Obituaries

Terry Reese

Apr 26, 2019

Terry Reese, 71, passed away April 26, 2019. Private services will be held for the family.

Hazel Love

Apr 24, 2019

Hazel Love, Age 91, of Bonner Springs, KS, passed away on April 24th, 2019. Visitation will be Thursday, May 2nd from 5-7 pm at Overland Park Funeral Chapel, 8201 Metcalf Ave, Overland Park, KS with graveside services and burial Friday, May 3rd at 2 pm at Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens, 23215 West 75th Street, Shawnee, KS. Memorial contributions may...

Maximilian "Max" Nelson

Apr 22, 2019

Maximilian (Max) A. Nelson, age 22, of Westwood Kansas, passed away April 22nd, 2019.

Max was the charismatic bright light of his family.  His love of sports, music and his amazing social life embodies the larger-than-life persona of the giant-hearted young man that he was, and was eclipsed only by his love for others.  Max enjoyed making...

Betty Foster

Apr 21, 2019

Betty Good Foster passed away on April 21st at age 98. She was born in July of 1920 at home in Kansas City, Kansas to Arthur L. Good and Elsie Houston Good. She graduated in 1938 from Wyandotte High School where music and drama played an important role; she held the lead in her senior class production of “Stage...

Len Hamilton

Apr 5, 2019

Len Joseph Hamilton, 53, of Prairie Village, Kansas, passed away at his home on Thursday, April 4, 2019.

The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Friday, April 5, at the Overland Park Funeral Chapel, Overland Park, KS

Graveside services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 8, 2019, at the...

Keith Enfield

Mar 23, 2019

Keith O. Enfield, beloved husband, father, grandfather, 96, passed away Saturday, March 23rd, 2019 at Bothwell Hospital, Sedalia MO.

Funeral services: Overland Park Funeral Chapel, Overland Park KS. Burial at Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City KS.

Keith was born May 9th, 1922 in Birmingham, Missouri. He married Mildred Ruth (Menzies) Enfield July 3rd, 1940. Keith...

Nancy Newton

Mar 22, 2019

Newton, Nancy Carolyn (nee Fletcher), age 83, died peacefully surrounded by her  family on Friday, March 22, 2019. She was preceded in death by her husband, Loren Joe Newton. She is the dear mother of Lucinda Caroline (Andrew) Dillon and grandmother of Joseph Lawerence Dillon and James Worth Dillon. She was born on August 23, 1935 to Worth Albert...

Betty Geyer

Mar 21, 2019

Betty Geyer 90,of Shawnee,KS passed away Thursday March 21,2019 at Olathe Health Hospice House in  Olathe, KS

Visitation will be  10-11 a.m. followed by a chapel service at 11 am Monday March 25,2019 at the LDS Church 7100 Hadley, Overland Park, KS In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Special Olympics.  Betty was born May 19,1928....

Louise Smothers

Mar 20, 2019

In Loving Memory of Louise Alta Smothers

Louise Alta Smothers was born August 6, 1921 in Lenexa, Kansas and passed away on March 20th, 2019 at Lakeview Village, Lenexa, Kansas at the age of 97. Louise is preceded in death by her husband of 73 years, Howard Smothers.

Louise is survived by four children: Howard...

Joan "Jody" Bartlett

Mar 10, 2019

Joan “Jody” Jenkins Bartlett passed away peacefully on March 10, 2019.  She was 94.  Jody was a wonderful, determined and gracious woman.  She defined elegance and imbued her world with style.  She cared deeply for her family, friends, and community.

Jody was the widow of Paul D. Bartlett, Jr., chairman of Bartlett and Company.  They were married...

John Nichols

Mar 10, 2019

John T Nichols of Overland Park, Kansas passed away March 10, 2019 at St. Luke’s South Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00am, Saturday, March 16, 2019 at Overland Park Funeral Chapel 8201 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS 66204. Visitation from 9:00am to 10:00 am at the chapel.

John was born in Oskaloosa Kansas...

Thomas Bell

Mar 10, 2019

Thomas William Bell, 76, of Lenexa, KS, passed away on March 10, 2019 at Westchester Village in Lenexa.  He is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Sherrie, and his daughters and sons-in-law, Julie and Chris Ebbs, Sandy and Greg Senner, and his sister and brother-in law, Marilyn and Tom Tischinski.

Tom was born in 1942...

Odean Paterson

Mar 3, 2019

Odean (Hockersmith) Paterson, born June 3, 1922 in East Prairie, Mo. to Arthur and Etta (Parker) Hockersmith. She passed away March 3, 2019 in Tallahassee, FL. Odean was proceeded in death by her husband Keith James Paterson. Odean is survived by her son, James Ronald Grissom, Des Moines, IA, two daughters Donna Lee (Benny) Hudson, Gardner, KS and Yvonne...

Janice Forrester

Feb 24, 2019

Janice Faye Forrester, of Mission, KS, passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2019, at the age of 79.  Jan was the loving step-mother of Janice (Brian) Thruston, Cynthia McLaughlin, and Theresa Howell; and cherished grandmother and great-grandmother to many.  Jan was preceded in death by her parents, Edgar and Bernice Ringen, and her son in-law, Roger Howell.

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Carole Sandels

Jan 4, 2019

Carole Ann Sandels of Overland Park, KS, passed away on Friday, January 4, 2019, at the age of 70.  Carole is the loving daughter of Martha Nell and the late Joseph Guisinger; devoted mother of Brian (Cheri) Sandels and Becky Bell; cherished grandmother of Aaron, Cameron and Brayden, and sister of Allen (Mayra) Guisinger, Sue Williams and Bob (Patty)...

Kenneth Powell M.D.

Jan 1, 2019

Dr. Kenneth A. Powell passed away on January, 1st 2019 surrounded by family at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Dr. Powell was born in El Dorado, KS to parents Frank and Alice Powell. Ken spent his early childhood in Kansas, and later moved with his parents to Tucumcari, NM. In Tucumcari, Kenneth’s family ran The Powell News Agency, and later a...

Benjamin Davis

Dec 31, 2018

Benjamin J. Davis of Prairie Village, KS, passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2018 at the age of 92.  Ben graduated from Ft. Scott Jr. College in 1947, then later went on to earn his master’s degree in education from Pittsburg State University.  His first teaching job was in Metz, KS, where he taught social studies, physical education and...

Dillard Whitlow

Dec 27, 2018

Dillard E. Whitlow, 98, passed away December 27, 2018. He was born in Haviland, KS, on March 2, 1920. He grew up on a farm there and attended Haviland High School, where he lettered in three sports. After graduating from Chillicothe (MO) Business College, he began work with Contractors Machinery Company (CONMACO) in Kansas City, KS, but left to...

Brant Magneson

Dec 12, 2018

Brant Keith Magneson of Lawrence, KS passed away on Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at the age of 60. Brant was the devoted husband of Joanne Magneson; beloved son of Keith and Twyla Magneson; dear father of Lauren Magneson; step-father of Stephen Putthoff and Amy McKinzy, and cherished brother of Darci Magneson and the late Brian Magneson.  He was also...

Bonita "Bonnie" Holzer

Dec 11, 2018

Bonita "Bonnie" Jean Holzer, of Shawnee, KS passed away on Tuesday, December 11, 2018 at the age of 76.

Bonnie was born August 5, 1942 in Kansas City, Kansas.  She attended Bishop Ward High School but moved to Versailles, Missouri where she graduated from Versailles High School.  Missing her home and Croatian roots in Strawberry Hill she...