Obituaries
Olga Shelton
Dec 31, 2007
Olga Meyn-Shelton went to meet her Lord on December 31, 2007 at the age of 87. A Kansas City native, she was born October 17, 1920, the second daughter of Olga Hiller Meyn and John F. Meyn. She attended Ashland Elementary School and graduated at age 15 from East High School. Olga was a member of St. Peter?s Evangelical and...
Elsie Jennings
Dec 26, 2007
Elsie Marie Jennings, age 88, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at her daughter?s home in Colleyville, Texas. Mrs. Jennings was born in Bourbon County, Kansas near Ft. Scott, the daughter of Jess and Addie Stradley. She married George Herbert Jennings December 4, 1938 and moved to Overland Park, Kansas in 1958. Elsie was a member of...
Donald Davies
Dec 24, 2007
Donald E. Davies, 77, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed into eternal glory on Monday, December 24, 2007 unexpectedly at the home. Don was born March 14, 1930 in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Earl and Marie Davies. He was the youngest of four children, was raised in Merrriam, and graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School. He later attended...
Francis (Frank Fiedler
Dec 24, 2007
Francis (Frank) H. Fiedler, Overland Park, Kan., passed away Monday, December 24, 2007. Mr. Fiedler was born July 30, 1922, in Kansas City, Mo., to Herman and Edith Fiedler. He was a veteran of WWII and served with the U.S. Army Signal Corp. and 8th Air Force in Great Britain, France, Belgium and Germany from 1942-1946. He was a member...
Mr John Knoell
Dec 22, 2007
John Knoell, 97, of Mission, Kansas, passed away December 22, 2007, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. John was born September 10, 1910, in Philadelphia, PA. He was the son of Marie K. and William F. Knoell. He married Lillian Woodley on January 25, 1939. She predeceased him. They lived a love-filled, joyous, Christian life together for 61 wonderful years, and...
Jack Van Lear
Dec 21, 2007
Jack Lynn Van Lear, 80 passed away Friday, December 21, 2007. Jack was born 31 January, 1927 in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He retired from the United States Army Reserves in 1987 as a Colonel after 35 years of service. Jack served in the US Marines from 1945 to 1949 and later in the US Army 82nd Airborne Division as a...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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