Overland Park Funeral Chapel
Obituaries
Fredy Canida
Jan 2, 2010
Fredy E. Canida passed away Saturday, January 2, 2010. Services 1:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 8, D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel. Burial Shawnee Mission Memory Gardens. Memorials American Cancer Society .
Gilbert Boone
Jan 1, 2010
Gilbert Myrrl Boone, passed away at St. Joseph Medical Center January 4, 2010. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, January 11, 2010 with a visitation prior from 1-2 p.m. at the D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel; burial will be at a later date in Eureka, KS. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Alzheimer’s Assn....
Elberta Waller
Dec 30, 2009
ELBERTA WALLER "BERT" Elberta Waller, 85, Overland Park, KS, passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at Overland Park Nursing Home. Funeral Services will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 4, 2010, at the D.W. Newcomers Sons, Overland Park Chapel. The family will receive family and friends from 10 – 11 a.m. Monday at the chapel prior to Services. Graveside Services will...
Gertrude Lisson
Dec 30, 2009
Gertrude B. Lisson, 89, of Mission, Kansas, passed away quietly on December 30, 2009. Gertrude spent her life caring for her family and enjoyed quilting, baking and playing cards with her friends. She was a founding member of the St. Pius X Women's Club and a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who will be greatly missed by all who...
Bruce Burdick
Dec 29, 2009
Bruce Francis Burdick, age 70, of Lenexa, KS passed away on the 29th of December, 2009 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. A visitation with family and friends will be held at 9:00 am on Saturday, January 2, 2010 at Overland Park Lutheran Church (OPLC) followed by a memorial service at 11:00 am. Memorial contributions (in lieu of flowers, please)...
Harry Callahan
Dec 28, 2009
Harry Leslie Callahan, age 86, of Leawood, Kan. Passed away on Monday, December 28, 2009. A memorial service will be held at 11:00a.m. Tuesday January 5th at D.W. Newcomer’s Overland Park Chapel with a visitation prior from 10:30-11:00a.m. Burial to follow at Forest Hill and Calvary Cemeteries. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to The Colonial Church of...
Susan Grousnick
Dec 28, 2009
Susan Elizabeth Grousnick was born September 14, 1946 in Engelwood, Colorado. When she was 7 years old her family moved to Kansas City, MO. She graduated from Southwest High School where she was active in the music program. For college, she attended Central Missouri State. After being trained and educated as a licensed optician, Susan opened Peepers Optician Inc. Here...
Paula Virden
Dec 26, 2009
Paula Reeve Virden, 86, died peacefully from complications of Alzheimer’s on Saturday, December 26, 2009, at Senior Care Homes in Overland Park, Kansas. She was born December 5, 1923 in Phoenix, Arizona, the only child of Vera and Paul Reeve. Paula met her husband, Herbert H. Virden, M. D., while both were attending the University of Kansas. She was a...
David Dickey
Dec 26, 2009
D.Wendell Dickey 75, of Mission Hills, Kansas, passed away Saturday, December 26 after a long and courageous battle with cancer. His death takes from us a truly unique and wonderful person. Wendell was born in Topeka, Kansas on April 26, 1934 to Flora and Robert O. Dickey. After moving to Kansas City, he attended Corinth grade school and graduated high...
Madge Merrick
Dec 22, 2009
Madge Merrick, 104, passed away December 22, 2009. Graveside services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 29, Corydon, Iowa, Cemetery. Visitation 2 to 4 p.m. Monday, D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66204 (913) 648-6224. Memorials to American Cancer Society
Glenn Munger
Dec 20, 2009
Glenn O. Munger, Jr., 83, of Prairie Village, KS, passed away on Dec. 20, 2009, following recent heart surgery. Glenn was born on Nov. 20, 1926 in Denver, CO to Glen O. Munger and Genevieve June (Connor) Munger. Glenn enlisted in the U.S. Navy at age seventeen and trained as a radio operator. His first assignment was on the USS...
Helen Gregory
Dec 19, 2009
Helen "Elenl" Gregory, 67, fell asleep peacefully surrounded by her family and friends in her home on Saturday, December 17, 2009. Born February 23, 1942 in Armourdale, KS, she lived a life dedicated to her family, friends, and her Greek Orthodox faith. Helen is known for her incredible sense of style and humor. She was an admired decorator and reveled...
Geraldine M. Weldon
Dec 17, 2009
Geraldine Pressly Weldon, Overland Park, Kansas died December 17, 2009. She was born July 14, 1924 in Kansas City, Missouri where she graduated from East High School. During World War II Geraldine was part of a special engineering program at Iowa State University which prepared young women to work in airplane manufacturing plants. After ten months of intensive aeronautic engineering...
Ann McClelland
Dec 17, 2009
Ann Warner McClelland, 82, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2009 Ann was born 9/30/1927 in Winfield, Kansas. She was the daughter of Harold Forsyth (Speed) Warner and Helen Ryan Warner. Ann was raised in Kansas City attending Border Star Elementary School and Sunset Hill School for Girls Class of 1945. She attended Bennett College in New York and Kansas University...
Edna Polfer
Dec 13, 2009
Edna M. Polfer, of Overland Park, Kan., daughter of Nicholas E. and Mary Goodwin Polfer, died Sunday, December 13, 2009. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 17, at the D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel with graveside services following in Mt. Muncie Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kan. The family suggests contributions to the American Cancer Society ....
Edna Hight
Dec 11, 2009
Edna “Sue” Hight, 73, passed away Friday, December 11, 2009. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at St. Agnes Catholic Church; burial in Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at the D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel. The family suggests contributions to the Kansas Right to Life or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. Sue...
Richard Vaughan
Dec 11, 2009
Richard Hamilton Vaughan, 81, passed away at home after a valiant battle against cancer, Friday, December 11, 2009. Dick was surrounded by family and close friends at the time of his death. He is survived by his wife, Geraldine Hesse Vaughan of the home; son, Douglas Carty Vaughan (Janine), Olathe, Kansas; granddaughters, Lauren Vaughan Boan (Jeffrey), Dallas, Texas; Lindsey Vaughan,...
Samuel Sifers
Dec 10, 2009
Samuel Burr Sifers 91, of Prairie Village, KS, died December 10, 2009. Memorial Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday December 14, 2009 at Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Road in Prairie Village, Kansas. Burr was born June 3, 1918, in Kansas City, Missouri and was the youngest son of Harry and Cecil Sifers. He was a graduate of Country...
Gary Shields
Dec 8, 2009
Gary Dean Shields, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 14, 2009 at the D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel with a visitation prior from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Gary was born July 10, 1937 in Fittstown, Oklahoma, He grew up in and around central and western Kansas, graduating high...
William Rice
Dec 6, 2009
William “Sam” Rice, 88, passed away Sunday, December 6, 2009. Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Thursday, December 10, 2009 at the D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Overland Park Chapel; burial in Chapel Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the chapel. Sam was a WWII Navy veteran. He managed the Nu-Way drive-ins for 25 years and later owned...
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