Obituaries
Caleb Rowe
Sep 13, 2022
Caleb was creative, loving, kind and giving. As the oldest child, his four brothers looked up to him and he looked after them. He loved working in and with the Church. That included as an assistant pastor and doing sound for services and events. Above all else, Caleb was a musician. His interest in music began at a young age....
John Birmingham
Sep 13, 2022
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John Norman Birmingham died September 13, 2022 at home surrounded by family.
John was born August 1,1939 in Kansas City, Missouri to John and Vera Vay (Bevelheimer) Birmingham. He attended Greenwood and Holy Name grade schools. He graduated from De La Salle Military Academy with the Class of 1956. He...
Thomas Shields
Sep 11, 2022
Thomas C. Bud Shields passed away on 9/11/2022. Chris was born November 14, 1943, at Saint Luke’s Hospital. He was a life long native of the Kansas City area, having lived in Jackson County, MO & Johnson County Kansas. Chris served his country and had duty assignments in Fort. Carson, Colorado, Fort Polk, Louisiana, and Long Binh, Vietnam. Bud...
Phyllis Walters
Sep 10, 2022
Phyllis Dean Walters,of Overland Park Kansas, peacefully followed his voice to her eternal home on Saturday Sept 10th 2022 surrounded by family. Phyllis Coers was born in Waldron IN., on November 27, 1931. She resided there until she married Bryan B (Buckey) Walters September 1, 1950. The first time Buckey saw Phyllis, never having met her, he proclaimed to...
Donald Diegelman
Sep 9, 2022
Donald Gene Diegelman, 82, of Prairie Village, KS, passed away suddenly at the home on Friday, September 9, 2022. Visitation will be held from 1-2 pm on Friday, September 16, 2022 with a service to follow at Johnson County Funeral Chapel, 11200 Metcalf Avenue; Overland Park, KS. Internment following the service. Don was born on February 17, 1940, to...
Olivia Bennett
Sep 8, 2022
Olivia A. D. Bennett of Prairie Village, passed away on September 8, 2022. Olivia was born in 1931 to her parents Edward and Alice in Norfolk, England. She was the ninth of ten children and the youngest of seven daughters. Olivia grew up in the throws of World War II. Long nights spent in the air raid shelters, gas...
Billy McCoy
Sep 8, 2022
Bill L McCoy passed away September 8th 2022, at his residence in Belton MO. Bill was born December 27th 1931, in Wichita KS. Bill lived most of his life in Kansas and upon moving to Missouri vowed to one day return to Kansas. Bill retired from Safeway Grocery Stores in 1992 after 40 years employment. Bill was married to...
Jolana "Jo" Marsh
Sep 6, 2022
Jolana “Jo” Marsh, 70, of Olathe, Kansas, beloved mother, grandmother, and friend, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on September 6, 2022. Jo was born on October 22, 1951 in Ellsworth, Kansas to Curtis and Georgianna Ellard. She graduated valedictorian of Ellsworth High School in 1969 and received her Master’s in Business Administration...
Richard Stitt
Sep 5, 2022
Richard Stitt passed away peacefully on September 5, 2022. A true fighter, Richard had successfully fought (and won) against Hodgkin’s disease, pulmonary fibrosis and lung transplant, and prostate cancer before finally succumbing to respiratory failure. He was 70 years old.
Richard was born in Kansas City, KS. He graduated from Shawnee Mission East High...
Oliver Shoup
Sep 5, 2022
Oliver Nelson (“Ozzie”) Shoup, 96, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away peacefully on September 5, 2022. He was a beloved, loving and faithful husband, dad, grandpa, great-grandpa and treasured friend.
Ozzie was born in Arma, Kansas on March 25, 1926, to Jakeo Martin and Beulah Nelson Shoup. He grew up in Arma and nearby Pittsburg, Kansas, with...
Norma Barnett
Sep 4, 2022
Norma Marie Barnett, 93, of Overland Park, KS passed away on September 4th, 2022, at home. She was born February 17th, 1929, on the family farm in Hiawatha, KS to Emil and Frieda (Puvogel) Middendorf. She was washed by the waters of baptism on March 24, 1929, at Zion Lutheran Church, Hiawatha, and received into full Communion by...
Joyce Odle
Sep 4, 2022
Eleanor Joyce Odle passed away on September 4, 2022 in Lenexa, Kansas. She was born January 2, 1940, in St. Joseph, Missouri, to Harry Bradford Ellis Goerke and Thelma Ellen Long Goerke. She attended Central High School and later completed her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration over several years, taking courses at night while working full time and...
Luis Eduardo Robles Cobian
Sep 2, 2022
Luis falleció en paz el 2 de septiembre de 2022, tenía 34 años.
Luis nació en Jalisco México el 19 de diciembre de 1987, era uno de tres hermanos, se casó con Marisol Robles en noviembre de 2013, Luis era dueño de su empresa llamada "ROCO HOME IMPROVEMENTS" fue uno de sus sueños más grandes hecho realidad...
Harry Haddad
Sep 1, 2022
David was born October 6, 1951 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Fred and Betty Haddad, joining the family as the third of seven children. David spent his formative years growing up in Tulsa and graduated from Will Rogers High School. From November, 1971 through August, 1974 David was a member of the US Army where he proudly served in Korea. ...
Shirley Odell
Aug 31, 2022
Shirley Jean Odell, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother left for her eternal rest on Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 following an extended battle with cancer. Shirley enjoyed tennis, bridge, and listening to Jazz. She was preceded in death by her son, R.G. Odell III, and is survived by one daughter, two sisters: Patricia DeLapp of Overland Park, KS and Kate Schmeltekopf,...
Jeffery "Scott" Richardson
Aug 29, 2022
Jeffery “Scott” Richardson, 57, of Overland Park, Kansas died peacefully on August 29, 2022. Scott went home to be with his heavenly Father and those that preceded him in death including his Father, Ellis, who passed away in 2021 and his Mother, Judy, who passed away in 1970, when Scott was only five years old. Both deaths caused...
Margarett Gutekunst
Aug 26, 2022
Margarett Gutekunst, 104, passed away Friday August 26, 2022, at the Healthcare Resort of Leawood. Margarett was born in St. Joe, Missouri, the oldest of six children. She lived in Texas, Illinois, and most of her life in New Jersey. She resided in Overland Park, Kansas for the past 24 years. She married Charles Williams in 1941. She...
Doris Custer
Aug 25, 2022
Doris Custer, age 84, passed away on August 25, 2022 after a long illness.
She is survived by two children, Denise and Dan; nine grand-children; ten great grand-children; three great great grand-children; and two brothers.
Dana Lyne
Aug 24, 2022
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Eileen Dunnell
Aug 20, 2022
Eileen Horvitz Dunnell passed away on August 20, 2022 in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born on June 1, 1928, in Kansas City, Missouri, the only child of Joseph and Mina Glazer Horvitz. She attended Central High School and the University of Missouri at Kansas City.
She was employed in various administrative office capacities while raising her...
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