Obituaries

Phyllis Schwend

Phyllis Schwend

Mar 4, 2010

Phyllis Ann Schwend, 87, of Overland Park, KS, passed away March 4, 2010 at Manor Care Center. Graveside services will be held at Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 1:00 P.M. Mrs. Schwend was born October 11, 1922 in Minneapolis, MN. She worked for American Legion before marrying Harold Schwend with whom she raised a son and...

Gerry White

Gerry White

Mar 3, 2010

Gerry White passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Funeral services will be 2 P.M. Saturday, March 6, 2010 at the Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church of Overland Park with a visitation prior from 12:30 – 2 P.M. ; burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the donor’s favorite hospice. Arrangements by: D.W. Newcomer’s...

Virginia Pugh

Virginia Pugh

Feb 24, 2010

Virginia "Ginny" Wightman Pugh born September 29, 1933 in Patterson, New Jersey, to parents Everett and Grace Wightman passed away on February 24,2010 in her home in Mission, Kansas after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. Virginia grew up in New Jersey and loved spending summers at the family cottage in Maine. She was the first girl on the junior...

James Shea

James Shea

Feb 23, 2010

James “Vick” Shea, 84, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at Delmar Gardens of Overland Park, Overland Park, Kansas. James was born October 7, 1925 in Kansas City Missouri to Thomas and June Shea. Vick served as a medic in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in Europe and North Africa during World War II. He also...

Joseph Gradinger

Joseph Gradinger

Feb 22, 2010

Joseph F. Gradinger, 89, passed away on Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. Joe was born on July 19, 1920 in Pittsburg, Kansas to Blanche and Emil Gradinger and was the youngest of five children. He graduated from Pittsburg High School and from Kemper Military Academy in Boonville, Missouri. An avid aviator, he was a flight instructor at Grider Field in Pine...

Martha Westbrook

Martha Westbrook

Feb 21, 2010

MARTHA HUNT WESTBROOK Martha Hunt Westbrook, 88, loving wife, mother, sister and friend, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 21, 2010, at Kansas City Hospice House. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 27, at Unity Temple on the The Plaza, 707 W. 47th St., Kansas City, Missouri. Martha was born...

Alfred Dixon

Alfred Dixon

Feb 16, 2010

Alfred David Dixon passed away suddenly of a heart attack Tuesday at Lakeview Village in Lenexa. He lived an honored life of service to others and was loved and respected by his family and friends from all walks of life. He will be remembered for his humor, his selflessness, his generosity, and his compassion for man and beast alike. There...

Rex Hay

Rex Hay

Feb 9, 2010

Rex Hay of Prairie Village, KS, passed away February 9, 2010. Born September 18, 1921 in Cleveland Ohio to Elbert Curtis and Evelyn Shively Hay. After graduating high school, Rex completed courses in aviation mechanics. He served in World War II, Army Air Corps, B29 Flight Engineer from 1942 to 1946. In 1943 Rex and Mary were wed, they were...

Eva Fredrick

Eva Fredrick

Feb 8, 2010

Eva Frederick, Kansas City, Missouri, was born in Pleasanton, Kansas and departed this life on February 8, 2010. She was a graduate of Kansas State Teachers College at Pittsburg and taught in the elementary schools of Kansas and Missouri for 45 years. In 1987 she retired from the Kansas City, Missouri Public Schools. Eva was a Red Cross Volunteer for...

Marjorie Jean Elliott

Marjorie Jean Elliott

Feb 7, 2010

Marjorie Jean Schroeder Elliott, 88 years old, passed away peacefully of a variant form of Parkinson's on February 7, 2010 at her home at Bishop Spencer Place, Kansas City, MO. Baptized as an infant at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Kansas City, MO, she was the eldest of four daughters born to Harry Robert and Marrie Jean Carr Schroeder at St....

Dorothy Pease

Dorothy Pease

Feb 4, 2010

Dorothy McLaren Pease, 91, passed away Thursday, February 4, 2010 in Colorado Springs, CO. Visitation will be from 10 – 11 a.m. Friday, February 12, 2010 at the D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel; burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens at 11:30 a.m. Friday. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Friday, February 12th at the Country Club Christian Church (Combs...

Leona Martin

Leona Martin

Feb 4, 2010

Leona Veronica Martin passed away Thursday, February 4, 2010. Mass will be said at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at St. Agnes Catholic Church with a visitation prior from 9-11:30, burial in Resurrection Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Huntington’s Disease Society of America, 505 8th Ave, Ste 902, New York, NY 10018. Leona was...

Louis Silks, Jr

Louis Silks, Jr

Feb 3, 2010

Louis A. Silks, Jr. was born August 15, 1927, in Salina, Kansas, and died February 2, 2010, at his home in Shawnee, Kansas. Education: Paseo High School, graduated 1943; University of Kansas, B.A. 1948; L.L.B. 1950; J.D. 1968. He was a member of the Bounders Fraternity at the University of Kansas City. Military service: He served in the U.S.Navy 1944-1946...

Billie Hauber

Billie Hauber

Jan 28, 2010

Billie Ann Hauber died Thursday January 28th. Loving wife and mother of two very loving children, Billie was surrounded by family and friends. She was active in her church, Holy Trinity and later Holy Cross and was a founding organizer of the Women’s Crusillo Movement of Kansas. She volunteered for many other organizations throughout her life with a particular focus...

Mary Wells

Mary Wells

Jan 26, 2010

Mary Elizabeth Wells was born on March 14, 1926, in Neodesha, Kansas. She passed away on January 26, 2010, at St. Luke’s hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, surrounded by family and friends. Mary was the daughter of Carl and Ruth Rice, and survived her sisters Grace, Carlene, and Ruth. Mary married Samuel J. Wells on April 1, 1944, and the...

Donald Timmcke

Donald Timmcke

Jan 26, 2010

Donald L. Timmcke, 88, of Shawnee, KS passed away on January 26, 2010. Visitation will be held Friday, January 29 from 6-8 p.m. at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel. Services will be Saturday, 10 a.m. at Overland Park Lutheran Church. 7810 West 79TH, Overland Park, 66204, with burial to follow at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens. Donald was born August 13,...

Robert Catenhauser

Robert Catenhauser

Jan 24, 2010

Robert W. Catenhauser, 96, passed away Monday, January 18, 2010. Memorial services will be 4 p.m. Sunday, January 24, 2010 at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the American Diabetes Assn. Robert graduated from Paseo High School in 1932. He married Vesta Mae Edmonds in 1940. Robert was a Second...

Donald Barron

Donald Barron

Jan 23, 2010

Donald H. Barron, 86, of Lawrence, KS (formerly of Shawnee, KS), passed away Saturday, January 23, 2010. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Monday, February 1, 2010 at the Woodland Ridge Presbyterian Church; inurnment in Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens. The family suggests contributions to the Woodland Ridge Presbyterian Church Building Fund, 9898 W. 95th Street, Overland Park, KS 66212. Donald...

James (Bill) Fisher

James (Bill) Fisher

Jan 22, 2010

James R. (Bill) Fisher, a lifelong resident of Kansas City, passed away on January 22, 2010. He was born October 28, 1916, in Denver, Colorado, to Charles Vincent Fisher and Blanch Campbell Hunter. He was preceded in death by his wife of 36 years Catherine Knaub Fisher, his sisters Katherine Elizabeth Satterlee and Dorothy Mildred Snyder, and his brother Charles...

Oscar Loevenguth

Oscar Loevenguth

Jan 22, 2010

Oscar Phillip Loevenguth, Jr., 80, Overland Park, KS, died on January 22, 2010, at home. A memorial service will be at 3pm Saturday, January 30, at the Country Club Christian Church, Kansas City, Mo. Cremation. Memorial contributions may be made to the church, the Nelson-Atkins Museum or a charity of choice. Mr. Loevenguth was born July 23, 1929, in Wichita,...