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Larry Gyulafia
Jan 3, 2023
Lorant (Larry) Arzen Gyulafia of Cincinnati, OH passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on January 3, 2023.
Larry was born on March 22, 1945, to Gyula and Gizella Gyulafia in Sümeg, Hungary, the second of six children. His family left Hungary following the Hungarian Revolution and spent three years in Austria before immigrating to the U.S. They established...
Glenn H. Brown
Jan 1, 2023
Glenn H. Brown passed Monday, January 1, 2023-due to natural causes.
He died peacefully at Town Village of Leawood. Burial will be at Johnson County Memorial Gardens where he will finally join the love of his life, Marie once again being side by side.
He was born to Ollie Brown in Friend, Nebraska as an only child on 2/25/1927. At...
Deborah Ferguson
Dec 27, 2022
Our beloved Deborah “Debby” Jeanne Ferguson passed away on December 27, 2022 of pancreatic cancer. She was 75.Debby was born in Haysville, KS on November 14, 1947 to James and Marie Allred. She grew up on her family’s farm and enjoyed spending her time surrounded by her cherished farm animals. She fondly remembered many family gatherings surrounded by her...
Nancy Kay Gabriel
Dec 27, 2022
Nancy Kay Gabriel, 85, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 after a long illness. She was born on August 17, 1937 in Fremont, Nebraska to Harold Henry Nigh and Lillian Martha (Junge) Nigh. Following the death of Nancy’s father when she was two years old, her mother married Sam Clark Ezell. Nancy’s childhood and...
Maudie Mae Bell
Dec 25, 2022
Maudie Mae Tice was born at the family home in Hartley, Arkansas to George Daniel and Lucienda Gentry Tice. She was the youngest of the Tice siblings: George Henry, Lester, Edward, Marietta and Dorothy. Her twin sister, Nellie, died at birth. Maudie was raised by her grandparents in Watson, Oklahoma after the death of her mother when she was...
Steven Daniel Holke
Dec 25, 2022
Steven Daniel Holke, age 80, of Springfield, Missouri passed away Sunday, December 25th, 2022. Steve was born February 26, 1942, to Norman and Helena (Pestinger) Holke in Salina, Kansas. He attended Sacred Heart school K-12th grade and played basketball. He earned degrees in accounting and finance from Kansas State University. It was there that he met Mary E. Carson....
Francis Lee Sullivan
Dec 25, 2022
Frank, (Francis Lee Sullivan) was born June 19,1935 to Lona Lee and Francis William (Frank or Sully) Sullivan, at Sisters Hospital in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.
He attended Christian Brothers High School in St. Joseph. Frank passed away on December 25,2022 in Overland Park, Kansas. The love of his life was the late Connie (Connie Cianciolo) also from...
Kermit Eugene "Gene" Hardinger
Dec 24, 2022
Gene Hardinger died peacefully in his sleep at his Stilwell KS home Christmas Eve. He is now with the Lord he loved and served.
Kermit Eugene “Gene” Hardinger was born in Kansas City, KS, the only child of Kermit Waldo Hardinger and Marjorie Davis Hardinger. After the death of his mother due to illness, he was raised by his maternal...
Michael Reecht
Dec 17, 2022
Michael G. Reecht was welcomed into heaven on December 17, 2022 after a brief illness.
Mike was born on February 5,1946 to Raymond and Irene (Dallas) Reecht in Crystal City, MO. Mike graduated from St. Pius X High School where he excelled in basketball, baseball and football, became an Eagle Scout, a member of the National Honor...
Bernice Crummett
Dec 17, 2022
Bernice (Sayre) Crummett, 97, Overland Park, died December 17, 2022. Bernice was a graduate of Northeast High School, Kansas City, MO, and Park College, Parkville, MO. She was the Director of Finance and Administration for the City of Overland Park, KS. She retired in 1991 after 35 years of service to the city. During her career, she was appointed...
Lawrence "Laurie" Russell
Dec 17, 2022
Lawrence Robinson Russell was born on January 20, 1921, in Parsons, Kansas, the third of four children born to Frank Alden Russell and Minnie Alice Sweeney Russell. In 1922, the Russell family moved to Lawrence, Kansas, where he grew up. He attended the University of Kansas and was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity.
In 1943,...
Robert James Rolus-Hermosillo
Dec 16, 2022
Robert James Rolus-Hermosillo, 37, passed away on December 16, 2022, in Olathe, KS.
Robert was born on July 10, 1985, in Sayre, Oklahoma, the son of Jesse Hermosillo and Kimberly (Rolus) Jimenez. He attended school in McPherson, KS.
On February 27, 2022, he married Katie Francis in Olathe, KS. With this marriage, Robert gained three kids, Brooklynn, Brody, and...
Frank "Chip" Newcomer III
Dec 16, 2022
Frank (“Chip”) Newcomer III died peacefully with his family by his side on December 16th.
Chip was born in Kansas City in 1942, where he lived his entire life. In his youth he was an athlete, an Eagle Scout, and loved racing his modified 1956 Chevy Bel Air at the Kansas City Drag Strip. He graduated from...
Dr. Donald D. and Norma J. Moeller
Dec 14, 2022
After 66 years of marriage, Norma J. Moeller, 86, and Donald D. Moeller, 88, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away nine days apart. Norma died on December 14, 2022, and Don died on December 23, 2022. A combined service will be held on December 28, 2022, 11:00 AM, at Rainbow Mennonite Church, 1444 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas. The service will...
Beatrice Johnson
Dec 13, 2022
Beatrice Marie Johnson, 96, passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, and also lived for many years in Overland Park, Kansas, Chesapeake, Virginia, and Raytown, Missouri.
She was predeceased by her husband of 36 years, Walter H. Johnson, a son, Roger Johnson, sisters Dorothy Seelos and Marilyn Swanson,...
Fred Cloud
Dec 10, 2022
Fred Allen Cloud - dedicated husband, father of two, grandfather of six, and friend of many - passed away unexpectedly on December 10, 2022 at the age of 74 in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born to Fred and Delores Cloud March 7,1948, and was raised in Wichita, Kansas. He grew up there with his brother Jim, and sisters...
Elbridge Bartley III
Dec 10, 2022
Elbridge Wesley Bartley, III (Wes), 75, of Overland Park, KS passed away at home on December 10, 2022 after a long battle with Parkinson’s. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Scottie; his children Chris Bartley and Robin Brooks (Sean); and grandchildren Mazey and Brody Brooks.
Wes retired as a Lt. Colonel with the US Army...
Sarah Meehan
Dec 10, 2022
Sarah Riddell Meehan, 69, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2022. She was born in St. Joseph, MO on August 26, 1953. She was the daughter of Richard Vernon and Charlotte Blaney Riddell. Sarah graduated from Central High School in St. Joseph in 1971. She then went on to attend William Woods College in Fulton, MO where she graduated with a math...
Gerry Ray
Dec 9, 2022
Gerry Ray, 90, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on Friday, December 9, 2022. Friends and family will gather for a celebration of Gerry’s life on Monday, December 19, 2022 at Knox Presbyterian Church, 9595 W. 95th St., Overland Park, KS. Visitation begins at 11:00 a.m. followed by a service of witness to the resurrection at 12:00 p.m. A procession...
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