Obituaries
Gordon E. Finney
Mar 30, 2019
Gordon was born April 9, 1960 in Spirit Lake, IA to Arnold and Carolyn Finney. Gordon enjoyed spending countless hours fishing with his sons, secretly competing to see who could catch the biggest fish. It was common to see him sitting on the couch on Sunday's supporting his team, the Kansas City Chiefs. He also enjoyed gaming, riding his Harley,...
Rowan Morgan Rogers Padgett
Mar 29, 2019
Rowan Morgan Rogers Padgett, 17, died March 29th, 2019 in Olathe, Kansas. Rowan was to graduate from Olathe East High School in a few weeks, and was excited about his future. He loved people, and loved talking them into things, and had planned a career in sales. Despite being only 17, he applied for a job with Colonial Life, where...
Danny J. Cloughley
Mar 28, 2019
Danny J. Cloughley, 80, of Prairie Village, KS, died peacefully March 28, 2019, surrounded by family. Danny is survived by his wife, Carolyn; children Stacy (Ben) Gratwick, Ron (Meghan) Lindgren, Janine (Harold) Eastman, and Krista (Steve) Salter; and grandchildren Gregory Lindgren, Matthew Salter, Kelsey Salter, Miles Lindgren, Kara Gratwick, Carly Lindgren, Mitch Gratwick, Wyatt Lindgren and Kaya Eastman, as well...
Avery Hope Nicolle Pinson
Mar 28, 2019
Avery Hope Nicolle Pinson was born on Wednesday , March 28, 2019, at 4:35 pm to parents Brooke Nicolle Marquez-Kauffman and Michael David Blanco at Overland Park Regional. Avery weighed 3 pounds, 2 ounces and was 12 inches long.Avery's family was blessed with 27 precious minutes with Avery, before she went to her heavenly home at 5:02 p.m. Avery experienced...
Dr. Lyle Walter
Mar 26, 2019
Dr. Donald Lyle (Don) Walter, 66, of Olathe, KS, went to be with the Lord he faithfully served on March 26, 2019, following sudden heart arrhythmia. A Celebration of Life/"Retirement Party" will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 30, at College Church of the Nazarene in Olathe, KS. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions be made to...
Andree C. Ables
Mar 25, 2019
Andree C. (Bidou) Ables was born in Paris, France on September 30, 1936 and passed away peacefully on March 25, 2019 in Overland Park, Kansas. Growing up in Paris during World War II resulted in a difficult childhood, but also made Andree a strong, proud, and independent woman. She married and moved to the United States in 1955. She and...
Lee Fremont Day
Mar 24, 2019
Leopal "Lee" Fremont Day, 92, of Overland Park, passed away on March 24, 2019 at Olathe Hospice House. He was born on July 7, 1926 to "Fremont" and Bessie (Secrest) Day in Paragon, Indiana. He had seven brothers and sisters.Lee worked as a Hearing Examiner for the United States Department of Justice, Parole Commission for 15 years, for the State...
Grace Mary Cain
Mar 24, 2019
Grace "Mary" (DeBiase)Cain age 89, of Olathe, KS, daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother passed away March 24, 2019 at her home. She will forever be remembered by John Cain and wife Tracie, Candace Koulback and her husband Robert, grandchildren, Jessica Stackhouse and husband Richard, Brad Koulback, Amber Ashba and husband Alan, Kent Koulback, and Samantha Rizzo and...
Roland Siembab
Mar 23, 2019
Roland Stanislaus Siembab, 90, of Lenexa, KS, passed away on March 23, 2019 at Kansas City Hospice House.Roland was born on August 22, 1928 to Peter and Leonide (Cotnoir) Siembab in Coventry, RI. He is survived by his two daughters, Paula Hatem, of Wilton, CT, and Nancy Carolan (Patrick), of Overland Park, KS, 5 grandchildren, Danielle Havrilesko (Ben), Alex Carolan...
Sumi Coones
Mar 22, 2019
Sumi Coones, 82, of Olathe, KS passed away March 22, 2019. A private graveside service will be held at Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Overland Park, KS. Sumi was born July 28, 1936 in Chinen-Son, Okinawa to Shige and Ichido Chinen. Her life was devoted to her husband & her family. She was happiest when she was surrounded by her children...
Helen L. Scholpp
Mar 22, 2019
Helen Loraine (Donalson) Scholpp of Olathe, KS, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on March 22, 2019, at the age of 88.She was born in November 27, 1930, in Newport, MIssouri, to W. Emmit and Jaunita (Bean) Donalson. She graduated from Golden City High School. She was united in marriage to Charles W. Scholpp on...
Carol Ann Plummer
Mar 21, 2019
Carol Ann Plummer-81Carol Plummer, Overland Park Kansas died March 21,2019. She was born in St. Paul, Minnesota raised in Desoto, Kansas and lived in Overland Park most of her life. Carol was a devoted mother and loving wife, enjoying cooking, traveling and gardening. She was a gregarious person. She had an amazing green thumb becoming a Master Gardner and a...
Kirk Mowry
Mar 21, 2019
Kirk Michael Mowry, 74, of Olathe, Kansas, went home to be with the Lord on March 21, 2019 after battling lung cancer. He was surrounded by his family who expressed their love and gratitude to him in his final moments.Kirk was born on October 3, 1944 to Beryl Harold and Dorothy (née Aley) Mowry in Santa Monica, California. He grew...
Beverly Ann Howard
Mar 20, 2019
Beverly Ann Howard of Paola, KS died Wednesday March 20, 2019 at Olathe Hospice House. She was born March 29, 1948 in Santa Rosa, MO the first child to the late Dallas and Evelyn Castor. She attended schools in Kansas City, KS at Wyandotte High. Beverly worked outside the home as well as raising and caring for her children. She...
John Vernon Cooper
Mar 19, 2019
John Vernon Cooper was born August 11, 1947, in Buckner, Missouri to Vernon Harold and Evelyn L. (Harra) Cooper.John grew up in Buckner and graduated from Fort Osage High School. He joined the Army in February of 1965. While in the Army, John earned several medals and was awarded a Purple Heart. He retired in February of 1991 as a...
Ann Duwe
Mar 18, 2019
Ann Duwe, 73, of Overland Park, went home to be with the Lord on March 18, 2019 after a long journey with a rare form of dementia called primary progressive aphasia. She was born on June 17, 1945 to James and Patricia Meiklejohn in Oakland, California. Ann grew up in Seattle and Bellevue Washington and graduated in 1963 from Franklin...
Joan Ruth Blomquist
Mar 16, 2019
Joan Ruth Blomquist, daughter of Dr. George and Ruth (Doherty) Gamerdinger, was born on May 27, 1932 in Stuart, Iowa and peacefully departed this life on March 16, 2019 at her home in Olathe, Kansas She graduated from Stuart High School with honors in 1950. She was a resident of Dexter, Iowa living on the family farm for 50 years...
Neil B. Wiseman
Mar 16, 2019
Neil B. Wiseman was born December 26, 1932, in Detroit, Michigan, to faithful lay people, Neil A. and Marguerite (Ryther) Wiseman. After a long bout with Parkinson's Disease, he passed away March 16, 2019, in Kansas City Hospice House. While attending Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City (1956), he met and fell in love with Bonnie McGraw. They married on...
Larry Dean Sapp
Mar 16, 2019
Larry Dean Sapp aka "Uncle Larry", 80, of Olathe, passed away on March 16, 2019 at Olathe Hospice House surrounded by his immediate family. He was born on June 10, 1938 to Frank and Opal (Tremain) Sapp at Columbia, MO, but considered Booneville to be his true hometown. On February 1, 1969, he married Shirley Ann Sapp (Brown). Larry and...
Robert Jones
Mar 12, 2019
Robert was born February 28, 1930, in Caddo County, Oklahoma, to Lemuel and Lottie Jones. He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, three sisters, and his wife of 58 years, Joyce Jones, who passed in December of 2018. Robert was born in a four room farmhouse near Carnegie, Oklahoma, the ninth child in a family of eleven...
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