Obituaries

Ermyntrude Hansen

Ermyntrude Hansen

Apr 9, 2008

Trudie Hansen, age 91, Prairie Village, Kansas, passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 9, 2008. Trudie was born June 13, 1916 to William and Rosella (Hughes) Fritz in Winnebago, Nebraska and lived most of her life in the Kansas City area. She was a life member of Kansas City Young Matrons and a 60 year-member of Milburn Country Club. She was...

Logan Fritz

Logan Fritz

Apr 5, 2008

Logan Paul Fritz, age 32 days, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away the 5th of April, 2008, at home from heart failure. A celebration of Logan?s life will be held 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at D. W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Avenue. Burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions may be made to Darik & Maylen Fritz....

Susan Amrhein

Susan Amrhein

Apr 5, 2008

Susan Slater Amrhein quietly passed away on Saturday, April 5, 2008, losing her courageous fight against breast cancer. Susan was born on January 24, 1950 in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She came to Kansas City with her parents in 1952. Susan was a beloved daughter, wife, mother, sister and friend. Susan was married 27 years to her loving husband, Gene, who...

Robert Chandler

Robert Chandler

Apr 4, 2008

Robert Allen Chandler died in the afternoon of April 4th at the age of 82. Allen was a native of Jonesboro, Arkansas. He was the sixth child born to Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Collins Chandler. After graduating from high school he enlisted in the Army Air Corp serving as a medic. He was stationed in Japan. After the war he...

Wauneta Bondank

Wauneta Bondank

Apr 4, 2008

Wauneta Bondank, 95, Leawood, KS, passed away, Friday, July 4, 2008 at her home. Services will be 2 PM, Wednesday, July 9 at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park. Visitation will be from 1-2 PM prior to the service. The family will have a reception immediately following the services at First Baptist church of Overland Park,...

David Kearney

David Kearney

Apr 3, 2008

David Kearney, 87, of Shawnee, Kan., passed away Thursday, April 3, 2008, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Graveside services will be held 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 9, at Leavenworth National Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30-11 a.m. on Wednesday at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson County Chapel, at 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, Kansas.

Velmeta Hillers

Velmeta Hillers

Apr 2, 2008

Velmeta Mae Hillers, daughter of Cleo and Clara Miller was born on May 7, 1939 in Kansas City, KS. She passed on April 2, 2008 at KC Hospice House. Velmeta attended Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa and received her Associates Degree in Secretarial Science. Velmeta married Duane Hillers on December 17, 1960. She is survived by her husband of 47...

Rosa Barber

Rosa Barber

Apr 2, 2008

Rosa Marie Barber passed away on April 2, 2008, at the age of 82, after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Rosa was a lifelong resident of the Kansas City area, born on March 15, 1926, of Sicilian immigrants. Her maiden name was Vazzano. She graduated from Manual High and Vocational School and worked at Hall Brothers, the first of...

John Storrie

John Storrie

Apr 2, 2008

John H. Storrie, 100, Overland Park, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at The Forum of Overland Park. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 7, 2008, at Community Room Assisted Living Center of The Forum of Overland Park, 3509 W. 95th St., Overland Park. Cremation. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or...

Robert Crabtree

Robert Crabtree

Apr 1, 2008

Robert G. Crabtree, age 76, of Overland Park, KS passed away Tuesday April 1, 2008 at Manor Care of Overland Park. Bob was born June 16, 1931. He was raised by his parents, Myrtle and LB, in Nevada, MO. Mr. Crabtree graduated with a Masters degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri. At MU, as an associate professor...

Onofrio Mannino

Onofrio Mannino

Mar 31, 2008

Onofrio Mannino, 87, of Leawood, KS passed away March 31, 2008. Onofrio was born May 22, 1920 in Carini, Sicily. He was married to his loving wife, Rosaria, for 69 years. Onofrio and Rosario had three children together. They came to America in 2002 to live with their son and his family. He was loved by everyone that he touched....

E. B. F

E. B. F

Mar 28, 2008

Eugene Frohoff, 78, of Overland Park passed away March 28, 2008. Visitation will be Sunday, March 30 from 5:30 to 7:30 with a prayer service at 6:30 at D.W.Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, March 31st at Church of the Nativity, 3800 W. 119th, Leawood, KS. Burial at...

Ruth Luther

Ruth Luther

Mar 28, 2008

Ruth Fern Schuler Luther, 86, of Kansas City, Mo., passed away March 28, 2008. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 2 at the Ruestman-Harris Funeral Home in El Paso. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, April 1 at the funeral home. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery in El Paso.

Verneice Tester

Verneice Tester

Mar 28, 2008

Verniece (Burr) Tester Burr was born March 1, 1908 and died March 28, 2008. She was born to Albert and Emma Lane, the fifth child of eight. She and her brother, Herbert, lived to be over one hundred. She was preceded in death by all her brothers and sisters and husband Clifford. After leaving Fort Scott, Kansas, Burr worked for...

Edith Brown

Edith Brown

Mar 27, 2008

Edith Mae Brown, age 82, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 27, 2008, at Kansas City Hospice House. Mrs. Brown was born April 24, 1925 in Kansas City, Kansas. She was a 1943 graduate of Wyandotte High School. Edith worked for many years at Western Auto Supply Company and was a member of Oakland Park Baptist Church in...

Leon Andrews

Leon Andrews

Mar 27, 2008

Leon Andrews, 88, Kansas City, passed away March 27, 2008. Leon was a life member of the PGA. He was a well known teaching professional in the Kansas City area since 1958. He was instrumental in the construction of Indian Creek Golf Course, the Osawatomie Back Nine, and Rabbit Creek in Louisburg. He and his wife Bonnie owned and operated...

Louise Holtzinger

Louise Holtzinger

Mar 25, 2008

Anna Louise Nesselroad Crummett Rodemyer Holtzinger, age 91, passed away on March 25, 2008 in Billings, Montana. She was a loving wife, super mother, dedicated grandmother, great-grandmother and a wonderful, generous friend to everyone she met. Louise was born to Orley and Alice Nesselroad, June 10, 1916, was raised in Kansas City, Missouri and graduated from Central High School. Louise's...

Wayne Sloyer

Wayne Sloyer

Mar 25, 2008

Lieutenant Colonel Wayne Sloyer (USAF Ret.) passed away in Overland Park, KS on March 24, 2008 at the age of 63. Memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 27, at Atonement Lutheran Church, 9948 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. In lieu of flowers family requests contributions be made to the Atonement Lutheran Church for Mexico Mission. Born November 24,...

Rosemary Lindbloom

Rosemary Lindbloom

Mar 24, 2008

Rosemary Douglas Lindbloom, 92, Leawood, KS, passed away March 24, 2008 at St. Joseph Hospital. Rosemary was born September 10, 1915 in Kansas City, MO. She married John L. Lindbloom on August 9, 1946. She was a member of the Leawood Singers, The Antique Collectibles, and The Leawood Women's Club. Rosemary was a highly accomplished pianist and loved music. Her...

Ethel Detrou

Ethel Detrou

Mar 23, 2008

Ethel DeTrou, who made Oxford, Ohio her home for 48 years, passed away peacefully in Overland Park, Kansas on Easter Sunday, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband Don, but not before they were able to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary surrounded by family and friends. Born in 1919, Ethel leaves behind two sons, Val and Dean; two...