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Obituaries
Mildred Kraft
Dec 17, 2012
Mildred S. Kraft, 88, passed away Monday, Dec. 17, 2012. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 21,2012 at the D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 22nd at Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Crosslines or The Great Plains SPCA. Mildred was born and...
Mrs. Earlene Sanders
Dec 13, 2012
Earlene Sanders, 91, of Lenexa, KS, passed away on December 13, 2012. Earlene was born on October 10, 1921 in Clinton, OK to Willis and Lula (Gray) Martin, the youngest of four children. Earlene's quiet strength and constant devotion kept the family ties firm and lasting. She will be dearly missed. She retired from Overland Park State Bank after 15...
Ms. Marie Roberts
Dec 10, 2012
Marie H. Roberts, 78, of Overland Park, died Dec. 10, 2012. She was born Feb 2, 1934. Survivors include her daughter, Mariellen Roberts, of KC, MO. Services are private. (Arr. by D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park, KS 66204)
Mrs. Barbara Wetzler
Dec 7, 2012
Barbara Ann Holm Wetzler, 73, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away on December 7, 2012 in her home surrounded by her family and friends. She finally was able to beat the hideous ocular melanoma cells that invaded her body more than six years ago by soaring away from them. Barbara was born on November 5, 1939 in Hays, Kansas, to...
Clarence V. Wendte
Dec 5, 2012
Clarence V. Wendte passed away on December 5, 2012 and now is in the arms of his Lord. Clarence was born on March 31, 1926 on a farm near Canton, KS to Henry and Manda (Prothe) Wendte, the last of four children. As was typical of The Greatest Generation, at the age of 17, Clarence enlisted in the U.S. Navy...
Donna Brackett
Dec 5, 2012
Donna Rogers Brackett passed away peacefully on December fifth. She was born January 28, 1922 in Warren, Ohio, the daughter of Dr. Rupert and Ruth Rogers. She was a graduate of Harding High School, Middlebury College and Columbia Presbyterian School of Nursing. Her grace and steadfast love were her family's greatest strength. Always working quietly in the background, her greatest...
Mr. Ralph "Bud" Zeckser
Dec 4, 2012
Ralph "Bud" T. Zeckser, 94, entered eternal life Tuesday, December 4, 2012. He was given the gift of life, born the fourth son of Herman Conrad and Emma (Mitze) Zeckser on the family farmstead in Alma, KS on May 19, 1918. He was received into the kingdom of God's grace through Holy Baptism June 30, 1918 and reaffirmed his baptismal...
Shirley Hodgson
Dec 2, 2012
Shirley Ann Mowrey Hodgson. 85, of Prairie Village, KS, passed away on December 2, 2012 in her home surrounded by family. She was a wonderful mother to Nancy Hodgson Ruzicka of Mission Hills, Kansas and Dr. David Hodgson of Washington, Kansas. Her husband of 66 years, Keith Hodgson, survives her and she joins her two other sons, Thomas Kevin Hodgson...
Mr. Howard Smothers
Nov 27, 2012
Howard H. Smothers, Sr., 96, of Lenexa, KS, passed away on November 27, 2012. Howard was born on April 24, 1916 in Buford, Arkansas to John and Hester Smothers, the sixth of seven children. Howard wed Louise Piercy in Kansas City, MO, on August 13, 1939. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps. in 1942 and served until January...
Hugh Mathewson, M.D.
Nov 26, 2012
Hugh S. Mathewson, M.D., 91. passed away peacefully at his home on November 26, 2012. He was born in Washington, D.C., on September 20, 1921. He and his parents moved to Topeka, Kansas in 1922, where he resided until attending the University of Kansas and the University of Kansas School of Medicine. His career in medicine spanned more than five...
Michael Manske
Nov 26, 2012
Michael Wayne Manske, 54, Col. U.S. Marine Corps, retired, died unexpectedly November 26, 2012 of a heart attack at his home. Michael was born in Wayne, Nebraska November 16, 1958 to parents Kennard and Lois Manske. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law and practiced law in Nebraska and Iowa. For the past...
Mrs. Lois Rice
Nov 25, 2012
Lois M. Rice, 85, of Mission, KS, passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2012. Lois was born September 7, 1927 in Arapahoe, NE to Edwin and Anna Wohler. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Nursing in St. Louis and spent the majority of her career at Trinity Lutheran Hospital in Kansas City, MO. She retired in 1986. On January 28,...
Joyce Perky
Nov 22, 2012
Joyce Murrell Perky, 85, passed away peacefully on November 22, 2012. Funeral services will be Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012 at the D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel with a visitation prior from 1-2 p.m. Joyce was born in Kirksville, Missouri to Francis and Lora Grace Murrell. She attended school in Kirksville until moving to Kansas City, Missouri in 1942, where...
Mary Schackmann
Nov 21, 2012
Mary Candeloro Schackmann passed away from natural causes on November 21, 2012 at the age of 93. Mary Candeloro was born on Oct 30, 1919 in Lanciano, Italy. In 1927, she traveled with a sister and mother to New York City to join her father who had become a US citizen. Following graduation from Hunter College in 1941 she worked...
Imogene Tydings
Nov 21, 2012
Imogene Jenkins Tydings, 89, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 at the D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel, graveside services will follow at 2 p.m. at the Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Imogene was born June 6, 1923 in Coweta, OK to Alton and Verda Jenkins. She graduated from Coweta High...
Roger Aberer
Nov 15, 2012
Roger W. Aberer, 68, of Roeland Park, passed away on November 15, 2012. Roger was born on April 5, 1944 in Kansas City, MO to Leo and Anna Aberer. He is preceded in death by his parents, his sister, Joan Mehl, and his two infant brothers. Roger is survived by a sister, Doris (Phil) Sante of St. Charles, MO, several...
Eugene Bellner, Jr.
Nov 14, 2012
EUGENE ALLEN BELLNER, JR. Gene Bellner, 42, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012. Memorial services will be 2:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 at Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church, 9300 Nall Ave, Overland Park, KS 66207. The family suggests contributions to the Boy Scouts of America. Gene was born January 8, 1970 in St. Louis, MO to Eugene Bellner. He graduated...
W. Beck
Nov 13, 2012
W. Morton "Mort" Beck, 93, of Overland Park, Kansas, died peacefully, attended by family, Tuesday, November 13, 2012. The memorial service celebrating his life will be at The Village Presbyterian Church, 67th and Mission Road, Prairie Village, KS on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to The Village Church Food...
Benedetta Swayze
Nov 13, 2012
Benedetta C. Swayze, 99, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012. Memorial services will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18,, 2012 at the D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the American Heart Assn. Benedetta was born Feb. 13, 1913 in Bronx, NY to Harry and Julia Civiletti. She graduated from George Washington...
Phyllis Preisler
Nov 10, 2012
Phyllis Preisler, of Merriam Kansas, formerly of Shawnee, KS died Nov. 10, 2012 at Trinity Nursing and Rehab at the age of 80. Phyllis was born on September 22, 1932 in Kearney, Mo, she was the daughter of Eula May and Clive Bowman. Phyllis was a devoted mother and loving wife. She loved bowling, reading, dancing, singing, praying, attending church...
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