Obituaries
Arthur (Pete) McMasters, Jr.
Sep 1, 2009
Arthur J (Pete) McMasters Jr. passed away from heart failure on Tuesday September 1st. Pete lived in Roeland Park Kansas for over 50 years and, most recently, resided with his daughter in KCMO. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, September 5, 2009 at the Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania August 14, 1924. He attended...

Charlotte Romain
Aug 30, 2009
Charlotte Gilbert Romain, 84, died Sunday evening August 30, 2009 at Lakeview Village Care Center, surrounded by her family. The memorial service will be at 2 pm Sunday, September 6, 2009 at Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church, 9300 Nall, Overland Park, KS. The family will receive friends following the service at the church. Her final resting place will be at Johnson...

Verna Sargent
Aug 30, 2009
Verna L. Sargent, 80, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2009. Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, September 3, 2009 at Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, KS. The family suggests contributions to the Masonic Home of Missouri. Arrangements by: D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel (913) 648-6224. Fond memories and condolences for the family may be left at www.dwnewcomers.com.
Shirley Ann Bratton
Aug 28, 2009
Shirley A. Bratton, 78, died peacefully in her sleep on August 28, 2009. Shirley was born February 24, 1931 to Stephen Thomas Novotny, a farmer, and Pearl Agnes (Erickson) in Badger, Minnesota. While an only child, she enjoyed the company of many cousins and close family when growing up. She met an Airman, James Bratton and they married in Rapid...
Kevin Nunnink
Aug 25, 2009
Kevin Nunnink, 57, of Mission Hills, KS, passed away on August 25th. The family will receive visitors at St. Ann Catholic Church at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 27th with a prayer of the Holy Rosary beginning at 8 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, August 28th at 10 a.m. at St. Ann Catholic Church, with...
Kenneth Wilson, Sr.
Aug 24, 2009
Kenneth W. Wilson, Sr., 90, passed away at his home August 24. Funeral services will be at D. W. Newcomers at 81st & Metcalf at 11 a.m. on Friday, August 28. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday morning. Burial to follow at Shawnee Mission Memorial Gardens. Ken was born on the family farm north of...
Maxine Booker
Aug 23, 2009
MAXINE M. BOOKER, 86, of Overland Park, KS, passed away August 23, 2009, after a courageous 8-year battle with cancer. She was born April 1, 1923 along with her twin sister, Maurine, in Shields, KS to William B. and Clara Wecker Davidson. Maxine was a loving and devoted daughter and sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a woman...
Jack Polson
Aug 23, 2009
On Sunday, August 23rd, 2009 at 3:20 a.m., the angels picked up Jack Polson and took him to Paradise. Jack passed away peacefully with family and friends surrounding him. Jack Polson was born on September 21, 1981 in Wichita, Kansas. He has mostly lived in the Kansas City area since the age of 7. He attended Rosehill Elementary and then...

J. Feild
Aug 22, 2009
J. Wallace Feild, 85, of Overland Park, KS, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2009. On August 20, 1949, he married Nancy Broaddus, who preceded him in death on April 22nd of this year. He was an active member of Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church for over 50 years. Mr. Feild is survived by daughters Karen Burbridge (Jeff) of Oregon and Dianne...
Elmer Rump, Jr.
Aug 22, 2009
Elmer W. Rump, Jr., 79, of Mission, Kansas passed away August 25, 2009. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, August 28, 2009 at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to Kansas City Hospice, 10100 W. 87th Street, Suite 100, Overland Park, KS 66212. Elmer...
Charlotte Odam
Aug 18, 2009
Charlotte Benke Odam, 85, died on August 18, 2009. Visitation will be at the graveside Saturday, August 22nd from 9:30-10:00 A.M. at Johnson County Memorial Gardens, 11200 Metcalf, with graveside services there at 10:00 A.M. A memorial service will follow at 11:00 A.M. Saturday at Cherokee Christian Church, 7457 Cherokee Drive (75TH and Belinder Avenue), Prairie Village, KS 66208. The...
Gladys Hallifax
Aug 17, 2009
Gladys E. Hallifax, of Shawnee, Kansas passed away on Monday, August 17, 2009 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center as a result of many complications since an auto accident on May 25. She was born June 21, 1925 in Syracuse, New York. Gladys loved and was loved by her family, friends and church. She was like a second Mother to her...
Evelyn Piepenbring
Aug 17, 2009
Evelyn Inez (Murray)Piepenbring, 90, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away August 17, 2009. She was born January 16, 1919 in Tulsa, OK to William O. and Pearl (Tennison) Murray. The family moved to Enid, OK where she graduated from Enid High School in 1936. Inez worked for 15 years as secretary/bookkeeper for the Dillingham Insurance Agency. On August 1, 1955,...

Helen Smith
Aug 16, 2009
Helen Robertson Smith passed away in Overland Park, Kansas August 16, 2009. Funeral services will be 11 A.M. Thursday, August 20, 2009 with a visitation from 10-11; Burial Leavenworth National Cemetery. She was 78 years of age. Helen was preceded in death by her parents Roy Lee and Mable Robertson and her husband Bill Smith. She is survived by her...
Mary Jane Stilwell
Aug 16, 2009
Mary Jane Stilwell, 93, passed away Sunday, August 16, 2009. She was born in Chicago, IL and was a lifelong resident of the Kansas City area. Her mother died of complications from childbirth, and she was raised by her aunt and uncle, Gertrude and Wray Shockley, as their adopted daughter. She graduated from Southwest High School, studied piano and voice...
Violet Larson
Aug 9, 2009
Violet S. Larson, 92, of Lenexa, KS, passed away August 9, 2009. Family graveside services will be held on Wednesday, August 12 at 2:00 p.m. at the Osage City, KS cemetery. Violet was born September 30, 1916 in Miller, KS, the youngest of five children, to Hannah and Oscar Sutherland. She was raised in Osage City, KS, graduated from high...

Joan Bruening
Aug 8, 2009
Joan, 56, formerly of Prairie Village, KS, lost her battle with cancer Saturday, August 8, 2009, at Kansas City Hospice. A celebration of her life will be Saturday, August 22, at 11:00 a.m., at the Colonial Church, 7039 Mission Rd., Prairie Village, KS. Joan is survived by her husband and soulmate of 30 years, Tom Bruening of Higginsville, MO; one...
Yvonne Freeman
Jul 31, 2009
Yvonne Freeman, 44, passed away July 31, 2009. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 15, 2009 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 7100 Hadley, Overland Park, KS; burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Lake Village, AR. Arrangements by: D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel (913) 648-6224. Fond memories and condolences for the family may...
John Lawrence
Jul 30, 2009
John D. Lawrence of Overland Park, KS went to be with his Lord on July 30, 2009. He expressed that he knew where he was going before a heart attack took his life from this earth. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at Prairie Baptist Church, 7416 Roe, Prairie Village, KS, burial to follow at Pioneer...
Robert Mitchell
Jul 28, 2009
Robert Joseph Mitchell, 83, of Overland Park, KS died July 28, 2009 at Stratford Commons in Overland Park, KS. He was preceded in death by his wife Dorothy Fieth Mitchell, after 42 years of marriage. He was a native of Springfield, MO. He served in the US Navy during World War II. He was retired from Safeway Stores Inc where...
Subscribe
Get alerts when new obituaries are posted

HeartLight offers a variety of support groups, education, resources, and special programming related to grief and loss.