Obituaries

Mallory Ferguson

Mallory Ferguson

Nov 30, 2007

Mallory Renae Ferguson age 3 days old, passed away Friday, November 30, 2007. She was born Tuesday, November 27 to Justin and Amanda Ferguson.

Mr. Floyd Perkins

Mr. Floyd Perkins

Nov 29, 2007

Floyd P. Perkins, age 81, passed away Thursday, November 29, 2007. Floyd was born March 10, 1926, in Topeka, Kansas, to Floyd and Claire Perkins. He graduated from Washburn University with a BA degree in accounting. For 28 years, he worked as an accountant at Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Corporation. After retiring, he worked for 16 years in the Johnson County...

D. Reichardt

D. Reichardt

Nov 29, 2007

D. Frances Reichardt, age 86, Olathe, Kansas, passed away Thursday, November 29, 2007. Frances was born November 23, 1921, to Jasper and Faye (Vestal) Turner in Denison, Texas. She was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother who enjoyed family and family gatherings around the holidays. She had numerous friends and loved bowling, swimming, playing Bingo, and gardening. Frances was a...

Frances Hendrickson

Frances Hendrickson

Nov 28, 2007

Frances Eileen Hendrickson, 88, died at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, November 28, 2007. Mrs. Hendrickson was born July 25, 1919 in Bonaparte, IA, to Clarence Marshall Shearer and Kathryn Elizabeth Rodgers Shearer. She was married to Merle D. Hendrickson on July 3, 1940 in Carthage, MO. Merle died Feb. 11, 1998. Frances graduated from Booneville, MO, High School in 1937 and...

Betsy Denk

Betsy Denk

Nov 24, 2007

Betsy Denk, 92, of Shawnee Mission, KS died November 24, 2007. Visitation will be at 10:00 A.M. Saturday, December 1, 2007 at Countryside Christian Church, 6101 Nall Ave, Mission, KS 66202, with funeral services at 11:00 A.M. Burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. Visitation will be from 10:00-11:00 A.M. at the church. In lieu of...

Penny Blake

Penny Blake

Nov 23, 2007

Penny Brown Blake, 50, died on November 23. She is survived by husband, Dewayne Blake, a daughter, Ginger, a son, Austin, and two step children, Nathan and Natalie, her parents, William and Mary Jean Shoop, a brother, Gary Shoop and his wife, Pam, two nieces and one nephew. Penny?s growing up years where spent in St. Joseph, MO, where she...

Mrs. Denise Casey

Mrs. Denise Casey

Nov 23, 2007

Denise Gail Casey, 52, passed away following a courageous battle against breast cancer on November 23, 2007, with her family at her side. Denise was born Nov. 6, 1955, in Topeka, Kan. She graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School in 1973 and St. Luke's School of Nursing in 1976. She was married for 19 years to her husband, John....

Mr. J. Johnson

Mr. J. Johnson

Nov 22, 2007

Mr. Johnson was born on January 10, 1921 and passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2007. Mr. Johnson was a resident of Overland Park, Kansas at the time of his passing.

Mr. Edward Rutter, Sr.

Mr. Edward Rutter, Sr.

Nov 21, 2007

Edward Herbert Rutter Sr., 80, Leawood, Kansas passed away November 21, 2007 at home. Visitation will be at 10:30 Friday November 30, 2007 at Bethany Lutheran Church 9101 Lamar, Overland Park, Kansas. Memorial service will follow at 11:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Grace Hospice and Bethany Lutheran Church. Edward was born July 9, 1942...

Marilyn Cook

Marilyn Cook

Nov 20, 2007

Marilyn Lants Cook, 69, of Fairway, Kansas, passed away November 20, 2007, at the Johnson County Nursing Center, Olathe, Kansas. A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, December 1, at the Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Road, Prairie Village, Kan. Memorial contributions may be made to Friends of Johnson County Nursing Center, 11875 S. Sunset Dr., Suite 100,...

Lois (Denham Jacobsen

Lois (Denham Jacobsen

Nov 20, 2007

Lois Elaine (Denham) Jacobsen, 80, of Overland Park passed away on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 during a short hospital stay. Lois was born Aug 4, 1927 in Cedar Creek, NE to Ray & Lena Denham as the second child of four. She worked for the US Gov't as a secretary. After retiring, she volunteered at Blue Valley School District. Lois...

Mr. Robert Birkenmeier

Mr. Robert Birkenmeier

Nov 18, 2007

Robert Noegel Birkenmeier, 80, of Prairie Village, Kansas, died on November 18, 2007, at home. Bob was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 20, 1927, to Edward H. and Isabel Noegel Birkenmeier. He attended Susan R. Buder Elementary School and Southwest High School in St. Louis. Bob served in the Army of the United States in Italy following World...

Alta Bailey

Alta Bailey

Nov 16, 2007

Alta L. Bailey, age 90, Prairie Village, Kan., passed away Friday, November 16, 2007. Cremation, no services to be held in accordance with Alta's wishes. Inurnment in Letts Cemetery, Letts, Iowa. She is survived by her son, Kent Bailey, North Kansas City, Mo.; daughter, Kristen Bailey, Prairie Village; two nieces and two nephews.

Mrs. Pearlie Pierce

Mrs. Pearlie Pierce

Nov 16, 2007

Pearlie Peterson Pierce of Olathe, Kan., passed away peacefully at home, Friday, November 16, 2007. Pearlie was born Feb. 14, 1931, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Leslie M. and Mabel (Bagley) Jones. She was united in marriage to George P. Peterson on June 11, 1949, who preceded her in death. Following her career as an Advertising Manager she retired from Sun...

Virginia Bracken

Virginia Bracken

Nov 15, 2007

Virginia M. Bracken, Kansas City, Mo., died November 15, 2007. Virginia was born April 20, 1916, in Chicago, Ill. She attended Case Western University in Ohio. On November 2, 1946, she married John H. Bracken and Kansas City became her home. Virginia was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Her grandchildren were the light of her life and she enjoyed...

Rex Crouch

Rex Crouch

Nov 12, 2007

Crouch, Rex E., 86, of Overland Park, KS passed away Monday, Nov. 12, 2007 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Rex was born on June 12, 1921 near Granby, MO. He spent his youth hunting and fishing in the rolling hills of southwest MO before moving to California in the early 1940?s. During World War II, Rex worked for Consolidated and...

Josef Wittmers

Josef Wittmers

Nov 12, 2007

Josef Heinrich Wittmers, 83, passed away Monday, November 12, 2007. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, November 16th at Church of the Nativity, 3800 W. 119th Street, Leawood, Kansas. Burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. A gathering of family and friends will be held 6:00 ? 8:00 p.m. Thursday at D. W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel,...

Lowell Wolverton

Lowell Wolverton

Nov 12, 2007

Lowell John Wolverton, 90, of Overland Park passed away Monday, November 12, 2007 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center from respiratory complications. Funeral service will be Friday, November 16, 2007 at 2:00 P.M. at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel. Burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 6:00-8:00 P.M. Thursday, November 15, 2007 at the funeral chapel. In...

Fred Kinnairds

Fred Kinnairds

Nov 12, 2007

Fred L. Kinnaird, 98, Lenexa, Kansas passed away November 12, 2007. Graveside services will be Thursday, November 15, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, 13901 Blackbob Rd., Olathe, Kansas. Fred was a World War II Veteran and a Past Master of Masonic Lodge 220 AF & AM in Kansas City. Fred is survived by his wife of 71...

Richard Nilsson

Richard Nilsson

Nov 10, 2007

Richard Stuart Nilsson, 89, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away at his home on Saturday, November 10, 2007. Dick was born on October 11, 1918 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was the son of Agnes and Dr. Gustav Nilsson. He grew up in Omaha and Bloomingfield, Nebraska. He married Jane Walrath in 1939. Dick started his business career as a test...