Obituaries

Dec 25, 2006

RICHARD F. PHIPPS, O.D. Richard Flint Phipps, O.D., 74, of KCMO, passed away Monday, December 25, 2006 at St. Joseph's Health Center. Dr. Phipps was born August 14, 1932 in Humboldt, KS to Herbert Ray and Freda Viola (Flint) Phipps and had lived in this area most of his life. He practiced Optometry for 46 years in the Kansas City...

Dec 23, 2006

Norma L.M. (Wyatt) Heddings, 73 of Kansas City, KS passed on December 23, 2006 at Medicalodge. A memorial service will be held on December 30, 2006 at 1:00 P.M. at D.W. Newcomer?s Son?s Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. Norma was born on January 17, 1933 in Kansas City, MO. She was a Native American Indian of the...

Dec 19, 2006

Phyllis M. Horsley Meier, 82, peacefully passed on December 19, 2006 while at Kansas City Hospice House. She was a lifelong Kansas resident, devoted wife, sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and dear friend to many. She is survived by her husband, James F. Meier; two sisters, Joyce Steffenson and Joan States; four children, Sheryl Kantrowitz, Charles Horsley, John Horsley, and Mary...

Dec 19, 2006

Harold Williams, 77, of Salisbury died Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. Born in Inwood, Long Island, NY he was the son of the late Hector Mason Williams and Mamie Lee Williams. A Korean War Army Veteran he was an Advanced Ambulance Medical Technician for the Nassau County Police Department in NY for 37 years until his...

Dec 18, 2006

Juanita Hellweg died Monday, December 18, 2006, at her home in Overland Park, Kansas. She celebrated her 90th birthday last June. Juanita was born June 19, 1916 to Mr. And Mrs. George P. Wolf in St. Louis, MO. Her family moved to Columbus, NE when she was four years old. She was raised in Columbus, graduating from Kramer High School....

Dec 18, 2006

Lothea Dorene VanDerEnt Lothea Dorene VanDerEnt, 85, passed away, Monday December 18, 2006. Lothea was a lifelong resident of Kansas City. Lothea was preceded in death by her husband, JacobusVanDerEnt, survivors include; son, Nicholas Van Der Ent, daughters, Jeantje Kurlander, Juliana Zgoda, 9 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.

Dec 14, 2006

Keri Jo Sperling, age 38, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away December 14, 2006, at her home. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 20, at Olathe Bible Church, 13700 W. 151st Street, Olathe Kansas. Friends may meet with the family from 10 till 11 a.m. prior to the service. Memorial contributions can be made to the Epilepsy Foundation. Keri...

Dec 14, 2006

Susan "Sue" P. Illman, 85, longtime Prairie Village resident, passed away Dec. 14, 2006. Sue was born on June 17, 1921 in Albany, GA. She attended Georgia State Women's College in Valdosta and continued her education at the University of Georgia, where she earned a degree in journalism and was a member of Chi Omega Sorority. Sue met her husband,...

Dec 12, 2006

David F. Krueger David F. Krueger, 86, passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2006, at the home. David was born November 12, 1920 in Independence, Mo. to Fred and Mary Krueger. He was a WWII Army Air Corps Veteran. David was a Charter Member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Lee's Summit, Mo. David was preceded in death by his parents,...

Dec 12, 2006

Elsie B. Thomson, 89, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, Dec 12, 2006 at Villa Saint Joseph in Overland Park. Elsie was born on Sept 25, 1917 in Erie, Pennsylvania. After graduating from East High School, she attended the Erie Business College. Elsie married the love of her life, Kenneth B. Thomson on October 3, 1942. They moved to the Kansas...

Jan 10, 1924

May 14, 1920

G. Kenneth Hamilton Jr. passed away peacefully on May 14, 2013, at the Sweet Life in Overland Park where he had resided for the past three years. G. Kenneth Hamilton Jr., better known as "Kenny," was born in Kansas City, Missouri, March 9, 1920. He attended WC Bryant School, Southwest High School, and graduated from the University of Kansas in...

Sep 27, 1918

Carl Lenus Brand, Prairie Village, Kansas. Born September 27, 1918 in Aholt, Missouri. Moved to Kansas City area in 1929. Graduated from North Kansas City High School. Married September 6, 1946. Survivors: Lilla Waneta (Ricketts) Brand of the home, Judith Anne Martin-Coppell, Texas, Larry Carl Brand, Lenexa, Kansas, Jeffrey Wayne Brand, Kansas City, Kansas, Patricia Witschner, Kansas City Missouri, and...

RAMON SCHUMACHER, JR. Ramon Schumacher, Jr., went to be with the Lord November 25, 2010. He was born to Ramon and Ina Schumacher on March 12, 1921 and was raised in Kansas City. He was an Architectural graduate of the University of Illinois where he met Helen Mayr of Chicago. They married two years later in 1944. He served in...