Obituaries

Mary Chamberlin

Apr 15, 2021

Mary Agnes (Miller) Chamberlin was born in Gardner, Kansas on November 1, 1920 to Anna Lee (McIntire) and Ellis Miller.  The family moved to Olathe, Kansas when Mary was 4.  She attended school there and when she graduated high school, she began working for a doctor in Olathe as receptionist and nursing assistant.  She met Floyd L. (Phil) Chamberlin...

Kimberly L. Yates

Apr 14, 2021

Kimberly L. Yates, 49, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away April 14, 2021.

A celebration of life is planned Tuesday, April 20 at 10:00 a.m. at Life Church Overland Park (9800 W. 135th St., Overland Park, KS 66221) ( Capacity is not limited at the service, but wearing a mask is required ) followed by a visitation and lunch at...

Margaret L. Anderson

Apr 13, 2021

Margaret Jean Lester Anderson passed away peacefully on April 13, 2021 at age 98, in Olathe, Kansas.

Margaret was born in Duluth, Minnesota to William Lester and Margaretha Norum Lester on July 13th, 1922. In 1935 the family moved to Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan where she lived until marrying her husband, Emmett Anderson, of Carney, Michigan in...

Harry Wilson

Apr 11, 2021

Harry Robert Wilson left this world on Sunday, April 11th, 2021. His celebration of life will be Friday, April 16, 2021 at 7:00 pm. Visitation will be at 6:00 pm the same day at The Johnson County Funeral Chapel and Memorial Gardens at 11200 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, Kansas.

He was born on March 26, 1924 to Harry Marshall Wilson and Cora Blanche Simmons Wilson. He...

Loyd "Jerry" Tuttle

Apr 10, 2021

Loyd Gerald “Jerry” Tuttle

Longtime GM Fairfax Assembly Plant Engineer Loyd Gerald “Jerry” Tuttle

passed away April 10, 2021 from complications from a stroke. He was 85 years old. A native of the Kansas City area, Tuttle grew up in Roeland Park and graduated from Shawnee Mission High School in 1954. A lover of all...

Kathleen "Kathy" Umscheid

Apr 7, 2021

Kathleen “Kathy” Umscheid passed away on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 after a valiant fight with metastatic lung cancer. She was surrounded with her loving family as she transitioned into Heavenly peace. A rosary will be held at 4:30 on Thursday, April 15th, and visitation from 5pm-7pm at Johnson County Funeral Chapel in Overland Park. Mass of Christian Burial will...

Shirley Rose

Apr 7, 2021

Maxine Rose, 84, died Tuesday, April 7th, 2021, from the prolonged impact of Multiple Sclerosis, Polio and a recent stroke.  She was born September 16, 1936 in Trinidad, Colorado.

Maxine was the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Ogden and Atta Dee (Howe) Ogden and sister to Frankie Dee, Dixie Lee and Robert Frank.  Maxine leaves behind her four children,...

Joyce Sabado

Apr 4, 2021

Joyce Mahidlaon Ares-Sabado was born in Baguio City, Philippines on December 11, 1954. Died on April 4, 2021 at the age of 66.

She attended grade school at Saint Louis School Elementary and Saint Louis Girl’s High School in high school then proceeded to finish her Bachelor of Science Degree in Commerce Major in Management at Saint...

Ralph Nafziger, III

Apr 3, 2021

A Loving, Giving Man

On Saturday, April 3, 2021, Ralph LeRoy (Roy) Nafziger III, loving husband and father of three sons, passed away at the age 77. Roy was born on October 1, 1943 in Kansas City, MO to Ralph and Marilynn Nafziger.  He graduated from Shawnee Mission North with his future wife,...

Louis M. Jestmore

Apr 3, 2021

Born, January 19, 1921 in Toledo, Ohio to Violet and Louis Jestmore, and died peacefully on April 3, 2021 in Mission, Kansas.

He married Constance L. Hatt on February 14, 1944. They had two children, Conrad (Donna) Jestmore of Wichita, KS and Cherri Jestmore of Mission, KS.

Lou served in the U.S. Marine Corp as...

Barbara Farrar Wolfe

Apr 2, 2021

On Good Friday, April 2, 2021, Barbara Farrar Wolfe departed from her earthly vessel to be with her heavenly Father.  She was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Bob (Robert Lynn Wolfe, Sr.), her parents, Ellen Frances Farrar Lynch and Clement Vanlandingham (C.V.) Farrar, Jr., her stepfather, James T. Lynch, and her grandchildren, John David Bell and Lisa Ann Wolfe.  She is...

Julie Katherine Serati

Apr 2, 2021

Julie Katherine Serati passed peacefully on April 2, 2021 following her courageous seven-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Julie was a loving wife to Brian Serati and wonderful mother to Jordan, Jacqueline, and Joseph. Julie was known for her radiant personality - she left a profound impact on every person she met. Julie was born January 23, 1969 in Memphis,...

William "Bill" Nemecek

Apr 2, 2021

William "Bill" Nemecek, 82, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 2, 2021.

Bill was born December 14, 1938 in Waterloo, Iowa to William Nemecek and Dorothy Nemecek. Bill graduated Wentworth Military academy in 1959. He was stationed in Hawaii shortly after he enlisted in the United States Army.  After serving 4...

Marvin Kinyon Snyder

Mar 31, 2021

Marvin Kinyon Snyder of Overland Park, Kansas was a nationally recognized plant collector who served in World War II in the 99th Infantry Division and was captured in the Battle of the Bulge.

Marvin was born November 18, 1925 in Topeka Kansas, the son of Vesta and Ralph Snyder.  He attended Topeka High School where he took...

Oscar Peterson

Mar 30, 2021

Surrounded by the love of family and friends, Oscar Peter “Pete” Peterson Jr. peacefully passed away at Lawrence Memorial Hospital on March 30 at the age of 85. His life was filled with adventure, interests that helped others, and many friendships.

After an early career at IBM, he graduated from Washburn Law School, Topeka, Kansas. He then...

Janis Ginger

Mar 30, 2021

Janis Elaine Ginger, 68, of Stilwell, Kansas, passed away March 30, 2021.  At this time no services are planned.  We welcome you to leave fond memories and condolences for the family on the Tribute Wall above.

Melinda McKnight

Mar 30, 2021

Melinda Ann Wells McKnight passed away on March 30, 2021 at her home in Lawrence, Kansas. Melinda was born on November 12, 1942 in Kansas City, Missouri, daughter of Ralph Wesley Wells, Jr. and Barbara Glenn Brink Wells. Melinda graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School in 1960 and earned a degree in Zoology at Colorado College in Colorado...

David Schmidt

Mar 29, 2021

David L. “Skip” Schmidt, 81, of Marshall, MO, died Monday, March 29, 2021 at his home.

A Celebration of Life Service will be held on June 5th at 2:30 p.m. at the Family Worship Center in Marshall and inurnment will be in Johnson County Memorial Gardens in Overland Park, KS on Saturday, July 17th at 1 p.m....

Barbara Karnes

Mar 29, 2021

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Marjorie Waddell

Mar 27, 2021

Marjorie Ann (Montgomery) Waddell of Louisburg, KS passed away peacefully on March 27th, 2021 at the Good Samaritan Society – Olathe, Kansas.  By her request, a private celebration of life memorial will be held for immediate family.

Born November 30, 1949 in Monmouth, IL, Marjorie was the oldest of six siblings. She graduated from Monmouth High School...