Obituaries
Paul Funk
Nov 23, 2009
Reverend Paul W. Funk, 86 Passed away peacefully on Nov. 23rd at Garden Terrace Nursing Home of Overland Park. Staff of the Home and Good Samaritan Hospice provided him comfort and loving care during his last days. He was attended by family and friends. Pastor Paul, as many knew him to end, served 13 churches in his 60 years of...
Erma Kiewit
Nov 19, 2009
Erma Kiewit, 94, passed away at Somerset-Claridge Court on November 19, 2009. Erma was born on February 11, 1915 in Kansas City, MO. She was a life member and past worthy matron of Swope Park Chapter Order of Eastern Star and a life member of VFW Post 846 Ladies Auxiliary. Erma was preceded in death by her husband, Frederick P....
John Noyce
Nov 17, 2009
John Dryden Noyce, 86, passed away on November 17, 2009. He was born in Las Animas, Colo., on May 14, 1923, to Alfred and Mildred Noyce. He grew up in Salina, Kan., and attended Colorado State University prior to three years in military service. He served in the 44th Infantry Division and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart....
Ardis Holtz
Nov 16, 2009
Ardis Ruth (Ott) Holtz (83) passed away November 16th at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Services will be held Thursday, November 19th at 2pm, with visitation Wednesday, November 18th 6:30-8:30; both at Our Saviour Lutheran Church at 43rd and Rainbow in KCK. Ardis was born in Beemer, NE and married Rev. Arlin Holtz also of Beemer. She devoted her life to...
Lura Lenge
Nov 10, 2009
Lura L. Lenge, 87, died at her home in Prairie Village, Kansas, on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, after a brief illness. A nearly life-long resident of the Kansas City area, Lura was born May 13, 1922, to Frank H. and Mary Downing Knipmeyer in Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri. She was the youngest and last surviving member of a family of...
Lothar "John" Hey
Nov 8, 2009
Lothar “John” Hey, 71, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2009. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday, November 12, 2009 at Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church; burial at Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to Cancer Action...
Lee Huddleston
Nov 5, 2009
Lee W. Huddleston, former chairman of Country Club Bank and president of the Missouri Bankers Association, died peacefully at home Nov. 5, 2009. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 9, at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church 6630 Nall Avenue Mission KS 66202; private interment at Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 4 to 6...
Paul Gaudette
Nov 4, 2009
Paul Robert Gaudette, age 85, Topeka, Kansas died Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at Midland Care Hospice from natural causes. Funeral service will be at 10:00am, Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 at Cure of Ars Catholic Church, 9401 Mission Road, Leawood Kansas. Burial will be at Leavenworth National Cemetary. Friends may call from 6pm to 8pm, November 9, 2009 at DW Newcomer's...
Mary Aileen Doherty
Nov 2, 2009
Mary Ellen Aileen Doherty, 88, of Prairie Village, KS passed away Monday, November 2, 2009. Mary Ellen was born on December 4, 1920 and grew up in the Rosedale area of Kansas City, KS. She married John Doherty on August 20, 1943 and together they raised seven children. Mary Ellen was a devoted wife and mother and cherished many lifelong...
Thelma Fleming
Nov 1, 2009
Thelma Belle Fleming, 93, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2009. Memorial Services will be 11 a.m. Monday, November 9, 2009 at the D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Nazarene Compassionate Ministry, 12351 W. 96th Terrace Suite 100. Lenexa, KS 66220. Thelma was born February 14, 1916 to Burley and Nellie...
Patricia Halbeisen
Oct 31, 2009
Patricia Rupe Halbeisen, 78, of Kansas City, MO, passed away Saturday, October 31, 2009. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church; burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Monday, November 2 at the D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel. Contributions may be made to the Kansas...
Bobby Webster
Oct 29, 2009
Bobby Lee Webster, 77, of Leawood, Kan., passed away on Wed., Oct. 29, 2009. Services will be held at the Leawood Baptist Church at 83rd and State Line Rd. Visitation from 1 to 2 pm. Wednesday, November 4, 2009. Services will be immediately following the visitation. Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospitals for Children care of Abdallah...
Ruth Goodman
Oct 25, 2009
Edna Ruth Jones Goodman passed away peacefully on October 25, 2009, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. She was born on June 1, 1917 in Johnson County, Kansas and enjoyed a life filled with friendship and family. She offered a sparkling smile to everyone she met. She is buried next to her husband, John Davis Goodman, and remains in the loving...
Lois Eller
Oct 25, 2009
Lois Eller, 85, of Mission, KS, formerly of Olathe, KS, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2009, at her home. Visitation will be Wednesday, October 28, at 9 -11 a.m. at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. October 28, at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Olathe, KS. In lieu of flowers, the family...
Betty Beck Favreau
Oct 21, 2009
Betty Beck Favreau, 90, of Overland Park passed away October 21, 2009 at her home. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, October 24 at Asbury United Methodist Church, 75th & Nall, Prairie Village. The family will greet friends beginning at 10 a.m. in the church parlor. Private burial to follow the service. Betty was born February 22, 1919 in Emporia,...
Robert Hallifax
Oct 20, 2009
Robert (Bob) Jeffrey Hallifax of Shawnee, KS, died on Tuesday October 20, 2009 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center as a result of many complications since an auto accident on May 25, 2009. Bob was born July 26, 1926 at the Washington Sanitarium & Hospital, Tacoma Park, MD. Bob volunteered and served his Country in the Navy during WWII. He joined...
Dorothy Brunson
Oct 20, 2009
Dorothy J. Villee Brunson, 91, of Prairie Village, KS, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Memorial services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the Village Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Village Presbyterian Church , 6641 Mission Rd, Prairie Village, KS 66208. Dorothy was born October 30, 1917 in Topeka, KS....
Beverly Labunski
Oct 15, 2009
Beverly Susan Marshall Labunski B. Susan Marshall Labunski, 81, of Overland Park, Kansas, died at her home on October 15, 2009. An artist, her work most familiar to Johnson Countians were the “Bat Boy” drawings once used as the logos of Johnson County 3&2 Baseball. Labunski was born January 28, 1928 in Kansas City, Missouri to the late John Curtis...
Allan Chambers
Oct 15, 2009
Allan Chambers, born August 21, 1921, died on October 15, 2009, after a lengthy illness. Born in St Paul, Minnesota to George and Anna Chambers, he attended the University of Minnesota where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta, then served as Lieutenant in the Army during World War II. During the War, he met his wife Suzanne in...
Helen M. Hummel
Oct 14, 2009
Helen “Margie” Hummel born June 18, 1922, passed away October 14, 2009. A lifelong resident of KCK she began working at Sunshine Biscuit in 1943 after 36 years she retired in February 1980. She is preceded in death by two sisters, one son, and her husband Alonso of 52 years. Fond memories and condolences for the family may be left...
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