Obituaries
Joan M. Finney
Mar 27, 2025
Joan M. Finney, 98, of Overland Park, passed away March 27, 2025 at home. Visitation will be held Thursday, April 3rd, from 10-10:30 am, Rosary at 10:30am and Funeral Mass to follow at 11:00am, all at St. Michael the Archangel, Leawood. Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Michael the Archangel Church.
Joan was born on October 1, 1926 in Bucklin, Missouri....
Charles Edward Cain
Mar 27, 2025
Charles Edward Cain, 66, of Overland Park, passed away March 27, 2025. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date. Memorial contributions are suggested to Midwest Transplant Network
Charles was born on November 20, 1958, in Sedalia, MO, to Darrell and Jonell (Ward) Cain. He graduated from Shawnee Mission South High School and attended KU before ultimately...
Sylvia Rola - Engle
Mar 26, 2025
Sylvia Engle, 88, passed away peacefully in her sleep at Heritage in Overland Park, KS on March 26, 2025. She was known for her quick wit, love of family and celebration of her English heritage. Sylvia was born on July 4, 1936 in London, England to Joseph and Grace Street. She often shared stories of her childhood in England having...
Mary Lou Niebling
Mar 26, 2025
Mary Lou Anna Niebling died peacefully from complications of old age in the presence of two of her children at Aberdeen Village in Olathe Kansas in the early morning of Wednesday, March 26, 2025. She had an extraordinary, family-oriented, Christian-rooted life of more than 93 years.
Mary Lou was born on Oct. 17, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri, where she also...
Frances Mae Coulter
Mar 26, 2025
Frances Mae Coulter was born June 13, 1933 in McArthur, Arkansas to the late Jessie Lewis Keeton and Clara Lou Miles. She left this earth to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at the age of 91. In addition to her parents, she is also preceded in death by her husband Lacy Jr. Coulter, 2...
Karl J. Yehle
Mar 26, 2025
Karl J. Yehle passed away on March 25, 2025. Karl was born in Maryville, Mo. to Dorothy and Ralph Yehle. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in 1959. He met his wife Paula at Mizzou and they were married in
1960. From their first date on campus to traveling abroad, they shared 64 years of good times.
Karl...
Lynn Couchman
Mar 22, 2025
Carol Lynne Couchman
December 20, 1959 - March 22, 2025
Carol Lynne Couchman, age 65, died on March 22, 2025 in Newport Beach, California. She was known by her family and friends as Lynne but occasionally used her first name.
Lynne was born in Memphis, Tennessee and lived there until the mid-1960s, when her family moved to Overland Park, Kansas. She graduated from...
Evelyn Wilser Williams
Mar 22, 2025
Evelyn Wilser Williams, 87, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on March 22, 2025. Private family burial will be at Mt. Washington Cemetery, Independence, Mo. Evelyn was born in Kansas City, MO on May 12, 1937. She is preceded in death by her parents, Evelyn and Charles Purdy Wilser and her brother, Charles Purdy Wilser, Jr. She is survived by...
Perry Mark Toll
Mar 21, 2025
Perry Mark Toll, Leawood, went to the lord on March 21, 2025. Perry was born to Mark Irving Toll and Ruth (Parker) Toll on October 28, 1945, in Kansas City, MO. He graduated from Northeast High School in 1963, and from the University of Kansas with degrees in Economics and Political Science in 1967 and Juris Doctor in 1970. On...
Jo Ann Hagen
Mar 20, 2025
JoAnn Marilyn Hagen, age 90, passed away peacefully at her home in Overland Park, KS, on March 20, 2025, with her Bible resting on her lap.
Born in Sioux Falls, SD, on October 9, 1934, JoAnn grew up on a farm, where she developed a strong work ethic through daily chores such as gathering eggs and milking cows. That dedication and...
Thomas B. Stivers, Sr.
Mar 20, 2025
With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Thomas Bryant Stivers, Sr., a devoted husband,
father, grandfather, and friend. Thomas, 82, of Blue Springs, MO, passed away peacefully on
March 20, 2025, at Kindred Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. He was born on August
29, 1942, in Louisville, KY, the son of the late Oscar Bryant Stivers and Emma Jane Boyd.
Thomas was...
Darlene Leona (Benson) Burm
Mar 16, 2025
Darlene Leona (Benson) Burm, passed away peacefully on March 16, 2025 in her apartment at age 94. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 29, 1930. She was preceded in death by her parents, Adolph and Leona Benson, her three sisters, twin brother and her beloved husband, Forrest Burm.
Darlene leaves behind her son, Dan (Joan) Burm of Olathe, Kansas...
Sandra McManus Hoisington
Mar 15, 2025
Sandra McManus Hoisington, (84), of Lenexa, KS passed away at Village Shalom in Overland Park, KS on March 15th 2025. She was known for her kind heart and unwavering dedication to friends and family. She was preceded in death by Arval, her loving husband of 52 years. Her career as an Accountant in the Water Treatment Industry and Wine Retail...
Donald D. Harper
Mar 15, 2025
Donald D. Harper, 83, Overland Park, Kansas passed away at his home on Saturday, March 15, 2025. He was born in New Mexico May 13, 1941.
He served in the US Army. He was in Radio and Sales. He was a member of Promise Keepers and Lenexa Baptist Church. He enjoyed animals especially cats.
He was preceded in death by his wife...
Megan T. Freking
Mar 14, 2025
Megan Tereese Freking, beloved wife, mother, and friend, passed away peacefully on March 14, 2025, at the age of 60, surrounded by her immediate family. After a courageous five-year battle with kidney cancer, she entered into eternal rest with grace and faith. She is survived by her spouse, Curtis Freking, her children Lauren Swanson, spouse of Hunter Swanson, and Sarah...
Robert Lynn Vanderslice
Mar 14, 2025
Robert Lynn Vanderslice, affectionately known as “Bob,” passed away peacefully at his Shawnee, Kansas home on Friday, March 14, 2025 surrounded by his loving family.
Bob was devoted to his friends and family. Bob is survived by his wife, Cynthia; their three children, Richard (Kerry) Vanderslice, Michael (Megan) Vanderslice, Christie (Jay) Runnfeldt and his granddaughters, Isabella and Emerson Runnfeldt who he...
David Oliver Wright
Mar 8, 2025
David Oliver Wright, 87, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away March 8, 2025, at Olathe Hospice House.
The family will receive friends on Thursday, March 13, from 9-10am at the Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Avenue, with services to follow at 10am. A private burial will take place at Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Olathe Hospice...
Robert Michael Tyler, Jr.
Mar 7, 2025
Robert (Mike) Michael Tyler Jr. passed away on March 7, 2025, at the age of 71, just days before filling out what surely would have been the perfect March Madness bracket. His family is left to wonder what he would have done with the prize money offered for a perfect bracket, although there certainly would be some dispute due to...
Miguel Parra, III
Mar 7, 2025
Miguel Edward Parra III was born in Kansas City, Missouri at St. Mary’s Hospital on June 27, 1952 to Elvira Solis Parra and Mike Parra, Jr. Miguel was well known to his friends as “Shoe”, to his first cousins as “Lalo”, to his kids he was Dad, and to his grandchildren he was “Paw Paw” or Grandpa.
Miguel is preceded in...
Jeremy Sebastian Martinez-Gomez
Mar 6, 2025
Esto es la historia de mi hijo jeremy Sebastián Martinez Gómez el era un bebe muy feliz le gustaba escuchar música le gustaba ver television y le encantaba hablar con su abuela por videollamada era muy sonriente le gustaba andar en su coche ya empezaba a tirar sus manitas el era un bebe muy alegre el amaba mucho ah su...
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