Obituaries
Stanley Hampton
Jan 14, 2015
Stanley C. Hampton, 54, passed away April 14, 2015, at Kansas City Hospice House after a courageous battle with esophageal cancer. Stan was born March 1, 1961, in Tulsa, Okla. He graduated from Oklahoma State in 1984 and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity. He worked for Farmer's Insurance for 29 years. Stan was a bass player in...
Goldie Dunn
Jan 13, 2015
Goldie L. Dunn, 90, Kansas City, Kansas passed away Jan 13, 2015 at St. Luke’s Hospice House in K.C. Mo. Goldie was born Apr. 17, 1924, the youngest of 9 children. She raised two sons and three daughters and loved many more grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Goldie was a long time resident of Roeland Park, Kansas and attended the United Methodist Church...
Pearl Ott
Jan 10, 2015
Pearl A. Ott, age 91, of Leawood, KS, passed away on January 10, 2015. A visitation will be held from 10 to 11 am on Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at the Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS. Graveside services will follow at 11:30 am at Mount Moriah Cemetery, 10507 Holmes Road, Kansas City, MO. In lieu...
John Kling
Jan 10, 2015
John Robert Kling, 68, an engineer with Burns & McDonnell, died January 10, 2015, at the home in Leawood. He was a beloved husband, father and grandfather. John had a passion for K-State sports, was an avid sailor and enjoyed restoring his ’69 Plymouth Charger. He was the victim of a brain tumor. John was born November 8, 1946, in...
Virginia (Achenbaugh) Nicoski
Jan 8, 2015
Virginia G. (Achenbaugh) Nicoski, 80, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away on Thursday, January 8, 2015. Virginia was born on February 19, 1934 in Carson, Iowa to the late Charles and Alma Achenbaugh and was a 1952 graduate of Oakland High School. Virginia had been a resident of the Lenexa, Kansas area since 1974. She was a dedicated, nurturing loving mother and wife...
Peter Siefert
Jan 7, 2015
Peter “Pete” Russell Siefert, age 76, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on January 7, 2015. Pete was born on March 21, 1938 in Kansas City, MO to Dorothy and Russell Siefert. After graduating from Southwest High School in 1956, Pete went on to attend the University of Colorado. He was passionate about his career as a stock trader. His...
Barbara Coyle
Jan 6, 2015
Barbara Coyle (nee Flint) passed away peacefully January 6, 2015 at North Care Hospice and Palliative Care in North Kansas City, MO at the age of 84. Mrs. Coyle was born January 14, 1930 to Ida Pearl and Claude Flint in Mission, Kansas. She married Thomas Coyle in 1953 and they settled in North Kansas City, MO where she raised...
Beverly Stone
Jan 6, 2015
Beverly Ann Stone, passed away January 6, 2015 in Gainesville, GA. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, January 12, 2015 at Leawood United Methodist Church, 2915 W. 95th St., Leawood, Kansas with Pastor Howard Johnson officiating. A gathering of family and friends will begin at 10:00 AM, also at the church. Following the service, a light luncheon will be...
Doris Harper
Jan 4, 2015
Doris Lipscomb Harper, age 94, of Prairie Village, KS, passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2015 at Kansas City Hospice House. She was born March 20, 1920 in Rome, TN to John and Sally Lipscomb. Doris and her husband Bill moved to the Kansas City area in 1948 when Bill started working for Trans World Airlines, raising their family in...
Harold Voth MD
Jan 2, 2015
Harold W. Voth, MD, died peacefully on January 2, 2015 in Kansas City, MO. Dr. Voth was born in 1921 and spent his childhood in Newton, KS. He earned a B.S. from McPherson College and attended University of Kansas Medical School, where he received a medical degree with honors and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society....
Tommy Ruskin
Jan 1, 2015
Tommy Ruskin, well-known Kansas City jazz drummer, passed away January 1, 2015 at his home. Tommy was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1942 to Ida and Roy Ruskin. He attended Southwest High School and began drumming professionally at age 17 with the Roy Johnson Trio. Tommy married singer Julie Turner in 1963. They have one son, musician, Brian Ruskin. Tommy Ruskin...
Clara Nall
Dec 30, 2014
Clara D. Nall, 95, Overland Park, passed away December 30, 2015. A Celebration of Clara’s Life will be held at a later date. A private interment will take place in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Fond memories and condolences for the family may be left at www.johnsoncountychapel.com. Clara was born August 15, 1919 in Morrisville, Missouri and moved to the Kansas City area in...
Charles Carr
Dec 30, 2014
Charles Robert Carr, 94, devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather passed away on December 30, 2014. He was a resident of Aberdeen Village in Olathe Kansas. Charlie was a 1937 Graduate of Westport High School and a 1942 graduate of the University Of Kansas School Of Journalism. He married his lifelong partner Joanne Bray in 1943. She and their oldest daughter Pamela...
Robert Adams
Dec 30, 2014
Robert N. Adams, 87, Overland Park, Kansas went to be with the Lord on December 30, 2014. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, January 5, 2015 at Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church, 9300 Nall Ave. in Overland Park. A visitation for family and friends will begin at 10:00 AM at the church. Interment will take place at Forest Hill Cemetery. Memorial...
Gerald Magnenat
Dec 29, 2014
Gerald C. (Jerry) Magnenat went to be with the Lord on December 29, 2014. Jerry, age 78, was born on October 13, 1936 to Francis (Frank) and Lida (Ivy) Magnenat in Wyandotte County, KS, near 48th and Metropolitan. He attended Chelsea Grade School, Northwest Jr. High School, graduating from Wyandotte High School in 1954, then some years later completed a...
Barbara (Baker) Mollett
Dec 28, 2014
Barbara June (Baker) Mollett, 77, Mission, Kansas passed away December 28, 2014. Per her own request, there will not be a public service. Interment will take place in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Fond memories and condolences for the family may be left at www.johnsoncountychapel.com. Barb was born October 28, 1937 in Kansas City, Missouri to Lucille (Davis) and Hugh J. Baker. She is...
Chauncey Rice
Dec 28, 2014
Chauncey V. Rice, age 87 of Overland Park, KS passed away on December 28th, 2014. Chauncey was born September 13, 1927 in Cheyenne, OK to Chauncey V. and Muriel Dugger Rice. Chauncey lived in Cheyenne, OK until the age of 15 when they moved to Plainview, KS. He graduated from Plainview High School early to enlist in the US Navy during WWII. He served from...
Cynthia Long
Dec 27, 2014
Cynthia Jeanetta Long, age 65, of Lenexa, passed away on December 27, 2014 surrounded by her family. Cindy battled cancer with incredible strength, courage and grace. Visitation will be held from 5 pm to 7 pm on Friday, January 2, 2015 at the Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS. Funeral services will be held at 10...
Sam McAnally
Dec 25, 2014
Sam L. McAnally was born July 20, 1927 at home on the family farm near Seymour, Missouri, the youngest of eight children, to Walter and Laura McAnally. He departed this life on Thursday, December 25, 2014 at St. Luke’s Hospice House. Visitation will be held from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Indian Heights United...
Darlene Wahlstedt
Dec 24, 2014
Darlene Carlson Wahlstedt, age 82, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, passed away on December 24th, 2014, peacefully and in the presence of her loving and devoted children, Linda and Clay. Darlene was born Darlene Maddox, in Nebraska, on December 14th, 1932, to Jude and Mamie Maddox. Darlene was raised in Prairie Village and attended Shawnee Mission North High School. She...
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