Obituaries
William (Bill) Riney
Apr 7, 2022
William “Bill” Riney was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 28, 1941 to Pius and Beatrice (Morey) Riney. He passed away on April 7, 2022 in Joplin, Missouri. He is survived by his wife, MaryJane; sister Alice (Jerry) Wermuth; daughters Laura (Dave) Henness and Suzanne (Jim) Ahearn; Stepdaughters Kristy McKechnie and Tracy (Chuck) Connealy; and grandchildren William...
John Egner
Apr 6, 2022
John M. Egner passed away on April 6, 2022 at the age of 91, beside his wife of 61 years and surrounded by his extended family both in person and online. He closed his eyes for the last time after a short stay at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, KS.
John was born...
Judith Dozier
Apr 2, 2022
Judith Lee Dozier of Leawood, 79, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2022. The service will be live streamed at: cor.org/memorialsonline. Memorial contributions requested to the Shawnee Mission Education Foundation, 8200 W 71st St, Overland Park, KS 66204.
Judy was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on October 8, 1942, to the late Robert and Winifred (Snodgrass) Phipps. Judy graduated...
Lydia Bush
Apr 2, 2022
Lydia Bush, 93, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2022. Visitation will start at 10 A.M., followed by the funeral service at 11 A.M. on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at Hope Lutheran Church, 6308 Quivira, Shawnee Mission, KS. Interment in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions may be given to Hope Lutheran Church.
Lydia was born in Sheboygan,...
Kenneth D. Hester, Sr
Apr 1, 2022
Kenneth Dean Hester, Sr., 93, resident of Lakeview Village in Lenexa passed away on Friday, April 1, 2022. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Lou Weiss Hester. They were married for 66 years before Mary Lou’s passing in 2019. He is survived by their four children, Kenneth Jr, Marilyn, Charles and Janet. Together they have sixteen...
Kathleen Jonas
Mar 30, 2022
Kathleen Ellen (Kathy) Jonas, 68, Overland Park, KS, passed away March 30, 2022 at her home. She was born in Missouri but resided in Johnson County, Kansas her entire vibrant life.
Kathy’s most important roles in life were wife to Rob and mother to their two sons, who played a variety of sports. She will be remembered always...
Arlene Johnson
Mar 27, 2022
Arlene Harriet Johnson, 96, passed away March 27, 2022. Arlene was born in 1926 in Milwaukee, WI, and lived there until relocating to the Kansas City area in 1963 with her husband and two children.
Arlene and her husband Ray were founding members of Bethany Lutheran Church and she enjoyed being of service. She also loved bowling...
Steven Vecchio
Mar 25, 2022
Steven B. Vecchio (Steve) of Overland Park, KS passed away suddenly, yet peacefully, on March 25, 2022 at the age of 79.
Steve is survived by his three children Todd (Diana), Jeff, and Angela along with his granddaughter Alexa. He is also survived by his siblings David, Marilyn (Bob), and Carol (Jim).
He was very...
Douglas Smith
Mar 23, 2022
Douglas LeRoy Smith was born in a Fremont, Neb. hospital located in a small house on April 27, 1937 to Kenneth and Grace Smith—the same day that the final rivet was driven into San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. His big sister, Suzanne, would be waiting for her little brother at the family home.
He lived in Fremont...
James Towner
Mar 22, 2022
James D. Towner, 50, Leawood, KS passed away March 22, 2022. James was born on March 22, 1972, in Liberal Kansas to Jay and Lynda Hinnergardt. He graduated from Liberal High School in 1991 and went on to graduate from Southwest Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Once he started working for Sprint, he went to Devry University and...
Rita Walker
Mar 22, 2022
Rita Mary Walker August 4, 1943 – March 22, 2022
Rita M. Walker was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She passed away peacefully at the age of 78, on March 22, 2022 at Evergreen Community of Johnson County in Olathe, KS.
Rita was born to William and Lucille Kilbride on August 4, 1943...
Patrick McFarland
Mar 21, 2022
Patrick James McFarland of Leawood, Kansas passed away suddenly on Monday, March 21, 2022, at the age of 42.
Patrick was born on September 8, 1979, to Cathy and Paul McFarland in Des Moines, Iowa. Patrick was a star athlete and well-loved graduate of the Wayne Community high school class of 1998. Patrick remained in his beloved home state after high...
Joseph Plubell
Mar 21, 2022
Joseph Kevin Plubell passed away peacefully on Monday, March 21st, 2022, with his wife Maria and daughter Jessica by his side. Joe fought a courageous 1-1/2 year long battle with Glioblastoma Stage 4 Cancer.
Joe was born in Clearfield, PA on March 31, 1957, and grew up in nearby Frenchville, PA.
For many years, Joe...
Charma Joy Lind
Mar 19, 2022
Charma Joy Lind was born Charma Joy Harmelink to Peter Edwin Harmelink and Lillian Winifred Vrieze Harmelink on March 24, 1939, in Carnes, IA, on the family farm. In those early formative years, she developed her hard work ethic while her parents scrimped and saved to buy a farm outside of Alton, IA. When Charma was a little girl...
Mary DeVoe
Mar 19, 2022
Mary Jane Mayo DeVoe, 82 of Overland Park, who passed away March 19, 2022, met Army Specialist Fourth Class Smith DeVoe in Concord, Massachusetts and married him in 1961. Nine months later they had twins Susan and Mark. The family stayed together as Smith’s assignments moved them from place to place, but his orders to Vietnam as a young...
Donald Tyler
Mar 17, 2022
Donald Allen Tyler was born January 12, 1924, in Spring Valley, Illinois to Allen and Dena Tyler. Don earned his BS degree in science and math, and his MA degree in Educational Administration. He served in the US Army during WWII as a surgical technician stationed in England. Upon his return he met and married Dorothy Sovereign in 1948 and they raised fourchildren, David (Janet), Debbie (deceased), Diane (partner Mark), and Dean (Denise). Don...
Betty Lou Delfosse
Mar 16, 2022
Betty Lou Delfosse went to Glory on March 16th, 2022, in her home surrounded by her family and pups.
She was born August 14th, 1931 to Jack and Wiltrude Dean in Sarasota, FL and grew up in Savannah, GA, and Jacksonville, FL. At the age of 8, she felt something missing in her life and decided to...
Barbara Swartz
Mar 14, 2022
Barbara Ann Swartz, "née" Bechtel, was born in Bowling Green, Ohio on January 20, 1956 to Allen H. Bechtel and Helen Kathleen “Kay” (Williams) Bechtel.
Barb grew up in North Baltimore, Ohio and graduated from North Baltimore High School where she was a cheerleader and basketball standout. She married her high school sweetheart Kevin Swartz on September 15,...
Carol Kyanka
Mar 10, 2022
Beloved Mimi. Superhero mom. Loving wife.
She is survived by her husband, Richard, daughter, Jessica, son-in-law, Josh, and grandchildren, Asher, Charli, Adrian, Lauren, Jaylen, Sloane. Loving mother to Richard “Rich” Kyanka (of blessed memory). Carol was a strong, Italian woman who touched every person’s life. She was loving, generous, and strong-willed: sky-diving solo on her 40th birthday,...
Mary Ann Adams
Mar 9, 2022
Mary Ann Price Stoll Adams, 82, passed away at KC Hospice on March 9, 2022 after a hard-fought battle with cancer. She was surrounded by her loving family. Mary Ann was born in Sidney, Ohio to Mary (Rasco) and Rex Price on December 5, 1939. She lived most of her life in the Kansas City area. She graduated...
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