Obituaries

Sep 2, 2023

Our dear mother, Rose Marie E. (Williams) Volkens passed away on September 2, 2023, at the age of 94.  She was a wonderful mother who was always there when we needed her.  She had many friends and was a well-loved member of the community at Colonial Village in Overland Park, Kansas.  She was proud to be the first resident to...

Sep 1, 2023

Rachel A. Westfall, loving mother, wife, grandmother, sister and friend passed away peacefully at home on September 1st 2023 surrounded by her family. Rachel is preceded in death by her husband William P. Westfall, and her parents John Ed and Dona Mayes. She is survived by her children Son John Hulse (Tish), daughter Delaine Renko (Todd) and daughter Tara Scarpa...

Sep 1, 2023

Evelyne McHenry, 87, of Overland Park, Kansas, died September 1, 2023, at Tallgrass Creek in Overland Park. A visitation will be held from 5-7PM on Thursday September 7, 2023, at Johnson County Funeral Chapel and Memorial Gardens, 11200 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66210. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association https://www.alz.org/kansascity?form=alz_donate in memory of...

Aug 31, 2023

Overland Park, KS – Catherine Ann Burlin, 88 of Overland Park, KS passed away on August 31, 2023 at AdventHealth South Overland Park hospital. She was born on December 15, 1934 at her circa 1908 historic home to parents William M. and Eva (McCue) Stephens, Sr of Garden City, KS.  She excelled in music, playing the string bass in orchestra...

Aug 29, 2023

John Kenneth (Ken) Higdon, Lenexa, Kansas, died 8 - 29- 2023 at Lakeview Village. Memorial services will be held at Village Presbyterian Church, on September 30, at 10:00AM.  

The family suggests contributions to the Village Presbyterian Church. 6641 Mission Road, Prairie Village, KS, 66208: the Sherin H. Custer Memorial Award, K. U. Endowment Association, P. O. Box 928, Lawrence, KS,...

Aug 27, 2023

 

Margaret Harris passed to our Heavenly Father August 27th, 2023.  She was a devoted daughter, wife, mother and grandmother.  She is the only child of her parents Earl and Pearl Carter.  She and her husband Richard married on April 22, 1945, and were married over 61 years until Richard’s passing on March 12, 2008.  She had 3 boys: Craig,...

Aug 27, 2023

Ronald A. Abel, 96, of Prairie Village, KS, passed away August 26, 2023. Ron was born Sept. 15, 1926, first of 3 children born to Arthur and Fannie Abel on a farm near Ventura, IA. Ron's World War II Service included a two year stint as a radioman aboard a U.S. Navy Destroyer in the Pacific Theater. He was proud...

Aug 25, 2023

On August 25, 2023, the angels came to receive Allen Andrew Hicks, 73, and relieved his exhausted body from all the pains it endured fighting a courageous battle against cancer for over a year. 

 

Born on January 29th, 1950 in Moses Lake, California, Allen grew up with four other siblings, Margaret, Marilyn, Marjorie and Rusty. He moved to Cheney, Washington where he attended and graduated from Eastern Washington University with a bachelor’s degree. His professional career took him across the country, from...

Aug 24, 2023

Barbara Jean Bertholf, 81, passed away peacefully at The Village at Mission on Thursday, August 24, 2023. Barbara was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Jack and Marie Neal on June 30, 1942. She is preceded in death by her parents and her twin sister Betty Hill; and grandson Skye. She was a beloved mother of two sons and had ten...

Aug 22, 2023

Karen Kathryn (Knebel) Brooks passed away on August 22, 2023, after a ten -year struggle with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Karen was born on December 21, 1952, in Breese, Illinois. After several moves around the Midwest, the family settled in Kansas City, Missouri, where Karen graduated from Ruskin High School in 1970. Karen had a long relationship with the love...

Aug 20, 2023

 

Guy B. Kerns, 95, of Mission, KS, died peacefully at his home on August 20, 2023. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 29, 2023, at the Johnson County Memorial Gardens, 11200 Metcalf with inurnment in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the Wounded Warrior Project...

Aug 20, 2023

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Janice Elizabeth (Pitchforth) Cook. Janice peacefully left our midst on August 20, 2023, in Leawood, Kansas, at the age of 65. She was born on December 4, 1957, in Bountiful, Utah. She brought warmth and love to all who knew her.Janice leaves behind her beloved husband, Douglas Cook, who...

Aug 18, 2023

Ruth M. Blauw, 92, of Leawood, Kansas passed away August 18, 2023.

Ruth was born September 19, 1930 in Scranton, Kansas in Osage County to Clyde W. Smith and Florence Anderson Smith.

Ruth graduated from Washburn Rural High School, and then attended Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas.

Ruth briefly served in the United States Air Force, and was honorably discharged...

Aug 18, 2023

Wanda Marie Fisher, nee McClintock, passed on August 18, 2023, her 97th birthday, at Life Care Center of Kansas City. She was born August 18, 1926 in Kansas City, Kansas to Daisy and Arthur McClintock. It was a large family and she was the oldest girl, so she helped care for her younger siblings. She also had an interest in...

Aug 12, 2023

Joyce Ann Whitehead, cherished wife and beloved mother and grandmother, 90, passed away after a short hospital stay on August 12, 2023, of a spontaneous subdural hematoma. Up until that moment, she was living an active, healthy, fulfilling life with her husband of 66 years, Dr. Richard E. Whitehead, in the Prairie Village home they shared for over five decades....

Aug 7, 2023

Aug 7, 2023

Doyle Ray Collier, 67, died August 7, 2023, in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born on October 16, 1955, in Independence, MO the son of: John Robert Collier and Lula Mae Collier (Griffin).

Doyle began his career at the age of 17 and worked for more than 50 years making an incredible difference in many lives as a prosthetist....

Aug 6, 2023

 

Buena Aletha Abernathy peacefully passed away on August 6, 2023, at Brookdale in Overland Park, Kansas.

Buena was born on February 2, 1930, in West Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa, to August A. and Ethel M. Jolley-Krekel. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Robert Abernathy; her parents, August and Ethel Krekel; and her six siblings: Enid,...

Aug 5, 2023

Mary Jane “Jane” Hodges, 82, of Olathe, passed away peacefully at her home on August 5, 2023.  Funeral services will be held at 11:30am on Friday, August 11 at the Johnson County Funeral Chapel.  Private entombment will follow at the indoor mausoleum at Johnson County Memorial Gardens.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to the Alzheimer’s Association or...

Aug 4, 2023

 

Blaire Avery Slawson was born peacefully at 3:41 a.m. on Friday, August 4, 2023 at Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City. She was beautiful and perfect in every way. Although brief, her parents will cherish every moment they shared with her.

 

Blaire is survived by her parents, Andrew and Tori Slawson of Kansas City, MO; her grandparents, Lynn...