Obituaries

Judith Shannon

Aug 12, 2018

Judith A. Shannon, 76, Overland Park, KS passed away on August 12, 2018 at her home.   Mrs. Shannon was born May 25, 1942 to Kenneth and Bertha Leggett in Clinton, IA where she spent her childhood.  After graduating from Clinton High School in 1960, she attended the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, IA where she met John...

Robert Braden

Aug 11, 2018

Robert L. Braden, 85, passed away on Saturday, August 11, 2018. He was surrounded by the love of his family, holding his hands in theirs. His heart was ready for rest and peace.

He was born on December 14, 1932 and was a lifelong resident of the Kansas City area. After graduating from Central High School, Bob...

Sally Morlier

Aug 11, 2018

Sally Ruth Morlier was born and died on August 11, 2018. A visitation will be held from 10-11:30 AM on Saturday, August 18, at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66210.

Patricia Carter

Aug 10, 2018

Patricia (Patty) Anne Carter, 66, of Overland Park, KS passed away peacefully at home Friday, August 10th after a long battle with lung cancer. Patty was born on September 28, 1951 to Kenneth and Helen (Fricke) Smith.  Patty grew up in Prairie Village, KS, attended Shawnee Mission East High School, and graduated Cum Laude from Kansas State University with...

Leona Tannahill

Aug 10, 2018

Leona Anna Tannahill, 99, of Lee’s Summit, MO, passed away on August 10, 2018 at home with family by her side. A visitation will be held from 10-11 AM, service 11 AM, on Wednesday, August 15, at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS. Entombment will follow at Johnson County Memorial Gardens.

Leona was born...

Susan Flaskerud

Aug 10, 2018

Susan Marie Flaskerud passed away August 10, 2018 after a year-long battle with duodenal cancer. She was born in Des Moines, Iowa on November 10, 1963. Susan is survived by her mother, Lorraine Carman Flaskerud of  Overland Park, KS and her husband, David Hurlburt of Lenexa, KS.  Susan was preceded in death by her father, Roger Flaskerud and brother,...

Mary West

Aug 9, 2018

Mary Maud (McMaster) West

Mary Maud West, 95, passed away peacefully on August 9, 2018, at Lakeview Village. She is now at peace with the Lord. She was born in Kansas City, MO on September 25, 1922, to William Athol McMaster and Maud Bradford Hazen. She attended Norman Elementary School and Westport High School. She had many...

Sheena Kingan

Aug 9, 2018

It is with great sadness that the family of Sheena Jo Kingan, 36, announces her passing. Sheena was born on August 15, 1981 in Beloit, Kansas. She took her flight to heaven on August 9th, 2018 at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka, Kansas with her mom by her side.

Taken much too soon, Sheena Jo leaves...

Jo Anne Harkin

Aug 7, 2018

Jo Anne Kay Harkin, of Overland Park, Kansas, born on April 27th, 1939, to the late Bertha and Clyde Thompson, passed away at age 79 on August 7th, 2018 in Shawnee, Kansas.

She grew up in Washington, Iowa and graduated from Ainsworth High School in 1958.  She met her husband, Dale, in Davenport, Iowa while shoe shopping...

Brooks Schwarz

Aug 7, 2018

Brooks Joseph Schwarz, 38, died Tuesday, August 7, 2018, at his home. Visitation will be Sunday, August 12th from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park.  Funeral services will be Monday, August 13th at 10 a.m. at the same location; burial will be Tuesday, August 14th at 11 a.m. at...

Jerilyn Ruttan

Aug 6, 2018

Jerilyn Jean Ruttan, 69, Overland Park, KS, passed away Monday, August 06, 2018, at Mercy Hospital Hospice Care, with her family by her side. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, August 18th, at Johnson County Funeral Chapel & Memorial Gardens, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS, 66210. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m....

Joel Diffendaffer

Aug 4, 2018

It is with great sadness that the family of Joel Brian Diffendaffer (aka “Diff”) announces his passing after an aneurysm and aortic dissection. Joel passed away on August 4, 2018 at the age of 44 while on vacation in Colorado. He was taken away too soon and left behind a wife, Lori Diffendaffer, and a four year old daughter,...

Barbara Youngworth

Aug 4, 2018

Barbara Lou Youngworth (Friend), 79, of Overland Park, KS passed early in the morning of August 4, 2018 at the Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Center in the presence of her children.  A Visitation will be held on Thursday, August 23, 2018 at the Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66210, from 10:00 –10:45am, with...

John Garbig

Aug 2, 2018

John “Jack” Edward Garbig, 85, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 2, 2018, in Wichita, Kansas.  Jack was born in Barrie, Ontario, Canada on July 3, 1933, to John and Dorothy (Brown) Garbig.

Jack grew up in Toronto, Ontario, Canada with his parents and siblings where he was the oldest of six children.  He attended Balmy Beach...

(Margaret) Kay Jayaram

Aug 1, 2018

(Margaret) Kay Carder Jayaram, or “Katie” by her nursing cohort, died on August 1, 2018 at home in Overland Park, surrounded by her family.

Kay was born on February 16, 1944 in Independence, Kansas, not far from the childhood home of Laura Ingalls Wilder, and spent her childhood in Fredonia.  After the church she was attending in...

Julia "Judy" Lockwood

Jul 31, 2018

Julia "Judy" Pauline Lockwood, 71, passed away July 31, 2018. A visitation will be held from 12:30-1:30 PM, service 1:30 PM, on Saturday, August 4, at Country Club Christian Church, 6101 Ward Pkwy, Kansas City, MO 64113. Burial will follow at Johnson County Memorial Gardens in Overland Park, KS. Please check back for full obituary.

Pearl Thorp

Jul 31, 2018

Pearl was a lifelong Johnson County, Kansas native. She died at the age of 98 on July 31, 2018 at Addington Place of Prairie Village, Kansas where she had been a resident since October 2017.

Pearl was born on December 16, 1919 to Aaron and Alice Allison on a farm which was at...

James Cossairt

Jul 30, 2018

James W. Cossairt, born February 16, 1970 passed away peacefully on July 30, 2018 after a six year battle with colorectal cancer, with his family by his side. Jim was a native of Overland Park, KS. After graduating from Shawnee Mission North in 1989, he attended The University of Kansas where he obtained his Bachelors of Business Administration in...

Ruth Loving

Jul 30, 2018

Ruth “Ruthie” Loving, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on July 30, 2018, mere hours before celebrating her 95th birthday. Ruthie, the oldest of three sisters, was born July 31, 1923, in Graham, Missouri (Nodaway County) to the parents of John Jahne, an orphan train rider, and Ora Crawford Jahne. Following college, Ruthie moved to Washington, D.C., to support the war effort. There, she met Dewey Pfoltner, a service...

Peggy Cheek

Jul 29, 2018

Peggy Marshall Cheek, age 90, of Overland Park Kansas, passed away peacefully on July 29, 2019 surrounded by her family.

Peggy was born in High Point North Carolina on November 15, 1927. She grew up during the Great Depression and World War II. In 1948 she married Ben F. Cheek. Soon afterward they moved west to the...