Obituaries
Mrs. Ruth Gradert
Sep 5, 2014
Ruth M. (Wilms) Gradert, 88, went to be with our Lord on Friday, September 5th at Sweet Life, Overland Park, KS. Ruth was born October 20th, 1925 to Rev Elmer and Florence Wilms in Kress, Texas. They moved to Newton, KS in 1941 where she met Vic Gradert. After World War II, Ruth and Vic married and moved to Wichita, KS. They...
Mrs. Floraine Cowherd
Sep 4, 2014
Floraine D. Cowherd, age 91, of Prairie Village, KS passed away on September 4, 2014. A Memorial service will be held at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at Country Club Christian Church, 6101 Ward Parkway Kansas City, MO 64113. Family will greet friends following the service. Private inurnment will take place at Mount Washington Cemetery in Independence, MO....
Claude Rice, Jr.
Sep 2, 2014
Claude L Rice, Jr., retired attorney, retired business owner, and skilled private pilot, died Tuesday, September 2, 2014. He was 97 years old. Mr. Rice was born June 8, 1917, in Coffeyville, KS. After graduating high school in Burlington, Kansas, he enrolled at Washburn University where he completed both an undergraduate degree and a law degree (JD). Soon thereafter Pearl Harbor prompted Mr. Rice...
Roberta Baker
Aug 31, 2014
Bertie passed away on Sunday, August 31, 2014 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on June 4, 1931 in West Des Moines, Iowa. Bertie spent most of her adult life in Omaha, Nebraska where she was an enthusiastic Husker fan, an active member of PEO, friend and surrogate mother and grandmother to so many. Her greatest joy was her three...
Bobbie Jones
Aug 29, 2014
Bobbie Jones of Mission Hills, Kansas passed away on August 29th, 2014. A private service will be held on Saturday, September 6th at Mount Moriah Cemetery. All are welcome to attend a celebration of life at her family home at 5:00 that evening. Bobbie was born in Hutchinson, Kansas on March 2nd, 1925. She attended college at Monticello outside of...
Carol Waisner
Aug 27, 2014
Carol Dee Waisner, age 84, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away on August 27, 2014. Visitation will be from 5-7 pm on Monday, September 1, 2014 at the Overland Park Funeral Chapel, 8201 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS. Funeral will take place at 10 am on Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at Overland Park First Assembly of God, 7700 W. 75th...
Raymond Amoury, M.D.
Aug 27, 2014
Dr. Raymond A. Amoury, 86), Leawood, KS, passed away peacefully on August 27, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, August 29 at Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, KS. The Rosary will be prayed at 6 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m., Saturday, August 30, at Church of...
Marilynn Armacost
Aug 24, 2014
Marilynn Graham Armacost lost her courageous battle with breast cancer on August 24, 2014. A Celebration of her Life Memorial Service will be held at Aberdeen Village Chapel, 17500 West 119th St, Wednesday, August 27 at 1:00pm. Marilynn was born in Kansas City on March 10, 1922. She attended Miss Hockaday’s School for Girls, William Chrisman High School where she earned The...
Bette Jensen
Aug 19, 2014
Bette K. Jensen, age 92, of Mission, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at the family home surrounded by her husband and daughters. She was born January 15, 1922 in Mayview, Missouri. During her youth she was an accomplished roller skater. After graduating Higginsville High School, where she was in the Drum and Bugle Corps, she moved to Kansas...
Mr. Tom Smith
Aug 12, 2014
Tom E. Smith, 87, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on August 12, 2014. He was born on December 30, 1926 to Tom and Thelma Smith in St. Louis, MO. Tom was a World War II Army Veteran. He later went on to graduate from UMKC. He worked for PBI Gordon Chemical Company for 38 years before retiring. He spent more...
Mrs. Geraldine Mathews
Aug 11, 2014
Geraldine “Gerre” Ann Mathews, 75, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away August 11, 2014 . Gerre Ann was born July 5, 1939 in Kansas City, Missouri. She attended Bishop Hogan High School. Soon after graduating in 1956, she joined the law firm of DeWitt, Nigro & Wilson. The opportunity fostered the development of natural skills that aligned with a consummate Executive Assistant. Shortly...
Ms. Andre'e Tron
Jul 20, 2014
ANDRÉE ETASSE TRON Beloved wife, mother, grandmother and teacher Andrée Etasse Tron, 100, passed away peacefully in her home on 07.20.2014 surrounded by her loved ones. Andrée was born in Normandie, France on 07.04.1914. A celebratory service will be held Thursday, July 24 at 6PM in the Rose Garden at Loose Park. Donations can be made to The Children’s Place,...
David Petrie
Jul 19, 2014
David John Petrie went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 19, 2014. While it was an unexpected passing to those of us left behind, we know the Lord has plans for this great young man that we have yet to understand. David was born on August 23, 1991, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and has made everyone around him smile...
Ms. Ruth Chinn
Jul 16, 2014
Ruth Mann Chinn, 102, of Kansas City, KS, passed away on July 16, 2014 in her home. Ruth was born February 22, 1912 to Edward and Maude Hamilton of Topsey, MO. Ruth lived in Trenton until she married Glenn Mann, to whom she was married 33 years. They had two children, William E. Mann and Dixie Lou Mann, both who preceded her in...
Eileen Wright
Jul 9, 2014
Eileen Wright Mary Eileen Wright, 93, of Shawnee, KS passed away on Wednesday, July 9, 2014 in the comfort of her home, surrounded by family. Eileen was a homemaker, devoted mother and grandmother. She enjoyed traveling with family, making loving memories through her sewing, cooking for her family and her chocolate milk shakes. She is preceded in death by her...
Mrs. Lillie Pender
Jun 29, 2014
Lillie Floriene Pender, 79, of Overland Park, died Sunday, June 29, 2014. She was born to the late Mauro and Lillie Florez, Mar. 29, 1935, in Dallas, TX. Lillie graduated from St. Edwards Academy in 1952. She married the late Robert M. Pender Sr., and they lived together in Dallas, TX, Shreveport, LA and Oklahoma City before relocating to Merriam, KS...
Mr. John Schwark
Jun 23, 2014
John Paul Schwark, 73, of Roeland Park, KS, died in his home on June 23, 2014. John Paul Schwark was born November 30, 1940, in Kansas City, MO. John Schwark worked for over 35 years at Santa Fe Railroad. He was also an integral part of the family-owned business, Sunshine Embroidery, from it‘s inception in 1988 and thereafter as he worked side-by-side...
Betty Greenwood
Jun 22, 2014
Betty Greenwood, 87, of Overland Park, KS, passed away Sunday, June 22, 2014, at St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, MO. She is survived by four children; Al (Sherry) Mellon, Linda (Mark) Womelduff, Peggy (Jerry) Farrell and Joe (Marietta) Mellon; one brother, David (Martha) Chambers; nine grandchildren; Andy and Jon Mellon, Brian and Tracy Bogard, Cynthia Pickard, Matthew and...
Darlene Reynolds
Jun 19, 2014
Darlene Marcia Reynolds slept in on Thursday, June 19th, 2014, and awoke to the gates above. She was born in Sioux City, Iowa, March 12th, 1928 to Harold and Hazel Soiseth. They moved to Des Moines where she graduated from North High School. After attending Drake University, she moved to the University of Iowa to reactivate the Delta Zeta sorority....
Scott McDaniel
Jun 11, 2014
Scott B. McDaniel, age 62, of Topeka, Kansas, passed away on June 11, 2014, at Select Specialty Hospital. Scott was born on December 14, 1951 in Columbia, Missouri. He was an Eagle Scout, winning the God and Country award from the Boy Scouts of America. He graduated from Shawnee Mission East High School in Prairie Village, Kansas; he earned a...
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