Obituaries
William Wubbenhorst
Jul 27, 2022
William (Bill) passed away July 27,2022 at the home of his daughter in Sacramento, CA., at the age of 99 ½ years. Bill was born to John Herman Wubbenhorst and Pauline Ferguson Morgan on January 5, 1923, in Liberty, MO. He graduated from Smithville High School. Bill spent the summers with his brother Norman on his Uncle Fred’s...
Sharon Cooney
Jul 26, 2022
Sharon Cooney (née, Sharon Lou DeCou) died from complications from dementia on July 26, 2022 in Tacoma, WA. She was 87. Sharon is survived by her sister Janice Potter of Louisville, KY and brother David DeCou of Paw Paw, MI, sons Michael Cooney of Perris, CA and Thomas Cooney of Kirkland, WA, and her grandchildren, Kyle, Ryan, Emma,...
Gloria Engelhart
Jul 25, 2022
Gloria Ann "Gigi" Engelhart's story began 74 years ago when she was born to James and Ina Mae Torigian in Aberdeen, SD.
55 years ago, she married the love of her life, James Engelhart, and they were blessed with four children. Her fierce love began when she became a grandmother. She held the love of her 11...
Kay Fulcher
Jul 25, 2022
Kay Fulcher, 77 passed away on July 25, 2022, with her family by her side. Kay was born August 5, 1944, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to parents Francis and Helen Axline. Her childhood years were spent in Cedar Rapids where she graduated from Jefferson High School, class of 1962. Upon moving to Overland Park in 1967, Kay became a...
Betty Gale Larson
Jul 24, 2022
Betty Gale Larson, 92, beloved wife, Mom, Grammy, GG, and Aunt, passed away peacefully in her sleep July 24, 2022, at Lakeview Village in Lenexa, her home for the last 19 years. Gale was born Aug. 11, 1929, in California, MO to Charles L. and Edna Beutler Yost. She was the youngest of four children: Nadia, Paul, and Charles. She...
Rose Grinstead
Jul 23, 2022
Rose Alice Cambern Grinstead—beloved wife, mother, aunt, grandmother, and great-grandmother—died peacefully at age 91 on July 23, 2022, at Lakeview Village Care Center in Lenexa, KS. A talented artist, Rosie was best known for her long career as a master quilter. She won national and regional awards, and her quilts were featured in Hallmark calendars and jigsaw puzzles. One of...
Michael Del Priore
Jul 20, 2022
Michael C. Del Priore (Mike) of Prairie Village, KS passed away on Wednesday July 20, 2022 at The Village on Mission where he resided for the past 5 years.
Michael was born to Antonio and Filomena Del Priore on November 10, 1920 in Brooklyn, NY. After high school graduation, he came to the Kansas...
William Bakeberg
Jul 19, 2022
Please leave the family a message on the Tribute Wall. The family suggested memorials to the Ronald McDonald House .
George Chamblin, Jr.
Jul 19, 2022
George A. Chamblin Jr., was born at home in Chillicothe, MO. to George A. Chamblin and Alpha Stephens Chamblin on July 31, 1928. He was an only child. He attended school in Chillicothe through the eighth grade and graduated from Central High School, St. Joseph, MO in 1946. Following graduation, served in the US Army of Occupation in Pusan,...
James Reichenbach
Jul 18, 2022
James C. Reichenbach, 78, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on Monday, July 18, 2022.James was born on March 4,1944 in Des Moines, Iowa to Fred and Virginia (Clark) Reichenbach. He graduated from Johnston High School in 1962 and then attended Finlay Engineering College in Kansas City, Missouri. Upon his graduation in 1965, Jim was employed by Black &...
Kathryn Egner
Jul 17, 2022
Kathryn H. Egner passed away peacefully on July 17, 2022 at the age of 87, being comforted by her sons and their wives, and surrounded by her extended family both in person and online during her final days. She closed her eyes for the last time after several months at Brookdale OP in Overland Park, KS after a...
Ronald Vader
Jul 14, 2022
Ronald Dean Vader, age 81, of Kansas City, Missouri passed away Thursday, July 14, 2022 in the Good Samaritan Society - Olathe, Kansas.
He was born on August 1, 1940 in Independence, Missouri to Ira and Betty Vader. Ron is preceded in death by his parents and a nephew, Sean Vader. He married Frances...
Bob Daniels
Jul 14, 2022
Robert L. Daniels (Bob), passed away at Overland Park Regional Medical Center on Thursday, July 14, 2022. Bob was born to Tim and Rena Daniels of Ramsey, Illinois where he spent his childhood. He later graduated from Eastern Illinois University. Shortly thereafter, Bob met and married Sandra L. Higgins, his wife of 60 years. They moved to Overland Park, Kansas in 1971 to...
Dick Renzi
Jul 14, 2022
In the early morning of July 14, 2022, Richard “Dick” Renzi, loving husband and father of three boys and grandfather of three granddaughters, passed away at the age of 75.
Dick was born on April 13, 1947 in Chicago, IL to Angelo and Lorraine (Frys) Renzi. He met his wife Judith in grade school, and they became...
Alan Ryder
Jul 12, 2022
Beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend, Alan Ryder, 96, passed away at home, July 12th. Alan’s sweet demeanor, sense of humor, extraordinary zest for life, and unwavering positive attitude will be missed by all who knew him.
A native of New York City, Alan graduated from Stuyvesant High School. He spent 2 years in...
Janet Haller
Jul 9, 2022
Janet died peacefully at Kansas City Hospice surrounded by family members. She was born in Marshalltown, Iowa to Harry and Irene Gohner, and later moved to Des Moines and graduated from North High School in 1949. She married Jack Haller in 1950. They raised six children together and also have 14 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. She was...
Larry Hewitt
Jul 9, 2022
He was born August 16, 1944, in Jingo, Kansas and passed away July 9, 2022 at Olathe Hospice House, where he had been surrounded by family and friends.
He leaves his wife Jan of 48 years, daughter, Tiffany (Josh) Vogel; his son Jason (Kellie) Hewitt; grandchildren Grace Hewitt, Elijah Vogel, AJ Hewitt and Samuel Vogel; sisters Virginia...
Kenneth Johnson
Jul 8, 2022
Kenneth David Johnson, 73, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away in his home on Friday, July 8th, 2022. Kenny, to all who knew and loved him, was born in Paducah, Kentucky on July 25, 1948, to Kenneth B. Johnson and Edna Pearl (Owen) Johnson. He was married to Faye Dean Brassfield on March 11, 1967, who survives him having...
LaDonna Haskins
Jul 7, 2022
LaDonna Haskins, 93, of Stilwell, Kansas passed away, Thursday July 7, 2022. She was born July 5, 1929 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Eugene and Ella Sexton.
She was married to Kenneth Eugene Haskins in Coffeyville, Kansas living in Coffeyville, Kansas area most of her life before moving to Johnson County, Kansas finally settling in Stilwell, Kansas until...
Robert "Bob" Allison
Jul 6, 2022
Robert Dean Allison, better known as “Bob”, was born on December 27, 1927, in Chanute, KS, where he was raised by his parents, Glenn and Lorene (Burghart) Allison. He had an older brother, Wilbur Allison. Bob graduated from Chanute High School where he served two terms as president of the FFA, Kansas State Farmers Club, a member of the National...
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