Obituaries
Tillie Strecker
Nov 3, 2007
Tillie Strecker, 88, passed away Saturday, November 3, 2007, at Oak Springs Nursing Home, Warrenton, Virginia. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12, at Calvary Lutheran Church, 7500 Oak, Kansas City, Mo. Visitation will be 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, (913) 451-6180. Memorial contributions may be made to the Calvary Lutheran Church...
Imogene Owens
Nov 2, 2007
Imogene Owens, 82, Overland Park, KS joined her Savior in Heaven on Friday, November 2, 2007 while a resident of the Heritage Hall Nursing Facility in Centralia, MO. She was born January 17, 1925 on her family?s farm near West Fork, AR, the daughter of Emsley Ellis and Julia Deaton. Imogene retired from the Shawnee Mission School District following thirty...
Evan Simmons
Nov 2, 2007
Evan Paul Simmons, 3 months, Olathe, Kansas passed away Friday, November 2, 2007 at his home. Gathering of family and friends will be 6 p.m., Wednesday, November 7 with a prayer service to follow at 7:00 p.m. at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf. Friends may call on the family one-hour prior to the services at the chapel....
Mr. Bartlett Watt
Nov 1, 2007
Bartlett C. Watt, 96, passed away on Thursday, November 1, 2007. Bartlett was born November 27, 1910, in Upton, Wyo., to Robert A. and Margaret Dora Watt. He graduated from Johnson County High School, Buffalo, Wyo., in 1928 and attended Maryville College in Maryville, Tenn., for one year and the University of Wyoming for one year. He also attended the...
Vera Cummings
Nov 1, 2007
Vera Maruca Cummings, age 85, Overland Park, Kansas passed away Thursday, November 1, 2007. A celebration of her life will be held 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 6th at D. W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, Kansas. Cremation, inurnment in Johnson County Memorial Gardens Courtyard of Memories mausoleum. Vera was born May 28, 1922 in Butler,...
Ellen Glynn
Oct 30, 2007
Ellen Wempe Glynn, Leawood, Kan., passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2007, in Overland Park, Kan. She was born July 27, 1914, in Frankfort, Kan. She married Joe Glynn in 1938, in Frankfort, where they had a Ben Franklin store and later added a clothing store next door. In 1957, they moved to Hiawatha, Kan., to open a women's and children's...
Josephine Hester
Oct 30, 2007
Josephine Ann Hester, 89, passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at Villa St. Francis in Olathe, KS. Josephine was born September 12th, 1918 in Grand Rapids, MI and has resided in the Kansas City area for the past 34 years. Her faith and gentle spirit personified the person she was. Even after suffering a debilitating stroke almost 12 years ago,...
Dorothy Weber
Oct 29, 2007
Dorothy Thorpe Weber, 93, passed away peacefully on October 29, 2007 at her home in Lakeview Village. Dorothy was born in Lakin, Kansas on October 20, 1914. She was one of five children born to Clarence and Ella Thorpe. She was a graduate of Chillicothe Business College. Dorothy worked for the Johnson County Library from 1957 to 1976. She was...
Herman Hauser
Oct 28, 2007
Hauser, Heman J., 94, Roeland Park, Kansas passed away October 28, 2007 in Leavenworth County, KS. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park. Visitation will be from 1-2: p.m. prior to the service. Memorial contributions may be made to Rosedale Masonic Lodge, 6161 Slater,...
Mrs. Jeannine Francis
Oct 26, 2007
Jeannine Ann Francis, 76, Prairie Village, Kansas died October 26, 2007 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. She was the daughter of Fredis and Marcus McQuillen. Jeannine was born November 12, 1930 in Des Moines, Iowa. She graduated from Shawnee Mission Rural High School in 1948 and the College of Saint Teresa in 1952. Jeannine worked for Midwest Research Institute as...
Mr. Leslie Kelso
Oct 25, 2007
Leslie Clyde Kelso, 77, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away quietly at home on Thursday, October 25, 2007. He was born on May 8, 1930, in Havana, Kansas, the son of the late Leslie Lee Kelso and Hazel Pearl Johnson. He graduated from Havana High School in May 1948 and began his college education at the University of Kansas. When the...
Mr. William Symon, Jr.
Oct 25, 2007
William M. Symon Jr., 84, of Leawood, KS passed away on October 25, 2007 at his home. He was born November 14, 1922 in Kansas City, MO. William served in the Army during WWII as an Artillery Observation Pilot. After the war he served in the Army Reserves for 30 years, retiring as Lt. Colonel. He attended the University of...
Mrs. Kathryn Pickard
Oct 25, 2007
Kathryn B. Pickard, 90, passed away Thursday, October 25, 2007 at the Nursing Home Center in Marquette, KS from Alzheimer?s Disease. Mrs. Pickard was born August 15, 1917 in Bala, KS. She married LeRoy E. Pickard in Herrington, KS on August 12, 1939. She lived in Belleville, KS while her husband was in the armed forces during WWII. Kathryn moved...
Jerry Gronau
Oct 24, 2007
Jerry L. Gronau, age 58, Augusta, Kansas formerly of Kansas City, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, October 24, 2007. Jerry was born in Kansas City, Kansas, January 10, 1949 to Raymond and Mary (Morgan) Gronau. He attended Highland Elementary School in Mission, Kansas. Jerry and his parents moved to Mankato, Minnesota where he graduated from High School. He couldn?t wait to...
Mary Meadows
Oct 23, 2007
Mary "Dee" Meadows, 75, of Lenexa, Kan., passed away Tuesday, October 23, 2007, surrounded by her family. Dee was born on Nov. 11, 1931, in Kansas City, Mo. The youngest of three children, she was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Jewell Cover; her sister, Norma Jean Meadows; and her husband of 52 years, Donald C. Meadows. Dee...
Mr. Eldon Jansen
Oct 23, 2007
With loved ones surrounding him, Eldon Jay Jansen, 65, of Corpus Christi, Texas, passed peacefully into the welcoming arms of our Lord Jesus Christ on October 23, 2007. He was born July 26, 1942, in Boyden, Iowa. He was preceded in death by his parents, Egbert and LaBertha (Lucy) Jansen. He is survived by his beloved wife Barbara; his loving...
Charles Boner
Oct 22, 2007
Charles H. Boner, age 76, Parkville, Missouri, passed away suddenly Monday, October 22, 2007. He suffered from Parkinson?s Disease. Charles was born December 2, 1930 in West Frankfort, Illinois. He attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois and was a Senior Engineer with AT&T and Terra Com companies. He spent 5 years working in Saudi Arabia and lived in Atlanta,...
Mr. Gordon Petersen
Oct 21, 2007
GORDON B. PETERSEN passed away at Kansas City Hospice House on Sunday, October 21 after a long battle with cancer. Gordon was born in Wauneta, Nebraska on October 29, 1921 to Anna Wilhelmsen Petersen and Henry Petersen. After graduating from Shawnee Mission Rural High School, he joined the United States Navy where he became a fighter pilot during World War...
Jim Campbell
Oct 15, 2007
"J.D.", "Jim", Jimmy Dell Campbell September 13, 1934 - October 15, 2007 Jim Campbell, 73 of Overland Park, KS passed away October 15, 2007 with his wife and daughter by his side. Mr. Campbell was the son of W.W. "Jack" & Velma Campbell who preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Carol & daughter,...
James Rogers
Oct 15, 2007
James Smith Rogers, 82, passed away Monday, October 15, 2007. James was born in Mansfield, Ill., and graduated from Jefferson High School, Lafayette, Ind. After Army service in Europe during WWII, he received an engineering degree from Purdue University. He later served during the Korean Conflict. He was a professional engineer and spent the last 15 years of his career...
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