Obituaries

Louis Silks, Jr

Louis Silks, Jr

Feb 3, 2010

Louis A. Silks, Jr. was born August 15, 1927, in Salina, Kansas, and died February 2, 2010, at his home in Shawnee, Kansas. Education: Paseo High School, graduated 1943; University of Kansas, B.A. 1948; L.L.B. 1950; J.D. 1968. He was a member of the Bounders Fraternity at the University of Kansas City. Military service: He served in the U.S.Navy 1944-1946...

Billie Hauber

Billie Hauber

Jan 28, 2010

Billie Ann Hauber died Thursday January 28th. Loving wife and mother of two very loving children, Billie was surrounded by family and friends. She was active in her church, Holy Trinity and later Holy Cross and was a founding organizer of the Women’s Crusillo Movement of Kansas. She volunteered for many other organizations throughout her life with a particular focus...

Donald Timmcke

Donald Timmcke

Jan 26, 2010

Donald L. Timmcke, 88, of Shawnee, KS passed away on January 26, 2010. Visitation will be held Friday, January 29 from 6-8 p.m. at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel. Services will be Saturday, 10 a.m. at Overland Park Lutheran Church. 7810 West 79TH, Overland Park, 66204, with burial to follow at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens. Donald was born August 13,...

Mary Wells

Mary Wells

Jan 26, 2010

Mary Elizabeth Wells was born on March 14, 1926, in Neodesha, Kansas. She passed away on January 26, 2010, at St. Luke’s hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, surrounded by family and friends. Mary was the daughter of Carl and Ruth Rice, and survived her sisters Grace, Carlene, and Ruth. Mary married Samuel J. Wells on April 1, 1944, and the...

Robert Catenhauser

Robert Catenhauser

Jan 24, 2010

Robert W. Catenhauser, 96, passed away Monday, January 18, 2010. Memorial services will be 4 p.m. Sunday, January 24, 2010 at St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the American Diabetes Assn. Robert graduated from Paseo High School in 1932. He married Vesta Mae Edmonds in 1940. Robert was a Second...

Donald Barron

Donald Barron

Jan 23, 2010

Donald H. Barron, 86, of Lawrence, KS (formerly of Shawnee, KS), passed away Saturday, January 23, 2010. Memorial services will be 1 p.m. Monday, February 1, 2010 at the Woodland Ridge Presbyterian Church; inurnment in Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens. The family suggests contributions to the Woodland Ridge Presbyterian Church Building Fund, 9898 W. 95th Street, Overland Park, KS 66212. Donald...

Oscar Loevenguth

Oscar Loevenguth

Jan 22, 2010

Oscar Phillip Loevenguth, Jr., 80, Overland Park, KS, died on January 22, 2010, at home. A memorial service will be at 3pm Saturday, January 30, at the Country Club Christian Church, Kansas City, Mo. Cremation. Memorial contributions may be made to the church, the Nelson-Atkins Museum or a charity of choice. Mr. Loevenguth was born July 23, 1929, in Wichita,...

James (Bill) Fisher

James (Bill) Fisher

Jan 22, 2010

James R. (Bill) Fisher, a lifelong resident of Kansas City, passed away on January 22, 2010. He was born October 28, 1916, in Denver, Colorado, to Charles Vincent Fisher and Blanch Campbell Hunter. He was preceded in death by his wife of 36 years Catherine Knaub Fisher, his sisters Katherine Elizabeth Satterlee and Dorothy Mildred Snyder, and his brother Charles...

Harry Deffenbaugh

Harry Deffenbaugh

Jan 20, 2010

Harry Otto Deffenbaugh, Jr., 78, went home to be with the Lord on January 20, 2010 in Tucson, Ariz. Harry was born on February 17, 1931, in Versailles, Mo., to Harry Otto Deffenbaugh, Sr. and Alta Marie (Bonine) Deffenbaugh. On December 15, 1956, he married Joyce Joann Harmon in Miami, Okla. He was founder of Deffenbaugh Contractors in 1962 and...

Mr. Gerald Humbert, Sr.

Mr. Gerald Humbert, Sr.

Jan 17, 2010

Gerald Ray Humbert 1946-2010 Services for Gerald Ray Humbert 63 of Overland Park will be 7 p.m. Friday, January 22, 2010 with a visitation prior from 5 – 7 p.m. at the DW Newcomers Overland Park Chapel; burial 11 a.m. Saturday at the Wamego Cemetery, Wamego, KS. Gerald was born Nov. 20, 1946 in Wamego, Kansas. Gerald passed away Sunday...

P. Harris

P. Harris

Jan 17, 2010

P. Stephen Harris, 57, passed away surrounded by his loving family on 1/17/10 in Kansas City, MO. Memorial Services will be held at 4pm on 1/22/10, at Second Presbyterian Church, 55th & Oak Street, Kansas City, MO. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the following: Saint Luke's Hospital Foundation- Main 5 Medical Oncology, 4225 Baltimore Ave, Kansas...

Aileen Van Auken

Aileen Van Auken

Jan 15, 2010

Aileen Ainsworth Van Auken passed away January 15, 2010 at Center Point Care Center in Lakeview Village, Lenexa, Kansas. Aileen was born September 1, 1923 in Norway, Kansas, the daughter of Dale R. and Laura Eastvedt Ainsworth. She attended elementary and high school in Wichita, Kansas until the family moved to Kansas City where she graduated from Southwest High School...

Bobby Carter

Bobby Carter

Jan 13, 2010

Bobby G. Carter, 76, of Overland Park, KS, passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2010. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, January 16, 2010 at the Queen of The Holy Rosary Catholic Church with a visitation prior from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the American Diabetes Assn. Bobby was...

Mary Ryan

Mary Ryan

Jan 13, 2010

Mary Margaret Ryan was born July 11, 1983 in Merriam, Kansas and lived her life in Johnson County and Lawrence, Kansas. She was a graduate of Shawnee Mission East High School and the University of Kansas with a degree in political science. She had been employed in the pharmaceutical research industry. She passed away on January 13, 2010. She is...

Terry Chapman

Terry Chapman

Jan 11, 2010

Terry W. Chapman, 84, of Prairie Village, Kansas, passed away in his home on January 11, 2010, after a brief illness. Terry was born on November 30, 1925, in Detroit, Mich., to Andrew and Louise Chapman. He graduated from high school in Creston, Iowa, in 1944. After coming to Kansas City, he worked for two architects before starting his own...

Dorothy Eppler

Dorothy Eppler

Jan 10, 2010

Dorothy A. Eppler, 95, died January 10, 2010, in Kensington, Md. Born and raised in Salem, Neb., she lived most of her adult life in the Kansas City area. She married William T. Eppler March 2, 1941, at Central Bible Hall in Kansas City, Mo. She was an officer for many years at Roeland Park State Bank, now USbank, in...

Marguerite Cassing

Marguerite Cassing

Jan 7, 2010

Marguerite Cassing, 87, Dallas, TX, passed away January 7, 2010. Marguerite resided in Overland Park, KS, until 2008. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 23, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. at Faith Lutheran Church, 4805 W. 67 St., Prairie Village, KS. Cremation/Ashes shall be placed in the Faith Church Columbarium. Marguerite was born in Boonville, MO, to William...

Ronald Wilson

Ronald Wilson

Jan 7, 2010

Ronald Wilson, 67, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away at his home on Thursday, January 7th, 2010. A Gathering of Family and Friends will be held on Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 from 6 to 8 P.M. at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Abdallah Shrine,...

Josephine Percival

Josephine Percival

Jan 5, 2010

Josephine (Moley) Percival, 86, died Tuesday, January 5, 2010. Visitation will held at 9:30 a.m., Monday, January 11, 2010 at Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church at 71st and Metcalf, Overland Park, Kansas, followed by a funeral Mass at 11:00 a.m. and burial at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Raytown, Missouri. A devoted mother and wife, Josephine was born in...

Mrs. Joan Mehl

Mrs. Joan Mehl

Jan 4, 2010

Joan Frances Mehl (Aberer) passed away on January 4, 2010 after 8 years of courageously fighting cancer. Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 7 from 6-8 pm at the D.W. Newcomer’s Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 8 at 2:30 pm at the Queen of the Holy Rosary Church,...

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