Obituaries

Janice Lewis
Aug 24, 2010
Janice Mae Mary Meinke Lewis, 78, of Shawnee, KS, passed away August 24th, 2010 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center from natural causes. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 28th at Trinity Lutheran Church, 5601 W. 62nd St., Mission, KS. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Friday August 27th at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park,...

Paul Gilbert
Aug 23, 2010
PAUL GILBERT Paul Gilbert, Overland Park, KS, passed away August 23, 2010. A memorial Mass will be held at 12:00 noon August 28th at Church of The Holy Cross, 8311 West 93rd Street, Overland Park with burial at a later date. Paul was born in Maine. He was a military veteran. Paul retired from the Union Pacific Railroad. During retirement...
Elizabeth Adams
Aug 18, 2010
Elizabeth Adams, 90, of Bucyrus, KS, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, August 23, 2010 at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel, burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, August 22, 2010 at the chapel. Elizabeth was born July 23, 1920 in Buchanan County, MO. She was...
Elizabeth Pearson Davis
Aug 15, 2010
Elizabeth M. Pearson Davis (Betty), one of the first women to serve in the working press area of major sporting events, passed away in Tulsa, OK on August 15, 2010 at the age of 89. Born in Red Wing Minnesota on April 4, 1921, Betty was the daughter of Carl Raymond and Hazel Nordeen Johnson. She attended Red Wing Central...

Margaret Southall
Aug 13, 2010
Margaret Southall, a lifelong resident of the Kansas City area, passed away Friday, August 13, 2010 in Overland Park, KS. She was born Margaret Suzanne Bell in Kansas City, MO on October 5, 1928. Margaret was a member of Delta Zeta and graduated from the Central Missouri State College in Warrensburg, MO receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. She would...
Carl Dingus
Aug 12, 2010
Carl Lee Dingus, 78, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away August 12, 2010 at home peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Carl is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Dorothy; their four sons Ed Hubbard (Donna); Joe Hubbard (Melody); Mike Dingus; Dennis Dingus; and two daughters, Lisa Valdiviez (Ron); Julie Dingus (Clinton); and his pride and joy his...
Barbara McClain
Aug 11, 2010
BARABAR WHITNEY WHITE MCCLAIN Barbara Whitney White McClain died August 11, 2010 at her home in Leawood, Kan., after a brief illness. She was 61. Born and raised in Mexico, Mo. McClain was the daughter of Robert M. and Barbara Spurgeon White. She was a cheerleader at Mexico High School, and graduated in 1967. She was a team captain and...

Margaret Elizabeth Spellman
Aug 10, 2010
MARGARET ELIZABETH SPELLMAN Margaret passed away peacefully at her home in Lenexa KS on Tuesday morning August 10, 2010. She was born November 20, 1916 to George E. and Catherine (Kate) Erie Hughes, in Kansas City, KS. She was raised in the Argentine area and attended St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and its Grade School, graduating from Bishop Ward...

Esther Myrtle Payne
Aug 9, 2010
Myrtle Esther Payne She was born in Corinth, MS, in 1911. On 8/9/2010, she died peacefully. There will be a 10:30AM graveside service 8/11/10, at Floral Hills East. Family includes a son Charles Payne, daughter Bettie Jane Cooper, 6 grandsons and 10 great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers do an act of kindness.
Glenn Miller
Aug 7, 2010
DR. GLENN H. MILLER, JR. Glenn Harold Miller, Jr., Ph.D '65, of Overland Park, KS, died on August 7, 2010. He was 79 years old. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, August 12, 2010 at Faith Lutheran Church, 4805 W. 67th, Prairie Village, KS. Glenn (known as Harold while growing up and longer to some family members) was born...

Roberta Griffing
Jul 29, 2010
ROBERTA JEAN (BROWN) GRIFFING Roberta Jean Griffing, 87, of Prairie Village, KS, passed away at her home on Thursday, July 29, 2010. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, July 31, at Valley View United Methodist Church, 8412 W. 95th St. Overland Park, KS. Roberta was born in Natoma, KS, on October 7, 1922. Her parents were...
Winifred Murphy
Jul 25, 2010
WINIFRED NORMAN MURPHY Winifred Norman Murphy, age 86, Claridge Court, Prairie Village, Kansas passed away on July 25, 2010. She was born on December 16, 1923 to Flora Lee and W.O. (Billie) Norman in Kansas City, Missouri and she was a lifetime resident of Kansas City. She graduated from Sunset Hill School and Pine Manor College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. "Wannie"...
Vancel Carns
Jul 22, 2010
VANCEL R. CARNS Vancel R. Carns, 84, of Lenexa, Kansas died July 22 at St. Luke's Hospital following a massive heart attack. He was born December 31, 1925 in North Platte, Nebraska. He thought his New Year's Eve birth date was very special because everyone helped him celebrate. Vance is survived by his wife, Gladys, of the home and his...

Winona Packard
Jul 22, 2010
WINONA (STUDT) PACKARD Winona (Studt) Packard, 92, of Lakeview Village died peacefully after a brief illness July 23, 2010. Winona was born in Kansas City, KS January 5, 1918. She was preceded in death by her husband Phillip in 1994. She is survived by her daughter, Winona Wedeman, of Olathe, KS, sisters Ruth Grueninger and Irene Kyle, of Kansas City,...

Lorraine Kilroy
Jul 21, 2010
Lorraine Kilroy was a devoted wife, mother (and grandmother) and servant of the Lord. She died July 21, 2010 at her residence at Claridge Court (Somerset Health Center in Prairie Village, Kansas). She was born Katherine Lorraine Butler on April 23, 1918 in Hutchinson, Minnesota. Her parents were Henry E. and Katherine K Butler. When she was 9, her family,...
Robert Bob Orrick
Jul 16, 2010
Robert E. "Bob" Orrick, 88, of Leawood, KS, passed away on Friday, July 16, 2010. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel with a visitation prior from 10-11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Blue Valley Christian Church, 12251 Lamar Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66209 or...

Jean Storey
Jul 15, 2010
Jean Irene Storey, 87, of Overland Park passed away July 15. Predeceased by her mother, Gertrude Harper, her father John Watkins, and her husband Harry, Jean is survived by her daughter Susan, her son Wayne, two grandchildren, Kim and Peter, and granddaughters Kerry and Erin, and by her long-time companion Paul Crossland. Services will be held at D.W. Newcomer's Sons...

Erwin Roesler
Jul 14, 2010
Erwin David Roesler, 84, passed away on July 14, 2010. Erwin was born in Beaufort, Missouri, on May 24, 1926, and was raised with his 11 siblings in the St. Louis area. He joined the U.S. Navy, serving honorably on the USS Vella Gulf in the Pacific during World War II. He was married to the late Mary Kathleen Addis...

Denie Peterson
Jul 14, 2010
Denie Gail Peterson, 92, of Merriam, Kansas, passed away, peacefully Tuesday, July 14th.Denie was born November 3, 1917 at Cole Camp, Missouri to Fred and Dessie Kahman. She graduated from Center High School in 1934 and on May 19th, 1940 married Russell H. Peterson, who preceded her in death in 1972.She was employed as a sales secretary for the Olivetti...
Jacqueline Webster
Jul 13, 2010
Jacqueline Ann (Hunt) Webster, age 74, passed away from cancer Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at the Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo. Services will be held at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, Kan. Visitation begins at 1:00 p.m. with services following at 2:00 p.m Saturday, July 24th. Guests are invited to join...
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