Obituaries

Rylan Pratt-Skilling
Apr 10, 2013
RYLAN WILLIAM PRATT-SKILLING was stillborn, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. There will be a private family graveside service and interment at Johnson County Memorial Gardens, Overland Park, KS. Survivors include his parents, Bryan Skilling and Monica Pratt; paternal grandparents, Terry and Doreen Skilling; maternal grandparents, Danny and Ronna Pratt; paternal great-grandparents, Dorothy Linnell, Jerry and Bonnie Skilling; and many aunts; uncles;...
Richard Learmonth
Apr 10, 2013
Richard Handley Learmonth, 92, a long-time resident of Prairie Village and a recent resident at Tallgrass Creek retirement community in Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on April 10, 2013. Richard (known as Dick) was born December 29, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois, to Ethel Mae (Handley) and Richard Learmonth. Dick was raised in Kansas City and graduated from Southwest High School,...

Mrs. Dorothy (Stubbs) Woodhead
Apr 9, 2013
DOROTHY LORAINE (STUBBS) WOODHEAD, 101, Overland Park, KS passed away 9th of April 2013 at Delmar Gardens of Overland Park. Memorial services will be at 2:00 pm, Sunday, May 5th at Community of Christ Church, 79th & Mission Road, Prairie Village, KS. The family will receive friends after the memorial service at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to...
Janet Pinkard
Apr 7, 2013
Janet Elizabeth Pinkard, 58, died unexpectedly, April 7, 2013, at her home in Lenexa, KS. Born January 3, 1955 in Kansas City, MO to Bob and Thelma Hruska, she is survived by her beloved children, Danny, Kevin, and Lauren; her adored granddaughter, Avery; her sister, Linda Crist and her husband Darold of Kansas City and her brother Jack Hruska and...

Eugene Werner
Apr 7, 2013
Eugene H. Werner, 92, of Kansas City, MO, passed away Sunday, April 7, 2013. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, April 12, 2013, at D.W. Newcomer's Sons – Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, Kansas. Family will greet friends an hour before the service. Eugene was born November 27, 1920, in Galveston, Texas,...
Mrs. Lilla (Ricketts) Brand
Apr 6, 2013
Lilla Waneta (Ricketts) Brand passed away at home on April 6, 2013. She was born on May 15, 1924 near Altoona in Bates County, MO. She attended high school in Adrian, MO and she moved to K.C. in 1943. She worked at Pratt and Whitney assembling aircraft engines until WWII was over. She married Carl Lenus Brand on September 6,...
Charles Miles
Apr 6, 2013
Dr. Charles D. Miles, 86, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away at his home Saturday, April 6, 2013. Charles was born to Chester and Roma Miles on August 11, 1926, in Kansas City, Missouri. As a boy, Charles lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Liberty, Missouri before his family permanently relocated to Kansas City. Charles was a World War II veteran...

Victor McGrew
Apr 6, 2013
Victor was born on April 23, 1936 and passed away on Saturday, April 6, 2013. Victor was a resident of Overland Park, Kansas.

John Hill
Apr 5, 2013
John (Jack) R. Hill a recent resident of Holiday Island went to live with the Lord when he passed away in his home in Overland Park, KS on April 5, 2013 at the age of 80. He was born May 6, 1932 in Clinton, IA, the son of Charles J. and Esther Randolph who preceded him in death. Jack lived...

Tzu Hsieh
Apr 4, 2013
Tzu Win was born on March 11, 1924 and passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2013. Tzu Win was a resident of Overland Park, Kansas.
Thomas Roudebush
Apr 3, 2013
Thomas "Tim" McCann Roudebush, 83, of Overland Park, Kansas, died peacefully at his home on April 3, 2013, after a brief illness. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m., Thursday, April 11, at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS, with services at 4 p.m., Friday, April 12, at Colonial Presbyterian Church, 9500 Wornall Road, Kansas City,...
Dianne Coddington
Apr 2, 2013
Dianne Virginia Coddington, age 81, of Lenexa, Kansas, died at home on April 2, 2013. Dianne battled leukemia during her final year. She was born in Kansas City, MO in 1931. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, Marcia and Hal A. Stonebraker. Dianne is survived by her sister, Jolene Jolliff of Santa Barbara, CA and her...

Peggy Cage
Apr 2, 2013
PEGGY ELLEN CAGE, 73, Overland Park, KS passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 2, 2013. She was born September 20, 1939 in Denver, Colorado the daughter of Carl and Virgie Cage. Peggy retired from the Kansas City Star where she was Senior Coordinator of the Obituary Department. She was a proud mother of four, Karen, Sheri, Debi and David. She enjoyed...
Ruth Elo
Apr 1, 2013
Ruth L. Elo, 90, formerly of Ottawa, KS passed away peacefully on April 1st, at the Kansas City Hospice House. She was born April 26th, 1922 in Halls, MO, the daughter of Landon C. and Lena M. McCoy. She was preceded in death by her husband George Elo Jr., a daughter Deborah Lynn Elo and sisters Lavena Wilson, Esther Gibson,...

Mildred Anderson
Mar 31, 2013
Mildred "Mil" Anderson, 90, died peacefully on Easter Sunday surrounded by family. She was born Mildred Fabian Clare on January 17th, 1923 in Braintree, Massachusetts, where her father's family settled upon emigrating from Ireland in 1880. Beautiful young Mildred was swept off her feet by handsome serviceman Arvid "Andy" Anderson. They married in 1944 and lived in Monterey, CA while...
Diane Smith
Mar 31, 2013
Diane was born on November 16, 1939 and passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013. Diane was a resident of Overland Park, Kansas.

Virginia Stewart
Mar 31, 2013
VIRGINIA C. STEWART, 91, Prairie Village, KS passed away Sunday, March 31, 2013. A funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, April 6, 2013 at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel , 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66204. The family will receive friends at 9:00 a.m. before the service hour. Interment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery, Lawrence, KS....

Rodney Cook
Mar 29, 2013
Rodney Cook, 73, passed away Friday, March 29, 2013. Rodney served 21 years in the United States Navy and served two tours in the Vietnam War. He is survived by his sister, Sharon Everest and his son, Forrest Cook.
Richard Jacobs
Mar 28, 2013
Richard E. (Dick) Jacobs, age 90, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2013. He was born on May 13, 1922, in Peoria, IL, to Elmer and Ethel Jacobs. Richard was the youngest of two children. He entered the pilot training program as a cadet in the U.S. Army Air Corps, graduated and served as 2nd Lieutenant...
Rhonda Bowen
Mar 26, 2013
Rhonda S. Bowen passed away on Tuesday, March 26, 2013. She was born October 28, 1954 in Kansas City, Missouri, to Kenneth E. and June Hunter Bowen. She attended Lee's Summit High School and the University of Missouri –Columbia. She is survived by her mother, June Bowen, her sister, Carol Chartrand and husband Arthur, her niece and nephew, Emily and...
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