Overland Park Funeral Chapel
Obituaries
Norma Forsythe
Mar 24, 2010
“Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.” Norma Kathryn Forsythe, 54, of Shawnee, Kansas passed away unexpectedly on March 24, 2010. Norma was born September 26, 1955, in Ft. Leonard Wood, MO. She was preceded in death by her first husband, William A. Thomasson, and her parents, David E. Caughron Sr....
Ovanes Arutyunov
Mar 23, 2010
Ovanes was born on June 1, 1925 and passed away on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Ovanes was a resident of Overland Park, Kansas.
Mertice Brocker
Mar 23, 2010
MERTICE ROSE BROCKER Mertice Rose “Pete” Brocker passed away on March 23, 2009 at Garden Terrace in Prairie Village, Kansas. Visitation will be held on Friday, March 26 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Newcomer’s & Sons, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park Kansas. Memorial Service will take place on Saturday, March 27, at 10:30 a.m. at Newcomer’s & Sons. The Graveside...
Edith Lutes
Mar 23, 2010
Edith was born on May 2, 1926 and passed away on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. Edith was a resident of Leaweeod, Kansas.
Edward Dinwiddie
Mar 17, 2010
Edward Oren Dinwiddie, 82 of Leawood, Ks. Passed on March 17, 2010. He was born Sept. 9, 1927 in Hutchinson, Ks., graduated from Northeast High School 1944, attended Baker University. He was very proud to serve his country in the Navy ( WWII), 3rd degree Mason, and member Unity on the Plaza. Ed was known by all as a loving,...
Jack Stewart
Mar 15, 2010
Jack Douglas Stewart, age 79 of Overland Park, KS passed away March 15, 2010 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Memorial Service will be Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 2:00p.m. with a reception to follow at St. Thomas The Apostle Episcopal Church, 12251 Antioch Road, Overland Park, KS. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the church in...
Harper Tucker
Mar 12, 2010
Harper H. Tucker, known to most as “Tucker” died at his home in Prairie Village, KS on March 12, 2010. He was born June 7, 1920 in Cowgill, MO to Laura and Howard Tucker. He served in the US Navy during WWII. Harper married Belva Patch February 2, 1947 and they soon moved to Prairie Village to begin their family....
Janet M. Hamilton
Mar 8, 2010
JANET M. HAMILTON Janet M. Hamilton, 85, passed away March 8, 2010, at Lakeview Village Retirement Center. Janet was the daughter of Gerald and Blanche McKirachan and was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania. She attended Kennett Square High School where she met her late husband George. Janet was a lifelong sports enthusiast, enjoying sports on the radio and television. As...
Phyllis Schwend
Mar 4, 2010
Phyllis Ann Schwend, 87, of Overland Park, KS, passed away March 4, 2010 at Manor Care Center. Graveside services will be held at Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 1:00 P.M. Mrs. Schwend was born October 11, 1922 in Minneapolis, MN. She worked for American Legion before marrying Harold Schwend with whom she raised a son and...
Gerry White
Mar 3, 2010
Gerry White passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Funeral services will be 2 P.M. Saturday, March 6, 2010 at the Rolling Hills Presbyterian Church of Overland Park with a visitation prior from 12:30 – 2 P.M. ; burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the donor’s favorite hospice. Arrangements by: D.W. Newcomer’s...
Virginia Pugh
Feb 24, 2010
Virginia "Ginny" Wightman Pugh born September 29, 1933 in Patterson, New Jersey, to parents Everett and Grace Wightman passed away on February 24,2010 in her home in Mission, Kansas after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. Virginia grew up in New Jersey and loved spending summers at the family cottage in Maine. She was the first girl on the junior...
James Shea
Feb 23, 2010
James “Vick” Shea, 84, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at Delmar Gardens of Overland Park, Overland Park, Kansas. James was born October 7, 1925 in Kansas City Missouri to Thomas and June Shea. Vick served as a medic in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in Europe and North Africa during World War II. He also...
Joseph Gradinger
Feb 22, 2010
Joseph F. Gradinger, 89, passed away on Monday, Feb. 22, 2010. Joe was born on July 19, 1920 in Pittsburg, Kansas to Blanche and Emil Gradinger and was the youngest of five children. He graduated from Pittsburg High School and from Kemper Military Academy in Boonville, Missouri. An avid aviator, he was a flight instructor at Grider Field in Pine...
Martha Westbrook
Feb 21, 2010
MARTHA HUNT WESTBROOK Martha Hunt Westbrook, 88, loving wife, mother, sister and friend, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 21, 2010, at Kansas City Hospice House. A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 27, at Unity Temple on the The Plaza, 707 W. 47th St., Kansas City, Missouri. Martha was born...
Alfred Dixon
Feb 16, 2010
Alfred David Dixon passed away suddenly of a heart attack Tuesday at Lakeview Village in Lenexa. He lived an honored life of service to others and was loved and respected by his family and friends from all walks of life. He will be remembered for his humor, his selflessness, his generosity, and his compassion for man and beast alike. There...
Rex Hay
Feb 9, 2010
Rex Hay of Prairie Village, KS, passed away February 9, 2010. Born September 18, 1921 in Cleveland Ohio to Elbert Curtis and Evelyn Shively Hay. After graduating high school, Rex completed courses in aviation mechanics. He served in World War II, Army Air Corps, B29 Flight Engineer from 1942 to 1946. In 1943 Rex and Mary were wed, they were...
Eva Fredrick
Feb 8, 2010
Eva Frederick, Kansas City, Missouri, was born in Pleasanton, Kansas and departed this life on February 8, 2010. She was a graduate of Kansas State Teachers College at Pittsburg and taught in the elementary schools of Kansas and Missouri for 45 years. In 1987 she retired from the Kansas City, Missouri Public Schools. Eva was a Red Cross Volunteer for...
Marjorie Jean Elliott
Feb 7, 2010
Marjorie Jean Schroeder Elliott, 88 years old, passed away peacefully of a variant form of Parkinson's on February 7, 2010 at her home at Bishop Spencer Place, Kansas City, MO. Baptized as an infant at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Kansas City, MO, she was the eldest of four daughters born to Harry Robert and Marrie Jean Carr Schroeder at St....
Leona Martin
Feb 4, 2010
Leona Veronica Martin passed away Thursday, February 4, 2010. Mass will be said at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at St. Agnes Catholic Church with a visitation prior from 9-11:30, burial in Resurrection Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Huntington’s Disease Society of America, 505 8th Ave, Ste 902, New York, NY 10018. Leona was...
Dorothy Pease
Feb 4, 2010
Dorothy McLaren Pease, 91, passed away Thursday, February 4, 2010 in Colorado Springs, CO. Visitation will be from 10 – 11 a.m. Friday, February 12, 2010 at the D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel; burial in Johnson County Memorial Gardens at 11:30 a.m. Friday. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Friday, February 12th at the Country Club Christian Church (Combs...
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