Obituaries
Mildred Messer
Apr 28, 2008
Mildred I Messer, age 87, of Melvern, Kansas, passed away Monday, April 28, 2008. Graveside services will be held 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 3rd at Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens, Olathe, Kansas.
Katherine Robeson
Apr 27, 2008
Katherine (Kay) Willard Robeson, 92, passed away April 27, 2008, at Kansas City Hospice House after a brief illness. She had resided at Claridge Court, Prairie Village, since 1997. She is preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Mark D. Robeson, Sr., and her daughter Judith Katherine Robeson. She is survived by her two sons, Daniel F. Robeson...
Pete Bodyk
Apr 27, 2008
Pete Bodyk, Sr., 61, of Overland Park, KS, formerly of Augusta, KS passed away April 27, 2008. Pete worked in sales for over 30 years. He enjoyed reading, traveling, sports and his grandchildren. Visitation will be held Tuesday, April 29, 2008 from 6:00 - 8:00 pm with a short service at 7pm at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200...
Frances Krause
Apr 25, 2008
Frances Louise (Butler) Krause passed away Friday, April 25, 2008, at the age of 64. Born August 22, 1943, in San Francisco, CA, Frances Butler grew up and lived most of her early life in the Bay Area, raising her family in Pleasanton, CA. She married Delbert Krause in 1965, and they recently celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary on April...
Robert Ramsey
Apr 25, 2008
Robert D. Ramsey, 76, Merriam, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side Friday, April 25th. Memorial services will be at 2:30 p.m., Thursday, May 1st at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park. Inurnment in Johnson County Memorial Gardens, Indoor Courtyard of Memories. Memorial contributions may be made to the Kansas City Ballet,...
Verneta Mcaninch
Apr 25, 2008
Verneta Mae McAninch, 74, of Kansas City, Kansas passed away Friday, April 25, 2008 at home. Cremation. Inurnment will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 17, 2008 in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens, 13901 Blackbob Rd., Olathe, Kansas. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or Kansas City Hospice. Verneta was born on October 31, 1933 in Houston, Missouri....
Harriet Borchardt
Apr 24, 2008
Harriet Louise Borchardt (Koehn), 75, Shawnee Mission, Kansas passed away Thursday, April 24, 2008 at St. Luke?s Hospital from complications of heart disease. Friends and family will gather to celebrate Harriet?s life on Sunday, April 27, 2008 from 2:00 ? 4:00 P.M. at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210. The family suggests casual attire....
Dolores Marter
Apr 23, 2008
Dolores H. Marter, age 73, died April 23, 2008 at Doylestown Hospital, Doylestown PA. Born in Asheboro, NC, she was a resident of Johnson County, KS for many years. She was the loving wife of the late William J. Marter for more than 43 years. She is survived by her two children Jackie Marter Nowakowski and her husband, Tom, of...
Marydee Nugent
Apr 21, 2008
Marydee Nugent, 81, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away April 21, 2008. Dee was born on October 21, 1926 in Newark, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, William Nugent. She is survived by her daughter, Storm Nugent, daughter Lynn Rus, son-in-law Steve Rus, and her grandchildren Marideth Rus and Darren Rus. Memorial contributions may be sent...
Robert Fields
Apr 21, 2008
Robert L. Fields, 78, of Lenexa, KS passed away April 21, 2008. Visitation will be held from 2-3pm Saturday, April 26, 2008 at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66210. Funeral services will be held at 3pm at the chapel. Burial to follow at Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Robert was a veteran of the Navy,...
Berniece B. Cox
Apr 21, 2008
Berniece Barker Cox passed away Monday, April 21, 2008. Berniece was born in Burns, KS on April 4, 1921 to Lee Channing and Mildred Scott Barker. She graduated from Burns High School in 1938, and attended Eldorado Junior College and American Business College. On April 20, 1952 she married Clinton Cox in Wichita, KS. She worked at the VA Hospital...
Marjorie Kernick
Apr 21, 2008
Marjorie Brooks Kernick of Kansas City, Missouri passed away Monday, April 21, 2008 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Marjorie was born November 6, 1924 in Kansas City. She attended Roseland School, Shawnee, Mission High School and graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in Business in 1950. Marjorie married Andress Kernick, also a KU graduate, in 1955...
Charles Banker
Apr 19, 2008
Charles E. Banker, 96, Overland Park, a Hallmark Cards retiree, died April 19, 2008 at Clare Bridge Assisted Living Facility in Leawood. Charles was born in Maple Hill, Kansas, and attended high school in Lawrence and Baldwin. After graduating as the valedictorian of the Baldwin High School class of 1928, he enrolled at Baker University. While in college, he was...
Mary Farney
Apr 17, 2008
Mary Louise (Gennette) Farney, 74, Roeland Park, passed away Thursday, April 17th at home. Funeral services were held, Sunday, April 20th, 2008 at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park. Memorial contributions may be made to Kansas City Hospice. Mary Lou was born September 6, 1933 and grew up in Kansas City, graduating from Bishop Ward High...
Mary Gennette Farney
Apr 17, 2008
Mary Louise (Gennette) Farney, 74, Roeland Park, passed away Thursday, April 17, at home. Mary Lou was born September 6, 1933, and grew up in Kansas City, graduating from Bishop Ward High School in 1951. She married Benjamin Farney at St. Peter's Cathedral in Kansas City, Kansas, on March 3, 1957. She was a homemaker for many years, raising five...
Melvin Lewis
Apr 14, 2008
Melvin A. ?Lou? Lewis, 65, Spring Hill, KS passed away April 14, 2008 at home after a brief battle with cancer. Lou was born on Sept. 18, 1942 in Chicago and was married to Cheryl A. Lewis for 44 years. A veteran, Lou served in the Air Force from 1962-1965. He retired from the Union Pacific Railroad in 2006 after...
Sharrie Breedlove
Apr 14, 2008
Sharrie Lee Breedlove, age 72, Versailles, Missouri, passed away Monday, April 14, 2008 at Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles. Sharrie was born March 30, 1936 to Waco and June (Hubbard) Greathouse in Iola, Kansas. She was united in marriage to Dick Breedlove in 1954 and lived in Kansas City, Missouri until 2001 when she moved to the nursing home...
Bill Willard Peterson
Apr 13, 2008
Bill (L. Willard) Peterson was born January 27, 1921, and died on April 13, 2008, in his home. Bill is survived by a family who loved him, including his wife of 57 years, Evelyn Peterson; children and spouses, Richard and JoAnnette of Mandeville, La., Cristine and Charles Roberts of Overland Park, Ronald and Karin of St. Louis, and Jon Randall...
Margie Maynard
Apr 11, 2008
Margie D. Maynard, 87, of Overland Park, KS passed away at home Friday, April 11, 2008. Mrs. Maynard was a founder of TLC for Children and Families, member of Johnson County Young Matrons, Rho Iota Gamma and Asbury Methodist Church. Survivors include Bob, her husband of 63 years; son, Rob; daughter, Judy; granddaughters, Christa Sifrit and husband Jeff, Amie and...
Paul Bush
Apr 10, 2008
Paul Bush, 86, of Overland Park passed away April 10, 2008. Visitation will be Tuesday, April 15, 2008 from 12:30 to 2:30 at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. Funeral will be at 2:30 at the chapel. Burial at Johnson County Memorial Gardens, Overland Park, KS.
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