Obituaries
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...
Stephanie Anne Alvarado
Mar 9, 2022
Stephanie Ann Alvarado, 55, passed away on March 9, 2022, surrounded by her loving family.
Stephanie was born in Kansas City, MO on December 30th, 1966 to Cecil and Donna Wirtz and she grew up in Overland Park, Kansas.
She is survived by her loving children, Anna and Nick Alvarado.
Services will be held...
Arthur "Bob" McDonald
Mar 8, 2022
Arthur R. “Bob” McDonald, 84, passed away on March 8, 2022, at his residence at Santa Marta in Olathe. Bob was born on October 27, 1937 to Arthur and Mary McDonald and grew up in the Rosedale area of Kansas City, Kansas. He graduated from St. Agnes High School in 1955 where he was a good athlete and played...
Glenn Mealman
Mar 7, 2022
Glenn Edward Mealman of Overland Park, Kansas passed away March 7, 2022 after suffering a brief illness. He was treasured as a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and a friend to many.
Glenn was born June 10, 1934 in Prescott, Kansas to Edgar and Mary Elizabeth Mealman. He is survived by his wife of 67 years and...
Skylar Foster
Mar 6, 2022
Skylar Linn Foster, age 18 of Overland Park, KS passed away Sunday March 6, 2022. Skylar was born April 8, 2003 to Natasha (Conrey) Bockelman and Grant Foster.
Services will be held at Johnson County Funeral Chapel & Memorial Gardens (11200 Metcalf Ave. Overland Park, KS 66210). Visitation will be Friday March 18th from 6-8pm. and from 9-10...
Daryl Eugene Stansbury
Mar 5, 2022
Daryl Eugene Stansbury passed away on March 5, 2022, in Overland Park, Kansas, at age 91. He was born in Waterloo, Iowa, to Vern (Mike) and Ileta Stansbury. He remained close to his younger brother and wife, Robert and Helen, throughout their lives.
Daryl married Roberta Loree Rogers in June 1953 shortly before going into the army....
Norma Anderson
Mar 5, 2022
Norma Jean (Gattenby) Anderson, 92, of Leawood, KS died peacefully in her sleep Saturday, March 5, 2022 at Village Shalom, Overland Park, KS. She will be sorely missed by her family and friends.
Born May 21, 1929 in Martin City, MO the daughter of Everett Ralph Gattenby and Verna Alice (Sprague) Gattenby, Norma Jean grew up in...
Roger Stanton
Mar 4, 2022
Roger Duane Stanton, 83, of Prairie Village, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, March 4, 2022, at St. Joseph Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. He was born in Marysville, Kansas on October 4, 1938, the only child of George W. Stanton and Helen Viola Peterson Stanton.
Except for the few years they lived in Kansas City, Kansas...
Paula McCullough
Mar 4, 2022
Paula Pressler McCullough, 92, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away March 4, 2022 at Overland Park Place.
A visitation will be held Friday, March 18, 2022 from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm followed by a Memorial Service at Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Rd, Prairie Village, KS. Graveside service will follow at 3:00 pm at Johnson County...
Kyle Keating
Mar 3, 2022
Kyle Alan Keating, 18, Kansas City, Mo, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, March 3, 2022. Kyle was born at St. Luke’s South in Overland Park on July 16, 2003, to Robert L Keating, Jr. and Dawn (Shields) Keating. He attended Harmony Elementary and Middle School and then went on to Blue Valley Northwest. He would have graduated High...
Morteza Ardebili
Mar 1, 2022
Dr. Morteza Ardebili passed away on March 1, 2022, in Overland Park, Kansas, at age 75. He was born in Tehran, Iran to Ali Ardebili and Talat Vahabzadeh and grew up in a close-knit family with three younger brothers (Mostafa, Mojtaba, and Mohammad) and a younger sister (Maryam).
Morteza met Jaleh Moridani during the first semester of...
Rosella "Joan" Lundberg
Mar 1, 2022
Rosella Joan Lundberg, 86, of Stilwell, Kansas passed away on March 1, 2022.
She was born in Hutchinson, Kansas to Walter F. and Leona Mae (Weve) Sturgeon.
She had two children by her first husband, Richard Oliver, in Chanute, KS. She graduated Nursing school in 1966 in Chanute and went into pharmaceutical sales. She thrived...
Rebecca Olson
Feb 28, 2022
Rebecca Olson, 38, wonderful wife, loving mother, and amazing friend passed away on February 28, just after midnight, after a hard-fought battle against cancer.
Rebecca was born May 6th, 1983 in Merriam, Kansas. Rebecca was survived by her Husband of 9 years, Tyler Olson; two children Avery Olson(5) and Tristan Gillespie(17); sibling Asher Zigeler; Mother and Father Ronald...
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