Obituaries
Michael Reecht
Dec 17, 2022
Michael G. Reecht was welcomed into heaven on December 17, 2022 after a brief illness.
Mike was born on February 5,1946 to Raymond and Irene (Dallas) Reecht in Crystal City, MO. Mike graduated from St. Pius X High School where he excelled in basketball, baseball and football, became an Eagle Scout, a member of the National Honor...
Bernice Crummett
Dec 17, 2022
Bernice (Sayre) Crummett, 97, Overland Park, died December 17, 2022. Bernice was a graduate of Northeast High School, Kansas City, MO, and Park College, Parkville, MO. She was the Director of Finance and Administration for the City of Overland Park, KS. She retired in 1991 after 35 years of service to the city. During her career, she was appointed...
Lawrence "Laurie" Russell
Dec 17, 2022
Lawrence Robinson Russell was born on January 20, 1921, in Parsons, Kansas, the third of four children born to Frank Alden Russell and Minnie Alice Sweeney Russell. In 1922, the Russell family moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where he grew up. He attended the University of Kansas and was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.
In 1943,...
Robert James Rolus-Hermosillo
Dec 16, 2022
Robert James Rolus-Hermosillo, 37, passed away on December 16, 2022, in Olathe, KS.
Robert was born on July 10, 1985, in Sayre, Oklahoma, the son of Jesse Hermosillo and Kimberly (Rolus) Jimenez. He attended school in McPherson, KS.
On February 27, 2022, he married Katie Francis in Olathe, KS. With this marriage, Robert gained three kids, Brooklynn, Brody, and...
Frank "Chip" Newcomer III
Dec 16, 2022
Frank (“Chip”) Newcomer III died peacefully with his family by his side on December 16th.
Chip was born in Kansas City in 1942, where he lived his entire life. In his youth he was an athlete, an Eagle Scout, and loved racing his modified 1956 Chevy Bel Air at the Kansas City Drag Strip. He graduated from...
Dr. Donald D. and Norma J. Moeller
Dec 14, 2022
After 66 years of marriage, Norma J. Moeller, 86, and Donald D. Moeller, 88, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away nine days apart. Norma died on December 14, 2022, and Don died on December 23, 2022. A combined service will be held on December 28, 2022, 11:00 AM, at Rainbow Mennonite Church, 1444 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas. The service will...
Beatrice Johnson
Dec 13, 2022
Beatrice Marie Johnson, 96, passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, and also lived for many years in Overland Park, Kansas, Chesapeake, Virginia, and Raytown, Missouri.
She was predeceased by her husband of 36 years, Walter H. Johnson, a son, Roger Johnson, sisters Dorothy Seelos and Marilyn Swanson,...
Fred Cloud
Dec 10, 2022
Fred Allen Cloud - dedicated husband, father of two, grandfather of six, and friend of many - passed away unexpectedly on December 10, 2022 at the age of 74 in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born to Fred and Delores Cloud March 7,1948, and was raised in Wichita, Kansas. He grew up there with his brother Jim, and sisters...
Elbridge Bartley III
Dec 10, 2022
Elbridge Wesley Bartley, III (Wes), 75, of Overland Park, KS passed away at home on December 10, 2022 after a long battle with Parkinson’s. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Scottie; his children Chris Bartley and Robin Brooks (Sean); and grandchildren Mazey and Brody Brooks.
Wes retired as a Lt. Colonel with the US Army...
Sarah Meehan
Dec 10, 2022
Sarah Riddell Meehan, 69, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2022. She was born in St. Joseph, MO on August 26, 1953. She was the daughter of Richard Vernon and Charlotte Blaney Riddell. Sarah graduated from Central High School in St. Joseph in 1971. She then went on to attend William Woods College in Fulton, MO where she graduated with a math...
Gerry Ray
Dec 9, 2022
Gerry Ray, 90, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on Friday, December 9, 2022. Friends and family will gather for a celebration of Gerry’s life on Monday, December 19, 2022 at Knox Presbyterian Church, 9595 W. 95th St., Overland Park, KS. Visitation begins at 11:00 a.m. followed by a service of witness to the resurrection at 12:00 p.m. A procession...
Sara Dixon
Dec 9, 2022
Sara Jane Dixon, 97, passed away December 09, 2022 of Covid. Sara Jane, known as Susie, was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Arthur and Grace Calvert. She was a graduate of DePauw University and a loyal Delta Zeta. Susie worked first as a dietitian in Indiana, the after earning her teaching degree at Avila College in Kansas...
William Marlin Gorham
Dec 8, 2022
William Marlin Gorham passed away on December 8, 2022, at the age of 80. Bill resided in Lenexa with his wife, Patti, for over 50 years. Bill was born in Huntsville, Missouri and graduated from Northeast Missouri State before serving in the Army National Guard. Bill’s career in Finance spanned 34 years with Sprint Corporation, beginning in Iowa at...
Stan Baldwin
Dec 8, 2022
Stan Baldwin, 96, died December 8, 2022, in Merriam, Kansas. He was born January 2, 1926, in Kansas City to Margaret Lucille (Wilhite) Baldwin and Harland Scott Baldwin. He attended Merriam Grade School, walking along the old streetcar tracks parallel to Johnson Drive with his best friend Billy Bob Whitfield. Summers during his early years were often spent at...
Naomi Lopez
Dec 6, 2022
Naomi Kay Lopez (Simoneau) passed from this earth on December 6, 2022 Born on June 16, 1940 in the small mountain town of Barre, Vermont. She had an adventurous spirit and shortly after graduating from Spaulding High School set her sights on working in the travel industry and moved to Kansas City. (My Grandmother was not happy about this...
Stephen Ransburg
Dec 5, 2022
Stephen Mitchell Ransburg, age 58, of Olathe, KS was called home to be with his Lord on Monday, December 5, 2022.
On September 7, 1964, the Lord blessed Dean and Nancy Ransburg with the gift of a son whom they named Stephen Mitchell Ransburg. Stephen was baptized in Morgantown, IN.
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Miriam Philips
Dec 4, 2022
Miriam Eleanor Brown was born in Trenton, MO, to Otto and Lulu Brown in 1925. She graduated from Trenton High School and attended Linwood College in St. Charles, MO. Miriam graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in Economics.
Miriam married Orah Roger McKemy, her high school sweetheart, in 1948 after he...
Gary Quick
Dec 3, 2022
Gary Kent Quick of Overland Park, Kansas went to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, December 3, 2022, at the age of 86. After several months of declining health, Kent died peacefully at home with his beloved wife Sandy by his side.
Kent was born in Warsaw, Missouri on December 14, 1935. He began working...
Ted Geisert
Dec 2, 2022
Everyone says they have the best dad. but I am here to say that my brother and sisters and I had THE WORLD’S BEST DAD! Our father passed peacefully in his sleep on December 2, 2022, surrounded by the love of a grateful family. He has gone home to be with his Savior, Jesus Christ, as well as...
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