Obituaries
James Baker
Jul 17, 2017
James D. Baker Obit James Donald Baker, 96, died July 17, 2017, at Brighton Gardens of Prairie Village. Born Aug. 22, 1920, in Junction City, KS, he had lived in Overland Park since 1958 before moving to Brighton Gardens in 2008. He retired from the U.S. Treasury Department in 1975 after more than 30 years service and immediately opened a...
Suzanne Rutz
Jul 16, 2017
Suzanne Rutz, 78, Overland Park, KS, passed away on July 16, 2017, at her home, from her battle with cancer. Suzanne was born on November 10, 1938, in Dubuque, Iowa, to Glenniss and Delbert Harper. She was a graduate of LuVerne, Iowa High School in 1956 and then graduated from Iowa Methodist School of Nursing in Des Moines, Iowa in...
Ivan Proctor
Jul 16, 2017
Ivan Daniel Proctor, 70, of Lenexa, Kansas passed away peacefully in his home on Saturday, July 15th 2017. Ivan was born on June 20th 1947 to Ivan Leroy Proctor and Virginia Forster Proctor of Holton, Kansas. He is survived by his daughters, Lauren and Jessica Proctor of Simi Valley, California; his sister, Sharon Bolling of Lenexa, Kansas; two maternal uncles, Max...

Linda Spangler-Gillotte
Jul 15, 2017
Linda Spangler-Gillotte, 67, died July 15, 2017. Memorial service will be at 10:30AM, Friday, July 21, at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 2400 E Mechanic St, Harrisonville, MO 64701.
Elfrieda Crouch
Jul 10, 2017
Elfrieda R. (Wendt) Crouch went to Heaven the evening of July 10th and was greeted by her husband Rex, son Bill, ten siblings, parents and many others who have known and loved her over the years. She joyfully engaged in life from start to finish, with friends and family as her focus. Her life wasn’t without its challenges, but through...

Cristy Phillips
Jul 9, 2017
Cristy Phillips, 63, died July 9, 2017. A memorial service will be held on Friday, July 14, 10am, at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS.

Beatrice McCloud
Jul 9, 2017
Beatrice McCloud, 95, passed away July 9, 2017 surrounded by her family. Services have not been set.
Connor Mohr
Jul 8, 2017
Connor William Mohr, 25, from Overland Park KS, left us too soon on July 8, 2017 at the Lake of The Ozarks while enjoying one of his great joys in life, fishing. Connor was born July 11th, 1991 to parents Jim Mohr and Penny Hardesty. Sister Ellie came along 18 months later. Connor was a bright blue-eyed boy, always ready for adventure...
Janet Alholm
Jul 7, 2017
Janet May Alholm was born in Anderson Indiana on August 15, 1936. Janet died peacefully surrounded by family on Friday, July 7, 2017 after a three-year battle with breast cancer and complications as it spread to her liver. Janet was an extensively recognized interior designer with a strong Kansas City connection. Her awards and published works are too vast to...
Donald Hall
Jul 7, 2017
Donald G. Hall, 82, formerly of Overland Park, Died July 7, 2017 in Topeka. He was born April 13, 1935 in Lyons, KS to Claude McKinley Hall and Evelyn Violetta Burkhalter Hall. He had a brother Dale Hall of Washington State. He graduated from Rifle High School in Colorado and he received a degree in accounting from The University of...
Larry Douglas
Jul 5, 2017
Larry D. Douglas, Lenexa, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly on July 5, 2017 at Shawnee Mission Health Center. Visitation will be on July 21, from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, Kansas. The family suggests casual attire. Larry was born on January 28, 1938 in Independence, Missouri to Albert Matthew and Anna Belle Douglas. Larry was...
Sidney Miller Jr.
Jul 4, 2017
Sidney Albert Miller, Jr. (Spider), 78, Prairie Village, KS, passed away on July 4, 2017 at the St. Luke’s Hospice House. Sid was born December 12, 1938 in Mobile, Alabama to Sidney and Olive Miller and eventually moved from Mobile, Alabama to Corpus Christi, TX where he met and married Johnnie Kay. They had both daughters in Corpus Christi. Sidney was honored to...

Janis Hamacher
Jul 4, 2017
Janis Mae Hamacher, 78, died July 4, 2017. A visitation will be held on Saturday, July 15, from 10-11:30AM at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS. Burial will follow at Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens.

Deloris Lentz
Jun 30, 2017
Deloris Frances Lentz “Dee”, 92, Prairie Village, KS, passed away on Friday, June 30, 2017 at her home of 64 years. Dee was born September 3, 1924 in Chillicothe, MO to Clara and Virgil Williams. She met her future husband, Lee, while working together at the assembly plant in Fairfax, KS making B-52 Bombers for the WWII effort. After their...
Violet Andersen
Jun 26, 2017
Violet Pankevich-Andersen, 86, Fairway, Kansas passed away on June 26, 2017 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Violet was born June 27, 1930 in Kansas City, Kansas to Stela and Mike Pankevich. She was a homemaker and belonged to the Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village, KS. Violet was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, John Andersen and two sisters: Sonia...
Theodore DeFeo Jr.
Jun 26, 2017
Theodore Carl DeFeo, Jr. M.D. passed away on June 26, 2017 at the age of 78 in Overland Park, Kansas. He came into the world on July 5, 1938 alongside his identical twin, Thomas Charles DeFeo, M.D. of Denver, to his predeceased parents, Theodore Carl DeFeo, Sr. and Mary Pedacreda DeFeo. Ted is survived by the love of his life,...
Anne Beadle
Jun 22, 2017
Anne Shelton Beadle, 68, of Olathe, Kansas slipped peacefully into the arms of Jesus at 5pm on Thursday, June, 22nd, 2017 in Kansas City, Missouri after a long battle against multiple illnesses. Anne was born in Kansas City, Missouri to the late John Edwin (Ed) and Olga Meyn Shelton on September 5, 1948. Anne graduated from Shawnee Mission West High School...
Temujin Johnson
Jun 22, 2017
Temujin Elliott (Tem) Johnson, 82, of Fairway, Kansas passed away on June 22, 2017. Tem was born February 27, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Leslie R. and Mary Elliott Johnson. Tem was a 1952 graduate of Ramsey High School, Ramsey, New Jersey and went on to Purdue University majoring in mechanical engineering. Tem ‘s career included managing the...
Peter Ha
Jun 20, 2017
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