Obituaries
Marcey Jung Min Underwood
Jan 21, 2024
Marcey Underwood of Pleasant Hill, MO, passed away on Sunday, January 21, 2024.
Her earthly heart was weak, but she has been made strong in the presence of her Savior.
Marcey was born in Seoul, Korea on July 28, 1969. The oldest of three siblings, Marcey moved to the United States when she was 9 years old. Her family settled in Kansas...
Robert G. "Bob" Arens
Jan 21, 2024
Robert “Bob” Arens, 90, passed away on Sunday, January 21, 2024, at Advent Hospital in Overland Park.
Visitation will be held from 11 AM to 12 PM with a 12 PM Celebration of Life service on Saturday, January 27, 2024 @ Hillcrest Christian Church, 11411 S. Quivira Rd, Overland Park, KS 66210. Cremation will occur at a later date.
Bob was born...
Wallace Yeskie
Jan 20, 2024
Wallace Allen Yeskie 1934-2024
Wallace Allen Yeskie passed away January 20, 2024 after a short illness in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Wally was born in Wisconsin and received his Mechanical Engineering degree from the University of Wisconsin. He married Sondra Melby in 1955 and moved to Kansas City, Kansas. Soon after he was drafted to the Army and spent two years in Washington,...
Miles Joseph (Schissler) Raymond Sr.
Jan 20, 2024
Miles Joseph (Schissler) Raymond Sr., 67, of Lenexa, Kansas died on January 20, 2024, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center. He was born on September 2, 1956, the 6th son of Robert and Lois Schissler. Miles served in the Air Force from 1974 to 1978. He was stationed at...
John B. Riley
Jan 19, 2024
John Bennett Riley, 74, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on January 19, 2024, at Overland Park Regional Hospital.
John was born to Edmund and Corinne Riley on May 21, 1949, in Omaha, Nebraska. He grew up in Liberty, MO with his three sisters.
He graduated from Liberty High School in 1967 and went on to receive his Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical...
Rita Lynn Fearis
Jan 19, 2024
Rita “Lynn” Fearis, age 76, born in Peoria, IL, passed away on Friday, 1/19/24 from complications of pneumonia. Lynn was the beloved wife of the late David Fearis for 47 years. She was a loving and devoted mother of Blaise Fearis; daughter of the late Bernard and Mary Caragher; dear sister to Timothy (Rosemary) Caragher; loving aunt to Tracy (Mark)...
Suzanne Ellen Bright
Jan 16, 2024
Suzanne Ellen Bright, 76, passed away peacefully on January 16, 2024 at The Residence at Selleck Woods in Darien, CT.
Sue was the daughter of the late Reverend Andrew Sabo and Madge Sabo. She was born in the town of Liberal, KS on January 21, 1947 and spent most of her childhood in Wichita, KS. She graduated from St. John’s...
Irene Barker
Jan 12, 2024
Irene Barker, a beloved wife, mother, and grandmother, passed away on January 12, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. She was born on October 9, 1944, in West Virginia. Irene will be remembered for her kind nature, big heart, and her ability to make people feel at ease. Her loving personality touched the lives of everyone fortunate enough to know her.
Irene...
Ron L. Howitt
Jan 11, 2024
Ronnie Lynn Howitt, 77, Overland Park, Kansas passed peacefully on January 11, 2024 with his family by his side. He was born July 24th, 1946 in St. Joseph, Missouri to Alice Lea Howitt Wales and Byron C. Howitt. He graduated from Central High School in 1964 and attended Northwestern Missouri State where he was president of his fraternity, Tau Kappa...
Ronald J. Maupin
Jan 11, 2024
Ronald J. Maupin, a beloved family man, man of faith and dedicated professional, passed away on January 11, 2024, in Overland Park, Kansas. Born on July 17, 1938, in Wyandotte, Oklahoma, Ron lived a fulfilling life filled with love, accomplishments, and cherished memories.
Ron's career was marked by success and passion. He worked for Hallmark from 1966 to 1977 before...
John Michael Bartrom
Jan 7, 2024
John was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to Gena and Robert Bartrom. John, or John Michael to his family, had big ideas, aspirations, and dreams from the beginning. He wasn’t one to follow the crowd or go with the flow. His goal was to be the biggest, the fastest, the loudest, the smartest, the most fun, and the most loved....
Alice Brown
Jan 6, 2024
Alice F Brown, 97, of Merriam, Kansas, passed away, Saturday, January 6, 2024, at her home.
Alice was born October 11, 1926, in Plains, Kansas, to Leonard E. Hale and Mary K. Foote Hale. Alice had been a member of Legacy Christian Church since 1975.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband, James Brown, of 65...
Sunok Chun Pai
Jan 5, 2024
On January 5, 2024, Mrs. Sunok Chun Pai passed away in her sleep at the age of 92, having lived a rich life that exemplified the power of one woman to dream, achieve, work for and succeed in building a life of great meaning across two countries and cultures. Her greatest joy was finding her one true love, Young...
Barbara Jean Allmand
Jan 4, 2024
Barbara Jean Allmand was born to Leslie E. Allmand and Alice Rachel Smith Allmand on March 25, 1935, in Huntley, NE. The family later moved to Holdrege, Nebraska where she attended school graduating from Holdrege High School with the Class of 1953. After two years at Kearney State College she moved to Kansas City, Missouri to attend medical technology training...
Helen Louisa Jewett
Jan 4, 2024
Helen L. Jewett of Overland Park, KS, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on January 4, 2024, at the age of 105.
Helen was born on June 22, 1918, in Galatia, Kansas to Mary and Oswald Shapland. She was the sixth of eight children. Her early years were spent in Lane County on the family farm. She attended Shortgrass, a...
Itaru "Steve" Watanabe
Jan 4, 2024
Itaru “Steve” Watanabe, 90, passed away peacefully on January 4, 2024. Services will be held on Friday, January 19, 2024, 2:00 p.m. at the Wesley Chapel of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection, 13720 Roe Ave, Leawood, Kansas.
Steve was born the oldest of four brothers in Sapporo, Japan on June 20, 1933 to Eiichi and Fuji Watanabe and...
Steven G. Priest
Jan 3, 2024
Steve Priest, age 79, of Warsaw, Missouri passed away January 3, 2024 at his home. He was born in Sabetha, Kansas on January 20, 1944 to Gene and Mary (Meyers) Priest. Steve grew up on a dairy farm located outside of Morrill, Kansas, a small rural farming community in Northeast Kansas. He graduated from Morrill High School in 1962 and...
Piotr Michal Zygmunt
Jan 3, 2024
Our beloved husband, father, son, uncle, and friend, Piotr Michal Zygmunt died on Wednesday, Jan 3, 2024, at age 44, of a heart attack at our lakehouse, his happy place, in Linn Valley lakes.
Piotr was born to Jan and Ela Zygmunt on August 14, 1979 in Wroclaw, Poland. He moved with his parents to Lawrence, KS in 2nd grade in 1988....
Larry Michael Bartlett
Jan 2, 2024
Larry Michael Bartlett, 73, of Fontana, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. He was born on August 14, 1950, in Arkansas City, Kansas, the son of Wayne Locksley Bartlett, and May Rita Kinsella Bartlett. Mike graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School in 1968 and enlisted in the Navy...
Marlene Elizabeth Luechtefeld
Jan 2, 2024
Marlene Elizabeth Luechtefeld, 80, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on January 2, 2023, with her family by her side.
She was born to the late William and Martha Rupp on May 27, 1943, in St. Louis, MO. Marlene graduated from Southwest High School in 1961, marrying her childhood sweetheart, William Eric Luechtefeld in December of that year. Together...
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