Overland Park Funeral Chapel
Obituaries
Fred Kirtley Smith
May 23, 2010
Fred Kirtley Smith (Kirt), 62, of Honolulu, Hawaii passed away May 23, 2010 at his home in Honolulu. Kirt was born June 13, 1947 in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was employed by Food Barn and Safeway where he retired after 20 years of service. He was also a Navy veteran and served in Vietnam. Preceding him in death were his parents,...
Patricia Templeman
May 23, 2010
Patricia Louise Templeman quietly departed this life on Sunday, May 23, 2010 at her home, in Overland Park, KS, surrounded by her children and family members. Pat was born in Alba, MO on August 21, 1935. Her father was Silas Hamilton Sanders, and her mother Fronie Adeline Wooten, both now deceased. Pat leaves a brother, Robert D. Sanders and his...
Dr. John Green
May 23, 2010
Dr. John Douglas Green, age 85, of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away peacefully at home late Pentecost Sunday, May 23. He departed with the Spirit to make his home with God, joined to the eternal Body of Christ. Faithful husband of Molly T. Marshall, President of Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Douglas was born on May 19, 1925, to Donald and Ora...
David Smart, Jr.
May 21, 2010
David L. Smart, Jr., was born on March 9, 1924, in Kansas City, MO, and died on May 21, 2010. He was preceded in death by his parents, David and Frances Smart. He attended Southwest High School and graduated from the University of Kansas in 1948 where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. During World War II,...
Helen Elizabeth Sturdivan
May 18, 2010
Helen Elizabeth (Sullivan) Sturdivan, 92, passed away Tuesday, May 18, 2010. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:00a.m., Monday, May 24 at St. Agnes Catholic Church, 5250 Mission Road, Roeland Park, Kansas with burial in Resurrection Cemetery of Lenexa. Friends may call from 4-6:00 p.m., Sunday, May 23 at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, rosary recitation...
Mary Vivian Cross
May 17, 2010
MARY VIVIAN CROSS Vicky Cross was born August 10, 1920 in Jamesport, MO and passed away May 17, 2010 in Mission, KS. Graduated from Galatin High and was accepted to Northwestern University. She was a Life Deacon and Stephens Minister at Country Club Christian Church, member K.C Athenaeum, Mary Q Estate Saler, she loved her family, friends and customers. Visitation...
Fred Logan, Sr.
May 15, 2010
FRED J. LOGAN, SR. Fred J. Logan, Sr., 84, died after a long illness on Saturday, May 15, at Brighton Gardens in Prairie Village. Family members will greet friends from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 22, at Valley View United Methodist Church, 8412 W. 95th Street. A memorial service will follow immediately at 2 p.m. Fred was...
William Swinney
May 12, 2010
WILLIAM O. “BILL” SWINNEY William O. “Bill” Swinney, 85, passed away Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 15 at the D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel with a visitation prior from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Entombment in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Share a memory, sign an online guestbook, or express your condolences at www.overlandparkchapel.com...
Joseph Mallon
May 8, 2010
Joseph H. Mallon, 84, of Springfield, Mo., passed away Saturday, May 8, 2010, at Christian Healthcare in Republic, Mo. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 11, with rosary being held at 6 p.m. at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, Kan. Funeral Service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 12, at...
Anna Laven
May 1, 2010
Anna Belle Timberlake Laven passed away May 1, 2010, at the age of 90. At the time of her death she was residing at the Sweet Life on Rosehill in Shawnee. Anna Belle was born on Nov. 18, 1918, in Linwood, Kan., to Dessie Pearl Hoffme Timberlake and Joseph Johnson Timberlake. On Jan. 11, 1947, she was united in marriage...
Thomas Murchison Pickard
Apr 30, 2010
Thomas Murchison Pickard, 87, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Friday, April 30, 2010, at K.C. Hospice House. Memorial services will be held Tuesday, May 4 at 2 p.m. at The Colonial Church in Prairie Village. Cremation. Internment will be in Resthaven Cemetery, Des Moines, IA. Tom was born October 29, 1922 to Benjamin and Fannie Pickard at home in Greensboro,...
Lyle Akins
Apr 30, 2010
Lyle O. Akins, 75, of Kansas City, KS, passed away Friday, April 30, 2010. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at the D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel; burial in Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Monday at the chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Kansas City...
Lillian Rhodes
Apr 29, 2010
Lillian B. Rhodes, 82, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away April 29, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Katharine Banka, three brothers, Clarence, Lester and Irvin Banka. She worked as an accounting clerk for Rigby Corp. and First Mortgage Investment until her retirement in 1997, then remained active doing part time accounting for her son. She...
William Jensen
Apr 28, 2010
William J. (“Bill”) Jensen Bill Jensen, 85, Prairie Village, died April 28, 2010 of heart failure. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, 4501 Walnut, Kansas City, MO. There will be a reception following the service in the church lobby. The family requests no flowers and that any...
Ruel Squibb
Apr 24, 2010
RUEL "SHORTY" SQUIBB Ruel Squibb, age 92, Lenexa, Kan., died April 24, 2010, at home. Memorial services 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at Unity Temple, Kansas City. Burial will be later in Brookline Cemetery near Springfield, Mo. Memorial contributions may be made to Crosslines of Springfield, 1710 Chestnut, Springfield, MO 65802. Ruel was born September 19, 1917, near Republic, Mo....
Francis Plumb
Apr 22, 2010
Reverend Francis L. Plumb was born on October 9, 1913 in Webb City, Missouri. He and his wife of 50 years, Earline McCorkle-Plumb began their path of ministries as traveling evangelists throughout the Mid-West. He was called as Pastor to Fairview Baptist Church in August of 1945. He retired from active church ministry in 1970 but continued to spread his...
Billie Davis
Apr 20, 2010
Billie Davis, 90, passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at the Kingswood Senior Living Community in Kansas City, Mo. She was born January 12, 1920, to Averil Earl and Frances Riley Jarboe in Cameron, Mo. She was a graduate of Cameron High School and the University of Kansas. Billie was married to Raymond Fletcher Davis, who preceded her in death...
Erika Hales
Apr 20, 2010
Erika Sitte Hales, 86, pianist/composer, died April 20. Born in Vienna Feb. 13, 1924, she was evacuated to Britain in the 1939 Kindertransport for Jewish children. Erika was an air raid warden during the London Blitz, graduated from the Royal College of Music, edited film at the U.S. Office of War Information and married United Press correspondent Samuel Dale Hales....
John Thiessen, Sr.
Apr 19, 2010
John P. Thiessen, Sr. passed away Monday, April 19, 2010, 10 days before his 90th birthday. A memorial service celebrating his life will be held at The Village Presbyterian Church, 6631 Mission Road, Prairie Village, Kan., on Saturday, April 24, 2010, at 11 a.m. The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to the Discretionary Fund at Village Presbyterian Church....
Richard Wakefield, Jr.
Apr 19, 2010
Richard N. Wakefield, Jr., 80, passed away on Monday, April 19, 2010 at Shawnee Mission Hospital. Celebration of his life will be held with a Memorial Service at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, on Saturday, May 15, 10:00a. Visitation with the family will follow immediately after. Dick was born August 24, 1929 in Kansas City, Mo. After...
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