He worked as a commercial photographer at several Kansas City area studios before becoming a medical photographer at the University of...

Blake Shockley

Jan 20, 2018

Christopher Blake Shockley, 25, of Lenexa, passed away at home, January 20, 2018.

Blake was born December 15, 1992, in Merriam, Kansas. Blake was a wanderer who had aspirations of traveling the United States to places like Utah, Colorado, Arizona and the Virgin Islands.  He was an avid skateboarder and had enjoyed it throughout his teenage years and into adulthood. A...

Jay McConnell

Jan 19, 2018

Jay W. McConnell, Owner and President of Jay McConnell Construction, Inc. was born December 23, 1935 in Kansas City, Mo. He was a life-long Kansas City area resident, graduating from Northeast High School in 1953 and attending Kansas City Jr. College at nights while starting his business career. Jay went to be with his Lord and Savior on January...

Judith "Judy" Abernathy

Jan 19, 2018

Ms. Abernathy was born January 25, 1942, in Kansas City.

Judy was a passionate woman- passionate about her children and her family.  A devoted advocate for those who didn’t have a voice- animals, children and the developmental disabled.  As a jack of all trades she excelled at multitude of endeavors from running a newspaper, to counseling troubled...

Dale Lundhigh

Jan 18, 2018

Dale Harvey Lundhigh, 94, passed away January 18, 2018, at his home from a broken heart, after recently losing his wife, Martha, just shy of their 71st wedding anniversary.  He was born in Prescott, Iowa on February 13th, 1923 to Alfred and Faustess Lundhigh. As a young man, he enjoyed playing jazz in the little honky tonks around Prescott....

William "Bill" Smotherman

Jan 18, 2018

William Crawford Smotherman passed away January 18, 2018.  William was born May 2, 1931 in Teresita, MO, the son of Lester C. and Bertha E. Farrar Smotherman.  He served in the U.S. Army from February 1952 to February 1954 in the Korean War.  He was united in marriage to Oka M. Hayes on June 4, 1956 in Olathe, KS. ...

Faye Woods

Jan 16, 2018

Faye Woods, formerly of Sand Springs, Texas, passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at age 90, with her son, Les Woods, and daughter-in-law, Debbie Woods by her side. Faye was the loving wife of Harold Woods, who preceded her in death. Faye is survived by her sons, Les and Terry Woods, and daughter, Randy Clary.

As a Christian,...

Marian E. Holt

Jan 15, 2018

Marian E. Holt, 92, of Overland Park, KS, passed away Monday, January 15, 2018. Visitation will be held from 1 to 2 PM, with service at 2 PM, on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at Johnson County Funeral Chapel.

Marian grew up on a farm in central Kansas where she attended country grade school and High School. She was...

John King

Jan 14, 2018

John Robert "Bobby" King, 76, of Kansas City, MO died quietly at his group home Sunday January 14, 2018. He was born in Dallas, TX., on November 18, 1941.

He was the only child of John "Dusty" and Elizabeth King. He lived in Mission, KS in his childhood home until 1992 when he then moved to the...

Louis Ott II

Jan 14, 2018

Louis (Louie) L. Ott, II was born on January 10th, 1930 in Jefferson City, Missouri to Elmer and Pauline Ott. He grew up with his three brothers, Elmer (Sonny), William (Bill) and Tom in the neighborhood of Moreau Drive and Elmerine, on the East side of Jefferson City.

He was very active in school life and was student body president in high school (1947-48), a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and president of the sophomore class...

Grace Hanna

Jan 12, 2018

Grace Pearl Hanna, born Grace Pearl Caldwell on October 14th, 1930 in Chartiers Township, Houston, Pennsylvania, Died January 12th, 2018.  She was the daughter of Arthur Blaney Caldwell and Sara Flemming Caldwell.  Brothers Jess Caldwell and Mark Caldwell, (Both deceased) and Sister Coral Smith.  She was preceded in death by her Husband of 46 years, Robert Lyman Hanna, who...

Clifford Johnson

Jan 10, 2018

Clifford T. Johnson, 66, of Lenexa, KS passed away on January 10, 2018 in his home.  Clifford was born on March 11, 1951 in Kansas City, MO.

He was an Army Veteran and worked for BNSF Railroad for 37 years.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Alice Louise “Lou” Johnson.  Clifford is survived...

Jenny Lynn Bratton

Jan 10, 2018

Jenny Lynn Bratton, 46, of Gardner, Kansas, passed away peacefully at home on Wednesday, January 10, 2018. Visitation will be held from 5 to 6 PM with service at 6 PM on Thursday, January 18, 2018 at Johnson County Funeral Chapel.

Jenny was born November 15, 1971 in Kansas City, Missouri to Deborah (Case) and John Bratton....

Susanne "Susie" Parker

Jan 8, 2018

Susie Parker, 78, of Leawood, Kansas, passed away peacefully on January 8, 2018.

She was born Susanne Gay Hindle on October 1, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan, to Arthur Clifton

Hindle and Esther Menke Hindle. She graduated from Birmingham High School and attended

Beloit College, where she studied French and joined the Delta Gamma...