Overland Park Funeral Chapel
Obituaries
Jack Turmon
Sep 2, 2007
Jack B. Turmon, 75, of Overland Park, passed away Sunday, September 2, at his home. Jack Turmon was born Sept. 26, 1931, Lone Wolf, Okla., to Julia and B.B. Turmon. The family soon moved to Hobart, Okla. Jack graduated from Hobart High School in 1949, studied accounting at the University of Oklahoma, and graduated in 1954. He met Betty Deere...
Jefferson Perky
Aug 29, 2007
Jefferson A. Perky passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2007, at Bishop Spencer Place. Jeff was born on November 20th, 1922, in Kansas City, Mo., to Jefferson E. Perky and Elizabeth Welch Perky. He graduated from Paseo High School and attended University of Missouri where he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. Jeff joined the US Air Force and...
Lora Killmer
Aug 28, 2007
Lora Lee Killmer, beloved wife and mother, Leawood, Kansas passed away peacefully on Tuesday the 28th of August at Good Samaritan Center, Olathe, KS. Lora Lee was born February 26, 1919 to Johann Bonham and Ona B. Stone. She is survived by; her husband Riley A. Killmer of sixty two years (Leawood for fifty seven years ? now of Good...
Joanna Townsend
Aug 21, 2007
Joanna Josephine Benecke Townsend, 87, of Prairie Village, KS passed away on Tuesday, August 21, 2007. She was born September 16, 1919. She was the child of Ruby Waldo Benecke and Eleanor Floy Magruder of Brunswick, MO. She was married to William Wesley Townsend and he predeceased her in 1972. She had previously been a resident in Moberly and Clinton,...
Charles Orand
Aug 20, 2007
Charles E. Orand passed away Monday, August 20, 2007 in the home. Funeral services will be 3:00 P.M on Friday, August 24, 2007 at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf with Chester and Shirley Hamilton of Oklahoma officiating. Burial in Oaklawn Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 6-9:00 P.M. Thursday at the chapel. Charles was born February 2, 1942...
Julienne (Judy Buchner
Aug 14, 2007
Julienne (Judy) Buchner Julienne (Judy) Buchner passed away suddenly on August 14, 2007. Judy King was born in Kansas City, MO and graduated from Westport High School. Judy married Bernard Buchner in 1939 and they celebrated their 64th anniversary before he died in 2003. She enjoyed seventeen years working as a S.M. School District elementary school secretary before her retirement....
Doris Cumley
Aug 11, 2007
Doris Cumley, 90, was born September 2, 1916 in Bode, Iowa, the daughter of Henry and Ruth Hanson. She died on Saturday August 11, 2007 at Delmar Gardens Convalescent Center. She is survived by one son and one daughter: Mark Wallen and wife Kate of San Antonio, Texas and Lawaine Koehler and husband Ted of Lenexa, Kansas. Other survivors include...
William Brown
Aug 6, 2007
William Dean Brown aged 74 Lenexa, KS passed away August 6th 2007. After a courageous 6 year battle with cancer he passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by loved ones. Memorial Services 10am Thursday August 9th at Holy Spirit Catholic Church 11300 W 103rd St Overland Park, KS 66214. Visitation will be 6-8pm Wednesday August 8th at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons...
Michael Hercules
Aug 3, 2007
Michael Dean Hercules, 61, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away August 3, 2007 at home. Memorial services will be held 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, August 7th at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Kansas City Metro Office, 6700 Antioch, Suite 100, Merriam, KS 66204-1200. Michael was...
Claris Whitehead
Aug 3, 2007
Arlene Whitehead, 77, Shawnee, KS received her eternal reward on August 3, 2007. Funeral services will be 10am Thursday, August 9th at Overland Park Assembly of God Church 7700 W. 75th Street. Visitation will be 6-8pm Wednesday August 8th at the church. Contributions to Church of Hope, Rev. Ben Marselus, 841 Minnesota, Kansas City, KS 66101 or to Hospice Care...
Nancy Melton
Aug 2, 2007
Nancy Ruth Thatch-Melton, 74 years old, of Mission, Kansas, died in hospital on Thursday, August 2, 2007, after a month-long attempt to recuperate. Born on March 7, 1934 to Daniel Raymond Thatch and Ruby Marie Emmett-Thatch, in Conway, Arkansas, Nancy moved with her parents a short time later to Springfield, MO where Nancy spent her childhood. She would begin her...
Jack Bell
Jul 31, 2007
Jack Bell, age 87, of Olathe, KS, formerly of Fairway and Baldwin, KS passed away on July 31st, 2007. Private burial will be in the Leavenworth National Cemetery. Jack graduated from Wellsville High School in 1937. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1941 and retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1964. He then established Bell?s Advertising Service until...
Charlene Dickeson
Jul 30, 2007
Charlene Herriman Dickeson passed away July 30, 2007 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. A celebration of her life will be held at Overland Park Presbyterian Church, 8029 Overland Park Drive, Overland Park, KS at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, August 2nd. A reception will follow for all friends and family. In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to Overland Park...
Leroy Robb
Jul 28, 2007
Leroy L. Robb, 96, of Mission, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, July 28, 2007. Memorial services will be at Old Mission United Methodist Church, Shawnee Mission Parkway & Mission Road in Fairway, KS at 1:00 P.M. on Thursday, August 2nd. A reception will follow the service at the church. The family suggests memorial contributions to Kansas City Hospice. He was...
Richard Corpeny
Jul 20, 2007
Richard L. Corpeny, 53, of Prairie Village, Kan., passed away on Friday, July 20, 2007. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Tuesday, July 24, at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, Kan. Burial at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Mo. Visitation will be 2-3 p.m. Tuesday prior to the service. Memorial contributions may be made to...
Marguerite Miskell
Jul 19, 2007
Marguerite Miskell, age 93, passed away Thursday, July 19, 2007, at St. Mary's Manor, Blue Springs, Mo. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 24, at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, Kan. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Tuesday at the chapel prior to the service. Burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. In lieu of...
Elizabeth Miller
Jul 14, 2007
Elizabeth W. Miller, 92, of Kansas City, Kansas passed away Saturday, July 14, 2007. Graveside services will be 3:00 P.M., Wednesday, July 18th at Memorial Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. Survivors include her niece, Shirley Dort, Topeka, KS; great niece, Virginia Jones, Kansas City, KS; great great nieces, Rachel and Elizabeth; great great nephew, Andrew; and many other relatives.
Alan Donaghue
Jul 14, 2007
Alan Dean Donaghue of Prairie Village, KS, was born March 13, 1938 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, the son of Leo Marion and Orpha Belle Hurn Donaghue. He died July 14, 2007 at home. Mr. Donaghue attended elementary and junior high school in Kansas City, Kansas and graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1956. He graduated from the University of Kansas in...
Agatha Guilfoil
Jul 12, 2007
Agatha ?Gray? Priebe Guilfoil Gray Guilfoil, 87, of Fairway, Kansas passed away peacefully Thursday, July 12 at Somerset Claridge Court. Born in Savannah, Missouri, she graduated from Duchesne and earned a masters from Yale. During her interesting career she served as an air traffic controller in Anchorage, Alaska and flight attendant with American Airlines before serving as a devoted registered...
John Adams
Jul 10, 2007
John Q. Adams, 85, of Overland Park, Kan., passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2007. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. on Friday, July 13, at Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Road, Prairie Village, Kan. Visitation will immediately follow the service. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association Memorial Fund, PO Box 1653, Topeka, KS 666011653. John was...
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