Granville Braham
Dec 11, 2021
Granville P. Braham, 96, died on December 11, 2021. He was born November 5, 1925, to Percy and Mae Braham of Callaway County, MO. He served as a member of the Army-Aircorps in WWII. Following the war, he married Jane Wickell, and they were married 70 years until her death in 2016. Granville earned a Bachelors degree in Engineering from the...
Vivian Price
Dec 11, 2021
Vivian Darlene Price, 86, Kansas City, KS, passed away Saturday December 11, 2021.
Per Vivian's request there will be no public services.
Vivian was born January 19, 1935 in Rapid City, SD. She was in the Navy, had a zest for life and loved her family and loved spending time with them.
She...
John Hoelzel
Dec 8, 2021
John H. Hoelzel, born January 16th, 1931in Kansas City, MO to the union of Herman H. Hoelzel and Sadie (Birk) Hoelzel, and passed away December 8th. 2021. John graduated from Southwest High School in 1948. He received his BS from the University of Missouri in 1953. He served as a 1st LT in the U.S. Air Force from 1954...
Elinor Hermansen
Dec 8, 2021
Elinor C. Hermansen, 90, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Wednesday, December 8, 2021. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at Cure’ of Ars Catholic Church, 9401 Mission Road, Leawood, Kansas. Visitation will take place prior to the Mass at 10:30 a.m. The family suggests contributions to Cure’...
Taft Michial Joseph, Jr.
Dec 7, 2021
Taft Joseph, 86, of Overland Park, KS passed away December 7, 2021.
Taft was born to Taft Joseph, Sr. and Nettie Elizabeth Joseph in New Bern, NC. Taft graduated from New Bern High School. He attended North Carolina State University, Raleigh and Cameron University earning his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in business administration.
He married...
Iline Toms
Dec 7, 2021
Iline Toms, 89 passed away December 7, 2021 at her home Overland Park, Kansas. She was married to and survived by her husband of 71 years Gordon L. Toms. She was a bookkeeper at Kenneth Smith Golf Club Manufacturer and that is where the love of golf began with her and Gordon.
She was a member of...
Sue Hwang
Dec 7, 2021
There will only be a private family goodbye at this time. No services are planned.
(Ethel) Spangler
Dec 7, 2021
Ethel Jean Spangler, a longtime resident of Overland Park, who balanced duties as homemaker with a career that led to leadership positions in the federal workforce, died Tuesday, December 7, 2021 at the age of 96.
Mrs. Spangler was born in Camden, AR, to Zelma Pearl McMurtrey Baldwin and Harry Samford Baldwin on June 14, 1925. The...
Opal Pearce
Dec 6, 2021
Opal M. Pearce, 94, Overland Park, Kansas passed away Monday December 6, 2021. Opal was born July 20, 1927 to John and Myrtle McHugh in Tunnel Hill, Illinois. She married her husband Glen Pearce in 1947. They moved to Mission Kansas in 1960 where they lived until 2012 when they moved to Brookdale in Overland Park Kansas. Opal became...
Charles Carpenter, Jr.
Dec 5, 2021
Charles Orvall Carpenter, Jr. was born in St. Joseph, Missouri on April 8, 1928, to Charles Orvall Carpenter, Sr. and Ethel May Hutchens Carpenter. He died December 5, 2021.
His family moved to Kansas City, Missouri when he was about 6 years old. He graduated from Northeast High School in 1945.
He attended Independence Boulevard...
Lino "Chinky" Garcia
Dec 4, 2021
Catalino “Lino” Garcia, age 70 joined that OG (Original Gangster) party in the sky on December 4th, 2021. He was born on July 2, 1951, in Los Angeles California to Elvira and Gabriel Garcia.
Lino is survived by his wife of 42 years, Debra; his 8 children; Tony, Rosita, Rebecca, David, Diana, Gabriel, Jesse James, and Catalina;...
Richard Zuber
Dec 4, 2021
Richard F. Zuber, Jr., 83, of McKinney, Texas passed away December 4, 2021. He was born the eldest of six sons to R.F. Zuber, Sr., and Kathleen (Herring) Zuber on July 31, 1938, in Kansas City, Missouri. Richard graduated Northeast High School in 1956 and attended Graceland College. He was preceded in death by his parents and four younger...
James West Jr.
Dec 4, 2021
James L. West Jr., 62, of Overland Park, KS passed away on December 4th, surrounded by his family and loved ones. Jim grew up in Kansas City, MO attending Center High School and Longview Community College. He loved fishing, golfing, sports and most of all music. Jim will be dearly missed and always remembered for his crazy sense of...
Adam Crane
Dec 3, 2021
Adam M. Crane, 57, Olathe, passed away December 3, 2021. Adam was born in Hollywood, Florida to Herb and Susan Crane. The family moved to Kansas and graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest in 1982. He then attended and graduated from the University of Kansas with a juris Doctor Degree. Adam played tennis at KU. He was an attorney for...
Thomas Talkington
Nov 30, 2021
Thomas Lyle Talkington of Lake Lotowana, MO died November 30, 2021 after a brief illness. He was born January 4, 1962, the son of Robert and Donna Talkington. He was raised in Iola, graduating from Iola High School in 1980 and then attended Kansas University where he received a degree in Chemical Engineering. While at KU he was a...
Steven R. Wilson
Nov 28, 2021
Steven (Steve) Ray Wilson, 75, passed away on November 28, 2021. Steve was born August 17, 1946 in Newton, Kansas. He was the first son of Woodrow Francis Wilson and Nina Mae Brill Wilson. Steve attended Newton High School and went on to study structural engineering at Kansas State University.
During his time at K-State, Steve met,...
Nancy Kreutzer
Nov 28, 2021
Nancy Ann Hickert Kreutzer, 69, of Overland Park, KS, died on November 28, 2021, of complications from cancer. Nancy was born on July 7, 1952, to Bernard “Barney” and Beatrice “Tucky” (Schandler) Hickert of Lenora, KS. In high school, Nancy brought excellence to each of her endeavors. She was a cheerleader, twirler in the marching band, and valedictorian. When...
Jack Turner
Nov 28, 2021
Jack D. Turner, 82, passed away Sunday, November 28, 2021. He was born the youngest of five children to Frank James and Dovie Victoria Turner. Raised in the small town of Kellyville, OK, he attended Kellyville High School and then joined the Air Force. He married the love of his life, Sue Romine Turner in 1961 and they spent 60...
Sylvia Runkle
Nov 28, 2021
Sylvia Runkle, of Overland Park, KS, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great great grandmother died November 28, 2021. She was 89. Services will be held at a later date. She was born November 19, 1932 in Story City, Iowa. She married William Runkle on July 26, 1952 in Ackley, Iowa. He preceded her in death. Sylvia worked in wholesale,...
Leroy "Eddie" Snook Jr.
Nov 27, 2021
Leroy Edwin Snook Jr, 96 of Lenexa, KS passed peacefully on Saturday, November 27, 2021. He was born in Rush Hill, MO , graduated from high school in Mexico, MO and attended Kent State in Ohio while in the Army Air Corp. He served as an aviation cadet during World War II from 1943 - 1945. He married Helen...
