Obituaries
Joanne Therese Marx
May 20, 2024
Joanne Therese Marx, of Mission, KS, age 87, passed away Monday, May 20, 2024.
Joanne was born on April 26, 1937, to Marion and Gertrude (Pavlak) Drzewiecki. She grew up in Leavenworth, KS, graduating from Immaculata High School. She was a long-time resident of Mission, KS, where she was a devoted member of St. Pius X Catholic Church for nearly...
Karen Leigh Sobanek
May 19, 2024
Karen Leigh Sobanek of Prairie Village Ks, passed away unexpectedly on May 19, 2024 at Menorah Medical Center. She was one of three daughter's born to John Ed & Dona Mayes and she was born in Muskogee, Ok. The family later moved to Overland Park and Karen graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School. She was the owner of Hisco...
Bill R. Snyder
May 17, 2024
Bill Snyder
Billy Ray Snyder, 97, of Lenexa, KS went home to be with Jesus, his Lord and Savior, Friday, May 17, 2024.
Bill was born on August 18, 1926 to Carl and Lillie Snyder in Carthage, Missouri. He grew up with his 3 brothers in Carthage and the surrounding area until he was drafted out of high school into the army in 1944. Growing up, he and his...
Sandra Kay Mullen
May 14, 2024
Sandra Kay Mullen was born on her mother’s 21st birthday, July 22, 1948, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Sandi was the 10th great-granddaughter of Pocahontas and John Rolfe. She was the first of three baby-boomer children born to William Earl and Elinor Grace Mullen. Gary Steven Mullen ( Leawood, KS) followed Sandi in 1951 and Roger Dennis...
Roger A.C. Allenbrand
May 11, 2024
Roger A.C. Allenbrand, 81, of Spring Hill, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, May 13, 2024. He was born on August 30, 1942 in Gardner, Kansas to AC and G. Pearl (Smith) Allenbrand.
Roger graduated from Olathe High School in1960. He held a handful of jobs in his lifetime from warehouse shipping to a fast food manager to a police officer, but...
Zoe Dean Debaldo
May 10, 2024
Zoe Dean Debaldo, 16, lived in Kansas City, Kansas. Zoe Dean Debaldo was guided into heaven by her Guardian Angels on May 10, 2024. Church services will be held at The Cathedral of Saint Peter the Apostle on May 21st, 2024, with a memorial mass at 10 am. Zoe Dean Debaldo was born on May 23, 2007, in Overland Park, Kansas. Zoe attended Wyandotte High School till 2023. Zoe loved spending as...
John "Jack" Charles Miller
May 8, 2024
John “Jack” Charles Miller, age 86, of Raymore, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, May 8th, 2024.
He was born on May 28th, 1937, in Kansas City, Missouri to Charles R. Miller Jr. and Marguerite R. Edwards. He graduated from Bishop Hogan High School class of 1956.
Jack and Sharon were married June 14th, 1958. A marriage spanning 65+ years and blessed with 2...
Jo Ann Myers
May 6, 2024
Jo Ann Myers passed away on May 6, 2024 in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born Jo Ann Reed in Van Buren, Arkansas to George and Alyce Reed on June 17, 1929. The family moved from Arkansas to Girard, Kansas to be close to her grandparents. Jo Ann loved being around her grandfather’s racehorses. She had a life long interest...
Betty Jo Davis
May 5, 2024
Betty Jo Davis, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away peacefully on May 5th at the age of 99. She will be missed by her son Guy Davis and his wife Peggy, daughter Gale Davis, son Clark Davis and his wife Jaye. The grandchildren are Tony Davis, Tracey Hess, Jeff Dietrich, Shelly Dietrich, Tyler Davis, and Tara Davis Meyer. She is also...
Betty Ann Smith
May 5, 2024
Betty Ann Smith, 91, of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away peacefully on May 5, 2024, at her home, surrounded by family.
Betty was born on December 31, 1932, to Ivan and Bessie (Bailey) Maddox in Kansas City, Kansas.
In 1952, Betty married Wyon Smith in Shawnee, Kansas. Betty and Wyon went on to have two daughters, Luella, and Viola. They celebrated 52 years...
Sheila Ann (Rhiner) Riffer
May 5, 2024
Sheila Ann Rhiner was born on June 28, 1937, as the only child of Oran L. Rhiner and Margaret Maxine (Mallon) Rhiner, in Kansas City, Missouri. Her father passed away when she was only 2 years old, and her mother was ill and sometimes hospitalized when Sheila was a child, so she often lived with her beloved maternal grandmother, Ruth...
Mary Jane Caroline Johannsmeyer
May 5, 2024
Mary Jane Johannsmeyer, 77, was born to Erhardt and Dorothy Johannsmeyer in St. Louis, MO on June 17, 1946. She graduated from the University of Missouri and moved to Kansas City. Mary Jane worked with data processing in the telecommunications field. She first worked for the Federal Reserve, then Montgomery Ward, followed by Control Data and lastly United Telecommunications which...
Mike Sutton
May 3, 2024
Michael W. Sutton, 70, of the Lake of the Ozarks, MO, passed away on Friday May 3, 2024. Mike was born in Kansas City, MO on May 2, 1954 to Vernon and Cynthia Sutton. He grew up in Prairie Village and Overland Park, KS. Most of his adult life was spent in Texas where he owned several businesses including Voyager’s Dream...
Joan Ruch
May 2, 2024
Margaret Joan Ruch is now walking with the Lord. She died peacefully On May 2, 2024 at Colonial Oaks assisted living facility in Springhill Kansas. She is survived by her children H.Rod Ruch, Jane Danforth and Renee (Wells) Haren. Grandchildren include Justin Villarreal, Joel Villarreal, Charles Haren, Maggie (Ben) Host. Great grandchildren Laura Villarreal, Haley Villarreal, Woods Haren, Bear Host,...
Patrick G. Galvin
Apr 30, 2024
Patrick G. Galvin , 87, loving father and grandfather, passed away April 30, 2024, at University of Kansas Medical Center. He was born on January 7, 1937, to Floyd James Galvin and Sadie Barker Galvin. On January 24, 1959, Patrick married Patricia Lee Williamson in Kansas City, KS, and they were married for 45 years. He was a longtime executive...
George H. Adams
Apr 30, 2024
George Herbert Adams went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. He was born to Benjamin Roy (BR) and Mae Claypool Adams on September 7, 1933, in Pueblo, Colorado. The family later moved to Dalhart, Texas and then to Pratt, Kansas in 1946. George married Norma Jean Nitz in 1955, and they enjoyed 67 years of marriage.
After...
Patricia S Akins
Apr 29, 2024
Patricia “Pat” Akin was born in Pittsburg, KS on April 27, 1938, to Roland and Suzie Dray. She was proud of the fact that on the day of her 14th birthday, she got her first job at the Puritan Dairy serving ice cream. She graduated from Pittsburg High School, where she enjoyed playing tennis and swimming. She lived in Pittsburg...
Vickie Lynn McColley
Apr 25, 2024
Victoria Lynn (Vickie) McColley was born on February 19, 1947, and passed away at Homestead of Overland Park on April 25, 2024.
Predeceased by her parents, William Gerald McDonald, and Mildred Hortense (Wieland) McDonald and brother James (Jim) Matthew McDonald, she leaves behind her daughters Sarah Harrington (Michael Socha), and Stephanie Murphy (Rob) along with four grandchildren Caitlin and Kenna Harrington...
Christopher Wolcott
Apr 25, 2024
Christopher Wolcott entered the world on October 1, 1943. He was the son of John Jefferson Wolcott Jr and Virginia Rose Wolcott nee Altman. As a child, he attended Visitation Grade School where he made lifelong friends. He participated in football, baseball and basketball. At age 12 he achieved the highest rank of Eagle Scout through the Boy Scouts of...
Vickie Ann Loganbill
Apr 24, 2024
Vickie Anne Loganbill, 74, of Overland Park, Kansas, went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, April 24th, 2024. Vickie was born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 6,1949. Her parents were Douglas and Claudene (Gibson) Loganbill. She worked at TWA for 33 years and retired as a Senior Accounting Analyst in 2001.
She was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by two...
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