Obituaries
Eric Williams Jr.
Mar 30, 2016
Eric O. Williams, Jr. of Greenwood Terrace, Overland Park KS passed suddenly Wed. March 30, 2016 at home. He loved his Mizzou Tigers, St. Louis Cardinals and western movies. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Lois M. (Miller) Williams of the home and their daughter, Marjorie (Margie) Williams of Grandview MO. Cremation, private memorial service with military...
Seth Beeker
Mar 29, 2016
Seth Willard “Will” Beeker passed away peacefully March 29, 2016 at Promise Hospital Overland Park, KS at the age of 92. One of three children, Willard was born in Yonkers, New York to Seth Avery Beeker and Mary Wicklow Carson Beeker October 24, 1923. After high School, Willard attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, from 1941 to 1943 before enlisting in...
Patricia Effie
Mar 29, 2016
Patricia Arden Eakin Effie, 84, passed away Tuesday night, March 29th surrounded by loved ones at Olathe Hospice House. As Always, she put up a Hard Fight right to her last breath! Pat was born on November 25th, 1931, to her parents; Glen E. Eakin and Verda Viola Weyer. She was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and her family soon moved...
Josiah Smith
Mar 28, 2016
Josiah E. Smith, 94, of Brooksville, Florida, went to be with his Lord on March 28, 2016, with family by his side. Josiah was born on January 21, 1922 in Blanco, Colorado. He grew up in Kansas City, KS where his mother raised him faithfully in the First Wesleyan Church. He grew up learning the sheet metal trade, and started...
Hattie Thompson
Mar 27, 2016
Hattie Thompson (Highfill), 93, Mission, KS, passed away on March 27, 2016 from natural causes. Hattie was born January 30, 1923, in Potter, KS, to Mary and Ben Highfill. She was married to Gerald Thompson for 62 years. Hattie graduated from Pittsburg State College with an education degree and taught school for a few years before devoting the following years...
David Stobie
Mar 26, 2016
David William Stobie died on March 26, 2016 after the return of and short battle with prostate cancer. He is preceded in death by his wife, Victoria "Tory" Ann Tether, and his parents, Gordon Kellie Stobie and Margaret Merle Skirving. He is survived by 5 children, Thomas (Barbara), Keith Adabie (Judy), Peter (Lisa), Jennifer Schumacher (Brian) and Paula Bolduc (Joseph)...
Sean O'Connor
Mar 25, 2016
Sean Patrick O’Connor, 20, of Overland Park, passed away March 25, 2016. He was born to Robert and Lisa O’Connor on April 12, 1995. Sean lived in and attended school in South Florida until his family moved to the Kansas City area in 2007. He attended Harmony Middle School and graduated from Blue Valley West in 2013. Sean initially attended...
Sharon Reed
Mar 25, 2016
Sharon V. Reed, 72, died peacefully surrounded by her sisters and other family on March 25, 2016 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Sharon was born to Guy Ralph & Ruth Reed on June 11, 1943 at home in Overland Park, Kansas. She attended several one room country schools. Her family moved to Lenexa, Kansas where she finished grade school....
Norma Lindsey
Mar 25, 2016
Norma Jack Lindsey, PhD. died on March 25, 2016 at her home. She was born in Van Zandt County, Texas in 1929, the eldest child and only daughter of Nora Velma Flovin Lindsey and Oscar Lee Lindsey. In time, there were born to this family two sons, Thomas Calvin Lindsey and Donald Lee Lindsey. Ms. Lindsey grew up in the...
Joseph Erker
Mar 25, 2016
Joseph J. Erker, 90, Overland Park, KS, passed away 25 March 2016 surrounded by family & friends. His love & legacy live on through his 3 children, 6 grandchildren & 3 great grandchildren. A true “gentleman” with a warm smile and humble nature, Joe touched the hearts and lives of everyone he met. He was a kind, generous man who shared...
Dale Kesl D.O.
Mar 23, 2016
Dale Kesl, 60, of Liberty, MO, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, MO after receiving a kidney transplant. Dale was raised in Helena, Arkansas from humble beginnings and he graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1978 with a double major in Biology and Chemistry. After college, Dale obtained his Doctorate...
Claudia Wheeler
Mar 23, 2016
Claudia B. (Grandma Honey) Wheeler was Born December 28, 1920 in Hawkins, TX. She moved to Corpus Christi TX as a teenager and met and married Carl E. Wheeler in December, 1942. They were married for 62 Years until his death in 2004; although we think Claudia would say that she still considers them married. Claudia and Carl worked building several business together both...
Robert Wahlstedt
Mar 21, 2016
Robert “Bob” Paul Wahlstedt, age 85, formerly of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on March 21, 2016 in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Bob was born March 22, 1930 in Kansas City, Missouri to the late John and Grace Wahlstedt and had one sister, the late Betty Wahlstedt. Bob was married 34 years to Darlene Carlson Wahlstedt. He served as a captain in...
Robert Cornelius
Mar 21, 2016
Robert (Bob) Eugene Cornelius passed away peacefully Monday, March 21, 2016 in Maumelle, Arkansas. He was born on March 20, 1927 in Kansas City, Kansas to Eugene and Hazel Cornelius. He grew up in the Kansas City area and Texas along with his brother, Ed and sister Patricia (Pat). He married Joy Jane Roland on August 11, 1946 in Anderson,...
Larry Goldman
Mar 20, 2016
Lawrence (Larry) Howard Goldman, 81, of Overland Park, passed away peacefully on March 20, 2016, after an eight-month struggle with dementia, complicated by melanoma. Larry was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 8, 1934 and also lived in East St. Louis, IL, and Sedalia, MO, a town he truly loved. He graduated from the University of Missouri/Columbia in 1956 and was...
Richard Grossman
Mar 18, 2016
Richard Philip Grossman, Lenexa, KS, died, March 18, 2016 at Lakeview Village shortly after celebrating his 97th birthday. He was born in Warrick County, Indiana to Herman and Lena (Rauth) Grossman. Richard graduated from Boonville High School and various Army Air Force Technical Schools. He was the 3rd generation of Grossmans to be confirmed at St John’s United Church of Christ in Boonville...
Mrs. Susan Morrison
Mar 17, 2016
Susan Montgomery Morrison went to be at peace with her Lord and Savior on March 17, 2016. She was born in Paola, Kansas on January 14, 1934 to Tressie May and Fred Montgomery. Susan grew up in Lawrence, Kansas, and while attending high school she met and later married the love of her life, Richard Allen Morrison, on June 29,...
John Cunningham
Mar 16, 2016
John Myron (Scoop) Cunningham passed away on March 16th in Overland Park, KS. He was born April 13th, 1929 to Marjorie Williams and William Cunningham in Washington D.C. He was the third of four children. Immediately upon his eligibility, John joined the Navy where he stayed until 1948. He later joined the Air Force and was there until 1954. While stationed at Forbes Air...
Mrs. Beverly Devin
Mar 11, 2016
Beverly Louise Devin, 80, Leawood, Kansas passed away on March 11th 2016. She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on March 31st, 1935. She was the only child of Harold and Gladdys Gillispie. Beverly attended the University of Oklahoma and was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. She married Cedric Devin Sr. in 1956 and served as a Marine wife for five...
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