Obituaries

Mrs. Beulah Latshaw

Mrs. Beulah Latshaw

Jul 8, 2008

Beulah Marie was born November 16, 1914 in Waterville, KS to Mary L. (Koeneke) & Arthur F. Geyer. After graduating from Waterville High School, she attended Kansas State University, Lindenwood College in St. Charles, MO and received a bachelor?s degree in education from The University of Nebraska in Lincoln. She taught high school in Norton, KS and Clay Center, KS...

George Lawley

George Lawley

Jul 5, 2008

George was born in Sommerville, Massachusetts on May 24, 1919. He graduated from high school in Portland, Maine in 1937 and from Boston University?s School of Management in 1941. He was a WWII Veteran serving with the U.S. Army Air Corps from May 1942 through September 1945. He was Bombing Officer with the 8th Air Forces in England from March...

William (Bill Hebberger

William (Bill Hebberger

Jul 4, 2008

William (Bill) Hebberger, Esq., 82, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on July 4, 2008, at Mission Springs Assisted Living. Bill was born to Elsie and Fredrick Hebberger on August 11, 1925 in St. Louis, MO. He was honorably discharged from the Navy Seabee?s after World War II in 1946 and went on to graduate law school. He married Ann...

Gladys Cooper

Gladys Cooper

Jul 2, 2008

Gladys L. Cooper, 89, passed away July 2, 2008 at her home in Prairie Village, KS. Born in London, England in 1919, Gladys met her first husband, John Alder during the Second World War. After their marriage in London, she immigrated to Kansas City in 1949. They remained married and socially very active until John tragically died in the Hyatt...

Ivan Pike

Ivan Pike

Jun 30, 2008

Jerry was born January 21, 1927 in Kansas City, KS. He attended Wyandotte High School before entering the Navy and serving for four years during WWII. He later served six years in the Marine Corps Reserves during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the Mission Police Department from 1960 to 1975 and served as Chief from 1969 to...

Albert Martin III

Albert Martin III

Jun 30, 2008

Albert E. Martin III, age 80, of Overland Park, KS passed away Sunday, June 29, 2008 at Delmar Gardens of Lenexa. Memorial Services will be 10:00 A.M. Thursday, July 3, 2008 at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS. Friends may call from 9:30 A.M. until time of service on Thursday. Memorial contributions may be made...

Norman Tanner, Jr.

Norman Tanner, Jr.

Jun 29, 2008

He was born to Norman W. Tanner, Sr. and Esther Englund Tanner on July 31, 1943 in Kansas City, Missouri. Before starting and operating two billboard companies of his own, Wilson?s career in the billboard industry included many years as a lobbyist for the Outdoor Advertising Association of America in Washington, DC and working for billboard companies in Boston, MA...

Elinor George

Elinor George

Jun 27, 2008

Elinor (Feller) George, age 85, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away on June 27, 2008 at her home in Stafford, Virginia from Leukemia. Memorial services will be 10:00 A.M., Saturday, July 19th at the Village Presbyterian Church, 6641 Mission Road, Prairie Village, Kansas. Inurnment will be in Baxter Springs, Kansas. The family suggests memorial contributions to St. Jude Children's Research...

Donald Gray

Donald Gray

Jun 25, 2008

Donald L. Gray, 84, of Prairie Village, Kansas died, Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center. Memorial services will be 10:00 AM Tuesday, July 1 at Asbury United Methodist Church, 5400 W. 75th Street, Prairie Village, KS 66208. Visitation will follow directly after service. Private inurnment in the Asbury Memorial Garden. Memorial contributions may be made in memory...

Mrs. W. Campbell-Crews

Mrs. W. Campbell-Crews

Jun 23, 2008

Jeanne was born in Deepwater, MO and lived most of her life in the Kansas City area. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Mission and taught Sunday School and was very active in the church for many years. Jeanne was very devoted to her family. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Jimmie Campbell Sr....

Margie Giordano

Margie Giordano

Jun 15, 2008

Margie Giordano, 87, of Mission, Kansas passed away on Sunday, June 15, 2008. Funeral services will be 1:30 P.M., Thursday, June 19th at Southminster Presbyterian Church, 6306 Roe, Prairie Village, Kansas. Burial will be in Johnson County Memorial Gardens, Overland Park, Kansas. Visitation will be 6-8:00 P.M., Wednesday, June 18th at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland...

Randy Gray

Randy Gray

Jun 14, 2008

Randy was born August 21, 1947 in Kansas City, MO, the son of Dallas and Jean Gray. He graduated from Gardner High School in 1965. He was a Navy veteran, a member of American Legion Post #153 and Past Grande Chef du Kansas of 40/8. Survivors include his wife Diane; brother Robert; and mother Jean.

Mrs. Theresa Bordman

Mrs. Theresa Bordman

Jun 11, 2008

Theresa was born May 21, 1926 in Kansas City, MO, the daughter of Bernard J. and Mary Jane Bull Maasen. She grew up in Kansas City and attended St. Elizabeth?s Grade School and graduated from Ruhl Hartman High School. She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church and the Sunshine Club at the church and served as an Oblate...

Melvin W. Brocker

Melvin W. Brocker

Jun 11, 2008

Melvin (Mel) W. Brocker, age 87, of Prairie Village, Kansas passed away June 11th, 2008 at Kansas City Hospice House. Memorial Services will be held at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS on Monday, June 16th at 10:00 a.m. Graveside services for family members and close friends will take place following the service Monday at...

Pete Wedeman

Pete Wedeman

Jun 9, 2008

Pete (Wilbur) Wedeman, 74, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away June 9th, 2008 at the Mayo Clinic following additional open heart surgery. Born at home June 11th, 1933 to Pearl and Leslie Wedeman, Pete spent his childhood in and around Colony, Kansas. A proud Veteran, Pete served as a mechanic in the Army during the Korean War. Following his active...

Mirrel Blauvelt

Mirrel Blauvelt

Jun 6, 2008

Mirrel Edman Blauvelt, 87, Bonner Springs, KS was reunited early Friday morning with his beloved wife, Alma Frances Rose Blauvelt. Mirrel was born to Theresa Mae Shrock and Mirrel Hudson Blauvelt on February 9, 1921 in Kansas City, MO. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for 26 years. Mirrel and Frances are survived...

Mrs. Donna Smeed

Mrs. Donna Smeed

Jun 6, 2008

Donna was born June 22, 1936 in Minneapolis, MN. She and her husband owned and operated Health Care Practice Management in Overland Park, assisting doctors all around the country manage their practices. She was a talented artist and was known to her neighbors and friends for her artistic views, her gardening skills and her love of animals. Donna is survived...

Vera Sink

Vera Sink

Jun 6, 2008

Vera Jean (Douthat) Sink, 88, passed away in her home on June 6th, 2008. Jean was born September 1st, 1919 in Fort Smith Arkansas to Martha and Ned (E.M.) Douthat. She spent the majority of her life in Kansas City. She graduated from Lindenwood College in St. Charles Missouri, and studied music at Julliard in New York City and at...

Richard 'Dick Theobald

Richard 'Dick Theobald

May 25, 2008

Dick was born March 24, 1928, in Omaha, NE. He served in the Pacific with the Navy in WWII. He was employed by several national meat packers before becoming a meat grader with the US Department of Agriculture in 1951. Following grading assignments in Memphis and Philadelphia, he held supervisory positions in Los Angeles and Washington, DC. Dick was later...

Mrs. Agnes Gates

Mrs. Agnes Gates

May 25, 2008

Agnes A. Gates of Mission Hills, Kansas passed away at her home on May 25th, 2008. She was 92 years of age. Agnes was born to Theodore and Bertha Alice (French) Kodesh in Buhl, Idaho on November 8, 1915. In later years she was adopted by her step?father, Edmund R. Acton. Her girlhood was spent on several ranches, one a...

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