Obituaries

Robert Griffith
Mar 12, 2008
Robert G. Griffith, age 82, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at K.C. Hospice House. Memorial services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 17th at D. W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions in Robert?s name be made to the University of Kansas Endowment...
Maurice Mcfarland
Mar 12, 2008
Maurice W. "Mac" McFarland passed away on March 12, 2008, at his home in Overland Park, Kan., with his loving wife by his side. Mac was born in Providence, R.I., on October 12, 1923, to James F. and Mary T. (Kennedy) McFarland. He moved to Kansas City, Mo., at age 8. On March 24, 1945, he married the girl next...
Frank Wendlandt, Jr.
Mar 12, 2008
Frank R. Wendlandt Jr., 82, Leawood, KS passed away Wednesday, March 12th. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 15th at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, Kansas. Visitation will be held the evening prior from 6-8 p.m. at the chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to Kansas City Hospice House or American...

Cody English
Mar 12, 2008
Cody Lincoln English passed away on March 12, 2008, at age 13. He died as he always lived: without complaint and full of amazing courage and strength of character. He honored God in his short but powerful life. Cody was loved by all who knew him. He was well known in the Overland Park area for the great courage and...

Richard Pallo
Mar 11, 2008
Richard John Pallo, age 52, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at his home. A celebration of his life will be 7:00 p.m. Saturday, March 15th at D. W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, Kansas. A gathering of family and friends will be held 5:00 ? 7:00 p.m. Saturday at the chapel...

Dorothy Scott
Mar 10, 2008
Dorothy A. Scott, 75, of Overland Park passed away peacefully at home on March 10, 2008. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, March 13 at 10:00am at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 8311 West 93rd Street, Overland Park, KS. Burial at Johnson County Memorial Gardens, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. Visitation will be held Wednesday, March 12...

Jean Hyde
Mar 10, 2008
Jean M. Hyde, 77, Kansas City, Mo., passed away Monday March 10, 2008, at Bishop Spencer Place. Jean was born Oct. 1, 1930, in Pennsylvania the daughter of William and Mary Millar. She graduated from high school at the age of 16. She earned a nursing degree from Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York, and later became a nurse...

Michael Craney
Mar 8, 2008
Michael D. Craney, 49, Overland Park, KS passed away Saturday, March 8, 2008. Mike was born September 13, 1958 in Kansas City, MO. He graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School in 1976 and was self employed as a painter. Mike loved his family and was an avid sports fan. He was preceded in death by his father, Thomas G....

Betty Gassaway
Mar 8, 2008
Betty Ann Gassaway, age 78, Olathe, Kansas, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2008 at her home. Betty was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on May 13, 1929 to C.J. and Golda (Speir) McFarland. She was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Larry E. Gassaway, and her parents. Survivors include her two daughters, Teresa Brink and her husband...
Bobbie Alexander
Mar 7, 2008
Bobbie Hendricks Alexander, 81, Merriam, KS, died March 7, 2008 from respiratory failure. Funeral services will be Monday, March 10, 11 a.m. at D.W. Newcomer's Sons, 11200 Metcalf in Overland Park. Visitation will be Sunday March 9 from 2-4 p.m. at DW Newcomer's Sons, 11200 Metcalf in Overland Park. Bobbie taught biology at Shawnee Mission West for 20 years, was...

Martha Miller
Mar 5, 2008
Martha Read Miller, 92, passed away peacefully on March 5, 2008. She is survived by daughters, Susan Schwab and husband Charles of Overland Park, Celia Read and life partner Rick Ivonavitch of Chicago; step-daughter, Paulette Metcalfe and husband Gene of Fountain Hills, AZ; sisters, Helena Colvin and Irene Bever of Chandler, AZ; five grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. She was...

Robert Davies
Mar 5, 2008
Robert Merle Davies, 80, Olathe, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 6, 2008 at the VA Medical Center in Topeka, Kansas. Robert was born August 5, 1927 in Kansas City, Kansas to Earl & Marie (Peterson) Davies and served his country proudly during WWII in the US Navy. He was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Roger Davies (his twin)...
Bette Moyles
Mar 4, 2008
Bette J. Moyles of Overland Park, Kan., passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at her home. She was born in Wichita, Kansas to Gladys M. and Thomas N. Hoops. Bette was a retired registered nurse, graduating from Bethany Hospital School of Nursing in 1947 with her sister Colene Dunn. Shortly after graduating, she and her husband moved to California where...

Richard Harris
Mar 4, 2008
Richard Harris, 82, of Overland Park, Kan., passed away quietly March 4, 2008, with his family at his side. Cremation services will be conducted by D.W. Newcomer's Sons. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 7, at their Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf. He is survived by his beloved wife of nearly 63 years, Margaret; their three...
Beth Hackett
Mar 4, 2008
Beth B. Hackett, age 98, passed away Sunday, May 4, 2008 at Garden Terrace of Overland Park. Cremation with private placement in Johnson County Memorial Gardens, Prayer Columbarium ossuary. Beth was born August 15, 1909 in Topeka, Kansas and moved to Kansas City when she was 18 years old. She worked for many years as a bookkeeper for the Kansas...

Eleanor Gardner
Mar 2, 2008
Gardner, Eleanor Louise, 84, Overland Park, KS, passed away Sunday March 2, 2008 at St. Luke?s South Hospital. Memorial Services will be 10 AM Saturday, March 8, 2008 at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Overland Park Lions Club. Eleanor was born April 15, 1923 in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of Otto...
Lyman Krieg (bud)
Mar 1, 2008
Lyman F. Krieg (Bud), age 86, of Overland, KS died March 1, 2008 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, KS. Funeral services will be Tuesday, March at 11:00am at Bethany Lutheran Church, 9101 Lamar, Overland Park, KS with Rev. Edward Trost officiating. Visitation will be at the church one hour before the service. Burial will be at...

James Powell
Feb 29, 2008
James (Buck) Powell, 97, went to his Father in Heaven February 29, 2008. He was born in Chester, TX. His father was a cotton and sugar cane farmer who needed him to help on the farm before he graduated from High School. The school principal got him a school custodial job so Buck could hire someone to take his place...

Lorna Voss
Feb 29, 2008
Lorna Wilkelena (Abben) Voss was born February 19, 1917 near Little Rock, Iowa. She was the daughter of John and Ora (Christians) Abben. She attended country school and high school in the Little Rock area. She finished high school and graduated from Gilmore City, Iowa High School in 1935. She married Donald Voss on September 3, 1926. She and her...

Raymond Lang
Feb 28, 2008
Raymond E. Lang, age 63, passed away Thursday, February 28, 2008 at Villa Saint Francis, Olathe. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, March 3rd at Holy Cross Catholic Church, 8311 West 93rd Street, Overland Park, Kansas. Cremation, inurnment will be in Parkview Cemetery, Lovnia, Michigan. A gathering of family and friends will be held 2:00 ? 4:00...
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