Obituaries

Kenneth Reeves

Kenneth Reeves

Sep 21, 2015

Kenneth Edward Reeves, 91, of Basehor, KS passed away September 21, 2015 at Country Care Nursing Home from natural causes. His funeral service will be held 11:00am, Thursday, September 24th with visitation to begin at 10:00am at Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf Ave with burial to follow at Shawnee Mission Memorial Gardens, 23215 W. 75th Street, Shawnee, KS. Memorial contributions...

Barbara Boyce

Barbara Boyce

Sep 21, 2015

Barbara Maxine Boyce, 74, of Kansas City, Kansas died at her home on Monday, September 21, 2015. She was born August 1, 1941 in Kansas City, KS to the late Hansel Howard Harold Boyce and Burley Maxine Woods Boyce. Barbara was an avid collector, spending countless hours with family at garage sales looking for items for her many collections including...

Frances Robertson

Frances Robertson

Sep 18, 2015

Frances Hodges Robertson, 88, passed away September 18 at her apartment in Claridge Court after a recent diagnosis of lymphoma.    Born on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1926, she was the cherished only child of Gertrude Pendleton Hodges and Frank Hodges, Jr of Olathe. She grew up in Olathe when it was a sleepy town of 4,000, and had an idyllic childhood...

John L. Schroeder

John L. Schroeder

Sep 15, 2015

John L. “Jack” Schroeder, age 89, of Leawood, Kansas passed away September 15, 2015. Jack was born July 19, 1926 in Boone, Iowa to Alberta and Amanda Schroeder. He attended a Lutheran Parochial school until his high school years, at which time he attended Boone High School, graduating in 1943. He enlisted in the Navy Air Corp in early 1944...

Reverend Bill Foster

Reverend Bill Foster

Sep 14, 2015

Reverend Bill Foster, age 88, of Prairie Village Kansas passed away Monday night surrounded by family with the loving help of the Kansas City Hospice House. The memorial service will be held at the Village United Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village on Saturday September 19 at 1:00 pm. Feel free to wear colorful tennis shoes following in Bill’s footsteps. Bill...

Lawrence Jones

Lawrence Jones

Sep 10, 2015

Lawrence Wayne Jones of Prairie Village, KS, passed away Thursday, September 10, 2015.  Lawrence ("Larry") was born in Lawrence, KS in 1928 and grew up in Grandview, Missouri.  He graduated high school in 1946, and served in the Army from 1946 to 1948, and was part of the post-WWII occupation in Japan.  Larry often spoke fondly of playing trombone in the 6th Army...

Jeff Magalif

Jeff Magalif

Sep 8, 2015

Jeff Don Magalif, 64 of Kansas City, Mo. passed away on September 8, 2015. He attended Pembroke Day School, where he edited the newspaper The Hilltop, using the legend of the school crest, “Lux Effulgeat” (“Let the light shine”); performed in school musicals; and was the school valedictorian and a National Merit Scholar in 1968. He graduated from Harvard College...

Thomas Scott

Thomas Scott

Aug 31, 2015

Thomas M. Scott of Mission Hills, Kansas, died at his home on August 31 at the age of 79.  He was born March 28, 1936, in Jackson County, Missouri. On August 16, 1958, he married the love of his life, Betty C. Scott in Kansas City, Missouri. After graduation from the University of Missouri-Columbia, he spent more than 40 years as...

Jeanne Roebuck

Jeanne Roebuck

Aug 29, 2015

Jeanne M. Roebuck, 95, passed away on Aug 29, 2015.  Jeanne was born in 1919 in West Virginia, attended Marshall University, and worked for a group of surgeons at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond where she met her husband, Edward T. Roebuck, during WWII.  They married in 1946 and lived in Kansas City where they had three children who survive...

Boyd Evans

Boyd Evans

Aug 29, 2015

1933 - 2015 Overland Park – Boyd Evans, 82, our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 29, 2015, in Overland Park. He was born on June 13, 1933 in Provo, Utah to Argyle Evans and Pearl Francom. He married JoAnn Berrey on December 22, 1951 in Provo, Utah: they have been married for...

George Albert, Jr.

George Albert, Jr.

Aug 27, 2015

George E. Albert, 78, Overland Park, KS, passed away August 27, 2015 at his home.  Visitation will be from 2-3 pm, Sunday, August 30, followed by a funeral service at 3 pm at Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park.  Graveside services and burial will be at 1 pm, Tuesday, September 1 at Baxter Springs Cemetery in Baxter Springs, KS.  Memorial contributions may...

Consing Law

Consing Law

Aug 26, 2015

Consing Grace Law, 68, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away Wednesday, August 26, 2015 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center from complications related to Stage IV breast cancer. Grace was born and raised in Hawaii, the oldest of nine children, and celebrated her 68th birthday on July 23. She came from a humble, close-knit, hard-working family who glorified God, as exemplified...

James Kuepper

James Kuepper

Aug 19, 2015

James E. Kuepper passed away August 19, 2015. He was 91 years old and was married to the love of his life for 68 years, Marjorie Kuepper. He retired from KC Power and Light and traveled extensively. He was a great man and had a good life. He is preceded in death by his wife. He is survived by two...

Maria Appletoft

Maria Appletoft

Aug 18, 2015

Maria Eleonore Appletoft, 88, Overland Park, Kansas, beloved mother and grandmother passed away peacefully on August 18, 2015. Visitation will be held 12:00 – 1:30pm, Friday, August 28, 2015 at  Behrens-Wilson Funeral Home in Rapid City, South Dakota, followed by a graveside service at 2:30 pm at Black Hills National Cemetery, Sturgis, SD. Eleonore was born February 5, 1927 in Lampertheim,...

Robert E. Borchardt, Sr.

Robert E. Borchardt, Sr.

Aug 13, 2015

Robert (Sam) Borchardt, Sr., 87, of Shawnee Mission, KS passed away on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at Lakeview Village in Lenexa, KS, from complications of heart disease.  Services will be private.  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. Sam was born January 9, 1928 in Kansas City, MO.  He was married to Harriet (Koehn) Borchardt for 54...

Nora Pollmiller

Nora Pollmiller

Jul 23, 2015

Nora May (Callaghan) Pollmiller, 86, of Kansas City, KS passed away July 23, 2015. Mrs. Nora May Pollmiller was born February 14, 1929 in Kansas City, KS to John J. and Mary (Metzger) Callaghan. She was a lifelong member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, a 70-year member and Regent of Daughters of Isabella.  She is a Past President of...

Evelyn Hanson

Evelyn Hanson

Jul 23, 2015

On July 23, 2015, our wife, mother and dear friend to so many was taken home to her Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Evelyn was a wonderful servant of the Lord.  She shared her faith with many. She was cared for in her home for three years by her loyal husband, her children, her nurse Maria, friend Claudia and so many...

Harriette Fitzell

Harriette Fitzell

Jul 20, 2015

Harriette Jean (Proffitt) Fitzell age 93 passed away at her daughter’s home in Leawood, KS on July 20. She was born December 23, 1921 in Kansas City, Kansas to Robert Darr & Nettie Corrine Proffitt. She graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1939. The new and notable high school designed by the prominent Chicago firm of Hamilton, Fellows and Nedved...

Grace Sumner

Grace Sumner

Jul 17, 2015

Grace "Pauline" Sumner, 101, of Leawood, Kansas, died July 17, 2015 under hospice care at the Benton House of Prairie Village. Pauline was born August 15, 1913 in Carrollton, Missouri, the daughter of Allie L. and Ralph C. Carpenter. Pauline graduated from Carrollton High School where she played on the basketball team. She married Everett M. "Bill" Sumner on September...

Betsy Taylor

Betsy Taylor

Jul 15, 2015

Betsy Lynn Taylor, 62, of Overland Park, KS passed away July 15, 2015. Betsy was born May 3, 1953 in Garden City, KS. She graduated from K-State with a BS Degree in 1975. In the fall of 1979, she met Tom Taylor on a blind date set up by her best friend and his sister. They were married May 24,...

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