Obituaries
Devota Mayse Spurgeon
Dec 29, 2011
Memorial Services for Devota Maxine Mayse Spurgeon will be held 12:30 PM, Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS. Visitation will be held one hour prior. Mrs. Spurgeon died on December 29, 2011 at her home in DeSoto, KS. She was born on December 2, 1919 on a farm east...
Williams Evans, Jr.
Dec 28, 2011
William E. Evans, Jr., MD, age 87, of Leawood, passed away on December 28, 2011. He was born on Oct. 9, 1924, in KCMO, the son of Lucille B. (Willard) and William E. Evans, Sr. Dr. Bill, as he was affectionately known, got his medical degree from the University of Kansas and practiced medicine until his retirement. He was honorably...
James Cook
Dec 28, 2011
Jim died on December 28 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Jim retired as an Outside Plant Engineer from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in May of 1990 after 40 years of employment. He was a member of Prairie Baptist Church since 1953 where he taught Sunday School for over 40 years and held the office of Chairman for both...
George Lutz
Dec 27, 2011
George Lutz, age 91, of Raytown, MO, passed away on December 27, 2011. He was born on August 13, 1920 in St. Joseph, MO, the son of Daisy and Jess Andy Lutz. Survivors include his sons, Kelly (Linda) Lutz of Lee's Summit, MO and Kurt Martin Lutz of Springfield, MO; three grandchildren, Kyle (Wailohia) of Alexandria, VA, Kelsey and Keegan...
Loyd Dykman
Dec 27, 2011
Loyd William Dykman, age 83, of Overland Park, KS passed away suddenly on 12/27/2011 at his home. Loyd was born into a family of eight children on May 29, 1928, to parents Katherine and Claus Dykman. He grew up on a farm near Amoret, MO. He served in the U.S. Army for 4 years, earning the rank of Staff Sergeant....
Edward Maxon
Dec 26, 2011
Edward L. Maxon died December 26, 2011 at his residence in Lenexa, KS. He was 75. Ed was born on January 14, 1936 in Albany, MO, to Harold Forest Maxon and Mabel Grace (Runyon) Maxon. He was the youngest of his siblings, 3 brothers and 1 sister. The family later moved to Maryville, MO, where he lived until he finished...
Marquis Turner, Jr.
Dec 26, 2011
Marquis F. "Frank" Turner, Jr. of Overland Park, KS passed away Monday, December 26, 2011. He was born August 10, 1921 in Kansas City, MO, to Marquis F. and Thelma Turner. He was a World War II Veteran, serving in the US Army from 1942-1945. He was self employed for many years and past co-owner of Western Photo and past...
Michael Odgen
Dec 24, 2011
Michael S. Odgen, age 63, passed away suddenly at home on Saturday, December 24, 2011. A celebration of his life will be held at Christ Church-Anglican, 5500 W 91st St, Overland Park, KS, where he had been a member for 30 years. Michael's memorial service will be Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 1:00 PM, with inurnment in Disciple's Garden at...
Mrs. Adeline Gilmore
Dec 23, 2011
Adeline M. Gilmore, 92, passed away December 23, 2011. She was born on a farm near Denzer, WI, on Christmas Day 1918. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edmund and Augusta (Steinhorst) Jaedike; her husband, Edward F. Gilmore II and one son, Gerald W. Gilmore of Omaha, Nebr.; three sisters, Evelyn Flood, Helen Schaeffer, Lorna Mcfarlane, and one...
Dexter Kline
Dec 21, 2011
Dexter James Kline, 29, Overland Park, KS, passed away on December 21, 2011. Born March 27, 1982 in Iowa City, Iowa, he moved with his family to Overland Park at the age of 5. Dexter graduated from Blue Valley North High School in 2000 and earned his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with an emphasis in Actuarial Science from Washburn...
LaRaine Maxine Fox
Dec 20, 2011
LaRaine Maxine Fox, age 86, of Overland Park Kansas peacefully entered her eternal reward at 3:15 PM, December 20, 2011. She was born January 20, 1925 in the mining town of Galena, KS to Jabe and Lena Murray. She led a simple life with her parents, brother Kenneth and friends until a boy, Leon Fox, spied her standing atop her...
Thelma Meeker
Dec 19, 2011
Thelma Louise Meeker, 86, passed away on December 19, 2011. She was born on April 27, 1925 in Columbus, KS, the daughter of Edith (Chubb) and James Augustus. Survivors include her children, Bill (Stephanie), Marcy (Tom), Jacque (Dave) and Kathy (Mike); 9 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren and one sister, Jacque. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents,...
Edgar Robertson
Dec 17, 2011
Edgar Harold Robertson, Lt. Col. USAFR, Retired, died December 17, 2011 after a brief illness. Hal was born in Macon, GA in 1917 to William Norman and Leonora Herring Robertson, the fourth of eight children. His family moved to Jackson, MS a few years after his birth. There he enjoyed an active childhood with six brothers and one sister. Hal...
Timothy Wheeler
Dec 15, 2011
Timothy L. Wheeler, age 55, of Wellsville, KS passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2011. He was born on July 8, 1956 in Nebraska, the son of Beverly J. (Shipman) and Donel Eugene Wheeler. Survivors include his daughter, April (Brandon) Mullins; son, Donald Wheeler; grandchildren, Ashton and Madison Mullins; brother, Daniel R. Wheeler (Vanessa) and Michael D. Wheeler (Lisa); sister,...
Janis Wirtz
Dec 13, 2011
Janis Bates Russell Wirtz, 62, Merriam, died December 13, 2011, at Kansas City Hospice House after a courageous fight with pancreatic cancer. Jan was born in Independence, Mo., and had lived in the Kansas City area most of her life. Jan spent 20 years in the employee benefits insurance industry, the last 10 years with Standard Insurance Company as an...
Jadon Vinod
Dec 13, 2011
JADON VINOD, infant son of Vinod John and Sheeba Vinod, was stillborn on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas. He has touched many of our lives during his very brief time on earth. Survivors include his parents, Vinod and Sheeba; his brother, Joshua Vinod; grandparents, M.J. John and Mariamma John, K.C....
Mrs. Angela Allen Bergeron
Dec 12, 2011
Angela Nicole Allen Bergeron, 34, died peacefully on December 12, 2011 at her home in Houston, TX. Angela was born in Kansas City, KS on November 1, 1977. From early childhood she had a great love for animals both large and small. She is preceded in death by her paternal grandparents Wm C. and Mildred R. Allen and maternal grandfather...
Richard Walter
Dec 12, 2011
Richard P. Walter, 55, Overland Park, passed away on December 12, 2011, following a courageous battle with cancer. Rosary will be held at 2 p.m. with visitation to follow until 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 11300 West 103rd Street, Overland Park. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 19, also...
Charlotte Hovey
Dec 12, 2011
Charlotte "Ann" Hovey, 73, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her children on December 12, 2011. The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, December 17, 2011 at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park. A visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m., Friday, also at the chapel. Interment will be...
Mrs. Joyce Way
Dec 10, 2011
Joyce W. Way, 69, Overland Park, KS, passed away December 10, 2011 at her home from ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) under the care of her husband, Kansas City Hospice and CareStaf. Joyce was born on May 15, 1942 in Aberdeen, SD to Frank and Reta Washnok of Verdon, South Dakota. Joyce and Harold Way were married on December 27, 1963...
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