Obituaries
Billie Tyson
Dec 9, 2016
Billie R. Tyson, 92, passed away December 9, 2016. Visitation will be from 6-8 PM Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at Johnson County Chapel. Funeral services will be 10 AM Thursday at the chapel. Billie worked for the Department of Agriculture and retired in 1986. He loved Wednesday and Sunday dinners and was also frugal with coupons for his favorite buffets. He was a handyman,...
Edward "Ed" Yaktine
Dec 9, 2016
Edward Darrel Yaktine March 8th,1922 – December 9th, 2016 OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS – Edward (Ed) Darrel Yaktine, 94 passed away on Friday, December 9th, 2016 at his home surrounded by his family. Ed was born March 8, 1922 in Dakar, Africa to Michael and Iesha Yaktine of St. Joseph, Missouri. Ed had two sisters, Norma Doolan (deceased) of St. Joseph, Missouri...
John Pro
Dec 8, 2016
John Dennis Pro, 69, of Camdenton MO, passed away December 8, 2016. He was born January 21, 1947 in Kansas City, MO to George and Margaret Pro. He was happily married to the love of his life, Marilyn Pro for 45 years. He is survived by his brothers G.H.Pro and Scott Pro, his children Sarah Beth and Tanner Johnson, Boyd...
Margaret "Marge" Vogel
Dec 8, 2016
Margaret (Marge) Vogel, 60, Overland park, KS passed with peace and grace on December 8, 2016 with her family at her side. Survived by husband, Dennis, daughter Brandi, son-in-law, Jordan Scafe, and granddaughter, Kaelyn Scafe, mother, Pat Eaton, brother, Berry and sister-in-law, Debbie Eaton, lots of aunts, uncles and cousins. Preceded in death by Jack D. Eaton, Father; Jerry D. Eaton, brother;...
Eugene Tuley
Dec 4, 2016
EUGENE P. TULEY October 12, 1938 – December 4, 2016 Eugene (Gene) P. Tuley passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 4th at 7 pm at Olathe Hospice House, surrounded by loving family members. He died as he lived: bravely, stoically and with dignity and grace. He was 78 years old. A memorial service will be held at 6 pm on Monday, December 12th...
Kenneth West
Dec 4, 2016
Kenneth Gordon West Kenneth G. “Ken” West, (Age 94) of Overland Park, KS, died December 4th, 2016 at his home. Memorial Services will be 1:00pm Thursday December 8th at St. Michaels and All Angels Episcopal Church, 67th and Nall, Mission, KS. Ken was born May 31, 1922, in Meta, MO, and had lived in the Kansas City area since 1929. He...
Raymond "Ray" Gerlinger
Dec 4, 2016
Raymond “Ray” E. Gerlinger was called to Heaven on December 4, 2016. He was born in Alexander, ND on March 25, 1923 to Raymond E. Gerlinger, Sr., and Anna Odland Gerlinger. He grew up in Minot, ND where he was active in Boy Scouting. He attended Augsburg College in Minneapolis, MN for two years before entering the U.S. Navy. Upon...
Kathleen Mayberry
Dec 3, 2016
Kathleen (Kay) J. Mayberry passed away on December 3, 2016. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Raymond Joseph Mayberry, her son Richard Joseph Mayberry, her father, Francis E. Faglon, her mother Marie Brecht, sister Dorothy Trimboli, and her brother Robert Faglon. She is survived by one son, Robert James Mayberry (spouse Patricia), two daughters, Janet Marie Saunders and Karen Elizabeth...
Helen Vedros
Dec 2, 2016
Helen Vedros 1922 - 2016 Helen Vedros, 94, of Kansas City passed away peacefully on December 2, 2016. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, George Vedros, her sister, Marika Stamu, and her brothers Gus Leondedis and George Leondedis. She is survived by two sons, Gus Vedros Bolingbrook, IL, and Stephen (Jannis) Vedros of Tulsa, OK, four grandchildren,...
Betty Robins
Dec 2, 2016
Betty J. Robins passed away Friday, December 2, 2016 at Garden Terrace where the staff cared for her during the final stages of Alzheimer’s. Betty Jean Clary was born in 1927 in Gaffney, S.C. to Flora Lou Smith and Guy Clary, both from large families. Betty reveled being the center of attention of seventeen aunts and uncles and enjoyed all the...
Mary Rockey Gramling
Nov 30, 2016
Mary "Imogene" (Rockey) Gramling, 90, retired marriage license clerk for the 18th District Courthouse Sedgwick Co. Kansas passed away Wednesday November 30, 2016. Preceded in death by her parents Odle and Lula Gilliam, 1st husband Donald Rockey, 2nd husband Ed Gramling, Brother Odle Jr., sisters Ina LaMendola and Ila Workman; Survived by several generations of nieces and nephews.
Buzzard Crawhorn
Nov 29, 2016
A memorial service will be held in Buzzards memory Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 1PM, with a reception to follow at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS 66210.
Warren Eppler
Nov 29, 2016
Warren George Eppler, 88, passed away November, 29, 2016. He was born February 21, 1928, the son of Adam F. and Anna (Kroll) Eppler. Warren served in the National Army Guard. He worked for Sealright for 44 years, retiring in 1991. He enjoyed building model and radio control airplanes and drawing pictures. His survivors include his wife Bernice Irene (Barker) Eppler, children, Steven Eppler, Jeff...
Peggy Manning
Nov 28, 2016
Margaret “Peggy” Manning, 54, passed away November 28, 2016. She was born May 28, 1962 in Great Lakes, IL, the daughter of Leonard C. and Nora A. (Conneally) Schlaak. She graduated from K-State with a degree in Fashion Design and was a member of Kappa Delta Sorority. Peggy worked for Pryor Learning Solutions from 1987 to 2016 where she worked in Customer...
Robert Mullin
Nov 28, 2016
Robert James Mullin, 46, passed away peacefully on November 28, 2016 surrounded by family and friends after courageously battling brain cancer for 13 years, 10 months and 20 days. He was born October 3, 1970 in Kansas City, MO and graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in political science. Rob married Gail Lynn (Weate) on August 20,...
Betty Myers
Nov 27, 2016
Betty Mae Boyack Myers, 91, was born April 25, 1925 to her parents, Richard Boyack and Lola Ruckman Boyack, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, Betty passed from this world on November 27, 2016, in Overland Park, KS. She had one older sister named Millie. Betty’s mother passed away a few weeks after her birth and her grandparents, Edwin and Maud Ruckman, took...
Barbara Sutton
Nov 26, 2016
Barbara Louise Sutton, 66, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away on November 26, 2016. Barb, as her friends knew her, was born in Kansas City, Kansas but moved to Osawatomie as a young girl and graduated from Olathe High School. The last 16 years she has worked as the inside sales person for Spectrum Sales. She enjoyed her job, ballroom dancing, spending...
Mukhtiar (Steve) Grewal
Nov 25, 2016
Mukhtiar (Steve) Singh Grewal of Leawood, Kansas, passed away to eternal rest on the morning of November 25, 2016. Steve was born in Village Jhande, Punjab, India. After immigrating to the United States and graduating from the University of Kansas, Steve and Deepi settled in Kansas City. Steve’s professional career was marked by radical success. For more than three decades, Steve was a distinguished developer,...
Walter Kay
Nov 24, 2016
Walter Kay, 87, passed away on November 24, 2016. There will be private services for the family.
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