Obituaries

Else Ricci

Else Ricci

Dec 20, 2007

Else Ricci, 79, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2007. Visitation will be 12-1 pm, Saturday, December 22 at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf. Services will immediately follow at 1 pm. Burial in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens. Else was born June 26, 1928 in Germany. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, and she enjoyed being a...

Mathilde Nielsen

Mathilde Nielsen

Dec 20, 2007

Mathilde Jensy Nielsen, 5 weeks, of Overland Park, KS passed away December 20, 2007 from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Miss Mathilde Nielsen was born November 11, 2007 in Merriam, KS to Jesper and Patrisha Nielsen. She was preceded in death by her great grandparents, Charles Campbell and Irene Farrar; step grandfather, Leon Farrar and great grandfather Poul Erik Nielsen....

Willard West

Willard West

Dec 19, 2007

Willard "Bill" West, 90, of Raytown, Missouri, died December 19, 2007. Born in Nobe, West Virginia, he was a U.S. Army Veteran and retired from City Wide Tree Service, the business he founded in Kansas City in 1965. He was a great husband and father and he loved to bowl. Surviving are his wife and best friend, Dorothy West, three...

Helen Goldberg

Helen Goldberg

Dec 16, 2007

Helen Rybicka Goldberg, 86, a longtime resident of Kansas City, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2007 at Plaza Regency at Park Ridge, New Jersey. She died from a long time illness with family by her side. Funeral services will be held 10:00 a.m., Thursday, December 20, 2007 at Christ the King Catholic Church, 8510 Wornall Rd., Kansas City. Burial to...

John Groot

John Groot

Dec 16, 2007

John Groot, 95, passed away Sunday, December 16, 2007 at Lakeview Village Care Center. John was born March 21, 1912 to William and Katie Groot in Rock Valley, Iowa. He retired from Associated Wholesale Grocers where he worked as an Office Manager. He helped start Kansas City Christian School and was a long time member of the Mission Road Bible...

Jacquelyn Craig

Jacquelyn Craig

Dec 15, 2007

Jacquelyn ?Jackie? Craig, 89, of Burnet, TX died Dec. 15, 2007. She was born on June 12, 1918 in Kansas City, KS to Otto and Anna Medved Powell. She married her husband of 40 years, Rex L. Craig, on Nov. 22, 1967. She was a resident of Lake Quivira, KS for 33 years and a long time resident of Horseshoe...

Dennis Hare

Dennis Hare

Dec 15, 2007

Dennis Hare, 60, North Kansas City, Missouri passed away December 15, 2007. Visitation will be held on Friday, December 21, 2007 from 5- 7 p.m. at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210.

Annie Webb

Annie Webb

Dec 14, 2007

Annie Sue Webb joined the Band of Angels on December 14, 2007. She was born Annie Sue Taylor on October 2, 1907 in Beebe, Arkansas. She married Criss Webb and they were married for 33 years. He preceded her in death on February 26, 1958. She was also preceded in death by one son Marion Webb on September 7, 1997....

Virginia Petett

Virginia Petett

Dec 14, 2007

Virginia M. Petett of Prairie Village, Kansas passed away at Delmar Gardens of Lenexa nursing home Friday evening. Virginia will be sorely missed by her family and friends in this area, which include her daughter-in-law, Cathy Russell of Lenexa KS; grandchildren, Greg Hoeflicker, of Chicago, IL., Keith Hoeflicker, and Michelle Lever and two great grandchildren of Lenexa KS. Her many...

Howard Flora

Howard Flora

Dec 13, 2007

Howard G. Flora, 89, Olathe, Kansas, passed away December 13, 2007. He was preceded in death by his wife, Cleta in 2002. Survivors include three sons, Jeffrey and wife Nancy, Leawood, KS; Douglas and wife Susan, Kansas City, MO; and Jonathan, Scottsdale, AZ. He is also survived by his grandchildren: Zac Flora, Atchison, KS; Peter Flora, Kansas City, MO; Byron...

Phyllis Dieckman

Phyllis Dieckman

Dec 12, 2007

Phyllis L. Dieckman, 75, of Shawnee, Kan., finished her earthly life course December 12, 2007, at the Kansas City Hospice House. Phyllis was born April 26, 1932, in Windsor, Mo. For over 60 years, Phyllis has been an active member as one of Jehovah's Witnesses. Through her love for the Bible and desire to gain a more accurate knowledge of...

Constance Gratny

Constance Gratny

Dec 12, 2007

Constance Lee Gratny, 80, passed away peacefully Wednesday, December 12th, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. A celebration of her life will be 2:30 p.m. Friday, December 14th at D. W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, Kansas with a gathering of family and friends 1:00 ? 2:30 p.m. Friday at the chapel preceding the...

Phyllis Raible

Phyllis Raible

Dec 11, 2007

Phyllis J. Raible, age 88, of Overland Park, Kansas, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, December 11, 2007, surrounded by loving family and friends. Phyllis was born on August 21, 1919, in Kansas City, Missouri. She spent much of her childhood in Beatrice, Nebraska, and Blue Springs, Nebraska, graduating from high school in Blue Springs, NE, in 1937. She moved...

Mr. Charles Esterline

Mr. Charles Esterline

Dec 10, 2007

Charles Still Esterline, 74, passed away on December 10, 2007. Chuck was born on July 22, 1933 in Kirksville, Missouri to Crawford and Elizabeth (Still) Esterline, both Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine. He was a graduate of the Kirksville High School Class of 1951 and received a bachelor degree in business from Northeast Missouri State University. Chuck married the love of...

Mr. William Behrman

Mr. William Behrman

Dec 9, 2007

William E. (Bill) Behrman Bill Behrman, 80 of Kansas City, KS 66106 passed away on December 9, 2007 at his home from natural causes. Mr. Behrman was born December 9, 1927 in St. Louis, Mo. to Margaret and Martin Behrman. Mr. Behrman resided in the Kansas City area for 78 years. Mr. Behrman after gradating from Finlay Engineering College in...

Hilde Farley

Hilde Farley

Dec 9, 2007

Hilde Elizabeth Farley died Sunday, December 9, 2007, at her home in Lawrence. She was attended in her passing by her hospice nurses and her sons. She was born March 17, 1927, in Berlin- Steglitz, Germany, the only child of Horace and Marianne Woelfer Shuptrine. She was baptized and christened in the Lutheran Lukaskirche, Berlin-Steglitz. Her father was an American...

Helen George

Helen George

Dec 9, 2007

Helen Louise (Gill) George, died Sunday, December 9, 2007, at the Care Center of Lakeview Village in Lenexa. Helen was born Sept. 9, 1913, in Anthony, Kan. Her parents were Calvin and Inez (Benson) Gill. The family moved to El Dorado when Helen was small. She graduated from El Dorado High School, Junior College, and attended the University of Colorado....

Mr. Vincent Brown

Mr. Vincent Brown

Dec 8, 2007

Vincent Thomas Brown, 85, Overland Park, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2007. Mr. Brown was born July 28th, 1922 in Kansas City, Missouri. He worked at the Kansas City Star as a printer for 54 years. He began working at age 16. His skill soon turned him into one of the favorite make-up men at The Star, often chosen by...

Mary Perkins

Mary Perkins

Dec 8, 2007

Mary May Perkins, age 87, passed away Saturday, December 8, 2007 at Foxwood Springs, Raymore, Missouri. Mary was born May 16, 1920 to Samuel and Alice (Clark) Adams in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She volunteered many hours at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma and following her working as an office manager for Farmers Insurance in Kansas City, retired to Mesa,...

Alta Sharp

Alta Sharp

Dec 6, 2007

Alta M. Sharp, 91, of Promise City, Iowa, passed away December 6, 2007 in Merriam, Kansas. Visitation will be 4-6 p.m. Friday and funeral services 9:00 a.m. Saturday at D. W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, December 12th at 11:00 a.m. in Promise City, Iowa.