Obituaries

Mr Richard Gwynne

Mr Richard Gwynne

Jan 8, 2010

Richard Alan Gwynne, age 69, of Leawood, KS passed away on Friday, January 8, 2010 at Menorah Medical Center following a brief illness. Memorial services will be held at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 14th at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. Visitation will be 2-3:00 P.M. Thursday at the chapel prior to the service....

Mr. Brian Stedman

Mr. Brian Stedman

Jan 7, 2010

Mr. Stedman was born on April 25, 1957 and passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2010. Mr. Stedman was a resident of Overland Park, Kansas at the time of his passing.

Mrs. Adonis Davis

Mrs. Adonis Davis

Jan 5, 2010

Adonis Phillips Davis, known by many as Donnie and by some as Nonnie, was born on March 12, 1934, in Dale County, Ala. She went to be with our Lord on January 5, 2010, near her home in Olathe, Kan. She passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family. Donnie was a wonderful wife and excellent mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She...

Mr. William M. Clifton

Mr. William M. Clifton

Jan 5, 2010

William M. Clifton, 82, of Overland Park, KS passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at St. Luke’s South Hospital. Memorial services will be 11:00 A.M. on Friday, January 8th at First Baptist Church of Overland Park, 8200 W. 96th Street, Overland Park, KS 66212 (913) 642-3478. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to First Baptist Church of...

Russell Folken

Russell Folken

Jan 3, 2010

Russell D. Folken, age 74, of Osawatomie, KS passed away on Sunday, January 3, 2010 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Kansas City, MO. Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, January 7th at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. Visitation will be from 10-11:00 A.M. Thursday at the chapel prior to the service. Burial in...

Mr. Larson Bohon

Mr. Larson Bohon

Dec 30, 2009

Brian Larson Bohon, 52, of Westminster, CO, formerly of Leawood, KS, passed peacefully on December 30, 2009, after a courageous battle with kidney cancer. Visitation will be held on Saturday, January 9, 2010, from 10:30-11:00 a.m. at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, 9100 Mission Road, Prairie Village, KS. Memorial services will start at 11:00 a.m. following the visitation. In...

Mrs. Marjorie L Turrell

Mrs. Marjorie L Turrell

Dec 30, 2009

Marjorie L. Turrell, 98, Lenexa, KS, passed away on December 30, 2009, at Lakeview Village. A private memorial observance is planned. She was born March 5, 1911, in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of Henry Leo Hentzen and Edith Mae Austin Hentzen. She was a homemaker and a bookkeeper for the Shawnee Mission Unified School District. She married Henry M....

John MacPhail

John MacPhail

Dec 29, 2009

John Lorne MacPhail passed away peacefully at home on December 29th. John was born November 13, 1936 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada to Winston and Mabel (Simpson) MacPhail. John served in the United States Airforce for several years before beginning his career in radiology. For the majority of his career, John worked at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, MO...

Mrs. Velma Bangs

Mrs. Velma Bangs

Dec 29, 2009

Velma Elizabeth (Emry) Bangs, age 93, of Lenexa, Kan., died Tuesday evening, December 29, 2009, at Lakeview Village Care Center in Lenexa. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, January 4, 2010, at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf. Family will receive friends one hour before the service on Monday at the chapel. The family suggests contributions to...

Robert Miller

Robert Miller

Dec 26, 2009

Robert L. “Bob” Miller, age 81, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away peacefully at the Kansas City Hospice House on December 26, 2009 after a valiant battle with Alzheimer’s and a recent illness. He is survived by his wife, Jean; daughters, Babette (Rane) Miller and Dr. Kandace Miller; as well as, his two grandchildren, Alexandra and Jacob Bragg. He is...

Ted Backs

Ted Backs

Dec 25, 2009

Ted Backs passed away at Kansas City Hospice House on December 25th, 2009. He was born August 16th, 1937 in Lockwood, Missouri. He graduated from MU Columbia with a BS and MS in Education, a minor in Mathematics, and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Ted was an elementary school principal in Lockwood, Missouri. He came to Shawnee Mission...

Mr. Craig Olson

Mr. Craig Olson

Dec 25, 2009

Craig Olson, 46, of Overland Park, Kan., passed away recently at home. Craig served as lead Mechanical Engineer for Black & Veatch for the past 20 years. He was a graduate of the University of Nebraska and University of Kansas. Survivors include his wife, Alicia; daughter, Avery; and son, Redding. Craig is also survived by his mother, Marilynn Olson and...

Mr. Eugene Morton

Mr. Eugene Morton

Dec 24, 2009

Eugene Leroy Morton, age 88, of Leawood, Kan., passed away on December 24, 2009, after a brief illness. He was born April 26, 1921, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of the late Everst and Marie Morton. He graduated from East High School in 1938 and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After his first date with...

Vera Zumbehl

Vera Zumbehl

Dec 20, 2009

Vera K. Zumbehl died on December 20, 2009, at Somerset Health Center at Claridge Court in Prairie Village. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, December 26, at 10 a.m. at Bethany Lutheran Church, 9101 Lamar, Overland Park, Kan. In lieu of flowers, gifts in her memory may be made to the Bethany Lutheran Church Foundation of Kansas c/o...

Mr. Robert Long

Mr. Robert Long

Dec 20, 2009

Robert A. (Bob) Long, 78, of Leawood, KS died Sunday December 20, 2009 from cardiac arrest, surrounded by family and friends. He was born October 31, 1931, in McCune, KS and was raised on a farm by his parents, Margaret and Everett Long. Bob attended the University of Kansas, receiving a degree in Accounting in 1957. It was at KU...

Mr. Jon Christlieb

Mr. Jon Christlieb

Dec 20, 2009

Jon C. (CAL) Christlieb passed away Sunday, December 20, 2009. He was born May 17, 1935 in Kearney, NE and thereafter became a resident of Kansas. He is survived by his wife, Wenda Smith-Christlieb; son and two daughters, Jon S. Christlieb, Tammara Quinn and Tracy Lickteig; and four grand children. He attended Washburn University of Topeka for both his undergraduate...

Mrs. Evelyn Ditty

Mrs. Evelyn Ditty

Dec 17, 2009

Evelyn Stenbock Ditty, 80, of Kansas City, Kansas, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 17, 2009. Evelyn Alice was born March 28, 1929, to Harold and Nellie Stenbock in the tiny settlement of Cloverland, Wisconsin, and spent her early years there on a small family farm. Her father was an itinerant preacher, and Evelyn was introduced...

Samuel Murphy

Samuel Murphy

Dec 16, 2009

Samuel A. Murphy, 28, Olathe, Kansas passed away December 16, 2009. A memorial service will be held at 1:00 P.M., Sunday, December 20, 2009 at New Haven Seventh-day Adventist Church, 8714 Antioch Rd., Overland Park, Kansas. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the Kansas City VA Medical Center, 4801 Linwood Blvd., Kansas City, Missouri 64128. For...

Mr. Del Braddock

Mr. Del Braddock

Dec 16, 2009

Del Braddock, 56, Leawood, KS passed away unexpectedly Dec, 16,2009. Del was born Oct. 15, 1953 in Mt. Vernon, IL to Lois and Nillson Braddock. He graduated from Mt. Vernon High School in 1971. He attended college at KU graduating in 1975 with a BA and received a MBA in 1977. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity....

Cheryl McLaughlin

Cheryl McLaughlin

Dec 16, 2009

Cheryl Barnett McLaughlin, age 69, of Shawnee Mission, KS passed away on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at her home. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. on Monday, December 21st at Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Road, Prairie Village, KS. Burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens, Overland Park, KS. Visitation will be 4-6:00 P.M. on Sunday, December 20th at D.W. Newcomer’s...