Obituaries

Mr. James Papst

Mr. James Papst

Sep 11, 2011

James Harold Papst, 91, of Overland Park, KS, passed away September 11, 2011, following a series of strokes. Services will be held Thursday, September 15, 2011 at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, with a visitation at 9:30 am and service following at 11:00 am. Interment will follow in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be...

William Hovey, Jr.

William Hovey, Jr.

Sep 7, 2011

William R. Hovey, Jr., 73, Overland Park, Kansas passed away on September 7, 2011. A funeral service will be held at 10:30 AM, Saturday, September 10, 2011 at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, Kansas. A visitation will be held from 5-7 PM, Friday, September 9, 2011, also in the chapel. Interment will be in...

Charles Engelken

Charles Engelken

Sep 3, 2011

An extraordinary journey on this earth came to a close with the passing of Charles Orval Engelken, age 48, of Overland Park, KS on Saturday, September 3, 2011. He was born on July 14, 1963 in Kansas City, KS, the son of Verna Jean (Lewis) and Orval Charles "Skeeter" Engelken. Charles was a 1981 graduate of Center High School and...

Mr. Gary Kahmann

Mr. Gary Kahmann

Sep 3, 2011

Gary Eugene Kahmann, age 68, Olathe, Kansas passed away September 3, 2011. Memorial services will be Wednesday, Sept. 7th at 10:00 a.m. at D.W. Newcomers, Johnson County Chapel, burial in Johnson County Memorial Garden. Visitation will be Tuesday evening Sept 6th 5 to 7 p.m. at D. W. Newcomers Johnson County Chapel. Gary was born January 10, 1943 in Memphis,...

Mr. Walter Turner

Mr. Walter Turner

Sep 2, 2011

Walter W. Turner, age 72, of Overland Park, KS passed away on Friday, September 2, 2011. He was born on October 1, 1938 in Graymont, GA, the son of Louise (Renew) and Inman Turner. Walt (Pop) loved cooking, watching football and spending time with his wife and family. Although Walt (Pop) was a man of few words, when he did...

David Moore III

David Moore III

Aug 30, 2011

David Moore III, age 55, passed away Tuesday, August 30, 2011, in Overland Park Kansas. A Celebration of Life for Dave will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at the Church of the Resurrection, located at 13720 Roe Ave, Leawood, KS. Visitation will be held one hour prior in the narthex of the Wesley Chapel at the...

Mary Warrior

Mary Warrior

Aug 30, 2011

Mary E. Warrior of Mission, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at the age of 91. She was born on May 22, 1920 in Waverly, Iowa, the second of ten children born to Leslie and Amanda Strotman. She married Dean Warrior on July 22, 1942 and after living in Hampton and Des Moines, Iowa, they moved to Kansas...

Arta Ramel

Arta Ramel

Aug 29, 2011

Arta Ann Ramel entered into her heavenly home on August 29, 2011. She was born in 1941 to Arthur and Anna Belle Wiechert in Carrollton, MO and was raised on the family farm with sisters Brenda Howe (Ken) and Terrie Underwood (Frank). Ann was married in 1961 to George Ramel and was blessed with four children, Randy Ramel (Lucy), Renee...

Mary Ransom

Mary Ransom

Aug 26, 2011

Mary Ellen Ransom nee Boyd passed away on Friday, August 26, 2011. She was born on July 12, 1923 in Ft. Worth, Texas, the daughter of Mary M. (Hess) and J. F. Boyd. After graduating high school at age 16 from a class of nine in her hometown, Post Oak Texas, she began her higher education which included attending Vanderbilt...

Virginia Porter

Virginia Porter

Aug 25, 2011

Virginia Lee Porter, 76, Overland Park, KS, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2011 at her home. She was born on February 23, 1935 in Blackwell, OK, the daughter of Fern Elizabeth (Whitney) and Earl Wilson Davis. Virginia will be remembered for always being a compassionate and loving person. Her creativity, wittiness, and joking nature are something that will be greatly...

Donald Gamet

Donald Gamet

Aug 25, 2011

Donald Max Gamet, age 95, of Overland Park, KS passed away on August 25, 2011 at The Kansas City Hospice House and Palliative Care Center. Born in Mapleton, KS in 1916, Donald spent his early years working on the family farm with his parents and four siblings, riding his pony to the one room rural school he attended. Don graduated...

Robert Thomas Gnall

Robert Thomas Gnall

Aug 24, 2011

Robert Thomas Gnall, 54, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2011. He was born November 6, 1956 in Scranton, Pennsylvania to Robert and Mary (Carmody) Gnall. He attended Indiana University obtaining a degree in Marketing. He worked as Director of Sales for At&t Wireless, Kansas. He was employed by AT&T for 25 years. On October 6, 1979...

Emma Burdick

Emma Burdick

Aug 22, 2011

Emma Rose Burdick was born on Monday, August 22nd, 2011 at 2:25 pm to parents Branden and Alexis Burdick at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, KS. She weighed a precious 2 pounds, 7.3 ounces and was 15 inches long. Emma's parents, older sisters - Adya (6) and Clara (4), grandparents - Paul Wenske & Nancy Meis and Mary Burdick,...

Mrs. Barbara Bailey

Mrs. Barbara Bailey

Aug 21, 2011

Our beloved wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, and friend, Barbara Dee Bailey, 67, of Overland Park, KS. (Formerly Grandview, Mo.) went home to be with our lord on August 21, 2011 surrounded by her family. Barb was preceded in death by her mother Lois, her father Fletch, and her brother Carl. She leaves behind her loving husband Gary, her daughter...

Ineta Price

Ineta Price

Aug 20, 2011

Ineta Fern Price, 106, Olathe, KS, passed away Saturday, August 20, 2011 at Good Samaritan, Olathe. Memorial services will be 1 p.m., Saturday, August 27, at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. Cremation. Mrs. Price was born August 2, 1905 in Aurora, MO. She graduated from Cherryvale, KS High School in 1923. Moved to Kansas...

Mr. Norman Babcock

Mr. Norman Babcock

Aug 20, 2011

Dr. Norman R. Babcock passed away Saturday, August 20, 2011. A “Celebration of Life” service honoring him will be held at 11:00 am Thursday, August 25th at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, Kansas 66210. Born August 7, 1918, Norm was raised on a farm near Tonganoxie, KS. He was the only child of Elsie and...

Ms. Dorothy Dolen

Ms. Dorothy Dolen

Aug 18, 2011

Dorothy E. Dolen, age 91, of Leawood, KS passed away on August 18, 2011. She was born on March 10, 1920 in KC, MO the daughter of Jual (Thompson) and Frank Snyder. She graduated from Central High School in KC, MO and later married John Smith in 1940. Dorothy joined John in San Antonio, TX in the armed services in...

Joan Hise Fayman

Joan Hise Fayman

Aug 18, 2011

Joan (Jody) Hise Fayman, 86, Lenexa, KS passed away August 18, 2011. A visitation will be from 4-6 PM, Thursday, August 25, 2011 at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, Kansas. A private family graveside service will take place the following day in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested...

Mr. Jeremy Spotts

Mr. Jeremy Spotts

Aug 17, 2011

Jeremy Mackey Spotts, age 27, of NYC, NY passed away on August 17, 2011 in NYC. He was born on March 11, 1984 in North KC, MO, the son of Sherry J. Spotts and Jerry E. Spotts. Survivors include his mother, Sherry Spotts of Overland Park, KS; father, Jerry Spotts (Connie) of Blue Springs, MO; brother, Jeff (Jenny) of Victorvillle,...

Laura Ibenthal

Laura Ibenthal

Aug 17, 2011

Laura “Mae” Williams Ibenthal passed away peacefully, to be with our Heavenly Father, Wednesday, August 17 at the age of 95, in Overland Park, KS. Mae was born August 31, 1915, the twin daughter of Roy and Laura Reynolds Rutledge, in a small rural area near Wauneta, Kansas. Mae graduated from Elgin High School in 1933 and married Charles Kenneth...