Alan Mark Haubold
Dec 17, 2018
Alan Mark Haubold, 54, of Mission, Kan., passed away Dec. 17, 2018. Survived by mother Helen and brother David Haubold. Preceded in death by father Franz Joseph Hauold, Jr.
John D. Kern Iii
Dec 17, 2018
John D. "Louie" Kern III, 63, of Olathe, passed away on December 17, 2018. He was born on November 23, 1955 to John and Ruth (Carlson) Kern in St. Louis, MO. John grew up in Kirkwood, MO. In high school, he played hockey. He continued to play in college for Mankato State University in Mankato, MN. There he met his...
Truman Fortune
Dec 16, 2018
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Patrick Allen Middendorf
Dec 15, 2018
Patrick Allen Middendorf, 25 of Olathe, Kansas passed away Dec 15, 2018. He was born in Reston, Virginia on Oct 22, 1993 to Gerald and Vicky Middendorf. His early years were spent with his family in England. Upon returning to the states he attended Algonkian Elementary School, Riverbend Middle School and Potomac Falls High School in Potomac Falls, Virginia where...
Carla A. Drescher
Dec 15, 2018
Carla Drescher (Stevenson) passed away December 15, 2018 after a long battle with cancer. She was born October 20, 1958 in Salina, KS to Jack and Virginia Stevenson, graduated from Great Bend High School in 1976 and later attended the University of Kansas obtaining both a bachelors and masters' degree in Social Welfare. During her time in High School she...
Stephen A. French
Dec 15, 2018
He left us in the early morning, When softly came the dawn. And since he never said good-bye, It's hard to think he's gone. He left us suddenly and way too soon, With aching hearts and an abundance of car parts, But we know the angels are holding him tight, And we can feel his hugs deep in our hearts....
Julie Theel
Dec 14, 2018
Julie Theel, 69, of Olathe, KS passed Fri. Dec. 14, 2018. Julie Theel was born Julia Marie Munz on January 24, 1949 in Stafford, Kansas, to Carl and Ruby Munz and passed away on December 14, 2018. Julie was a devoted wife, loving mother, dedicated teacher, and a notorious smart aleck. Her sense of humor never faded, and it infected...
Vera M. Taylor
Dec 14, 2018
Vera M. Taylor, age 95, passed away on Friday, December 14th, 2018 at Aberdeen Village Nursing Home, Olathe,Kansas. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 18 from 1-2pm at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, immediatelyfollowed by a graveside service at Pleasant Valley Cemetery.Born on November 22,1923 in Beatrice, Nebraska, to Fredrick L. and Theresa (Kopf) Younger, Vera and her family moved from...
Kaye White
Dec 13, 2018
Evelyn "Kaye" White was born September 2, 1939 in Decatur, GA to Theodore and Marie Evelyn Gilman. She graduated from Burlington High School in Burlington, Kansas in 1957 and since then has enjoyed many happy outings with her classmates. She married Con White and they raised five children.Kaye was first and foremost a homemaker. She also did secretarial work then...
Donald W. Mccurdy
Dec 12, 2018
"I have never met anyone as genuinely kind as my grandfather. It was in his blood. Compassion flowed through his body and enveloped everyone within reach." – Courtney Menendez, daughter of Pat McCurdy, granddaughter of Don McCurdyWe, Don's children, cannot tell you how many times we have heard these sentiments echoed over the past several days. "Kind," a character trait...
Sheri Potthoff
Dec 11, 2018
Sheri Rene Potthoff, 51, passed away on December 11th, 2018 at her home, following a courageous and resilient battle with metastatic breast cancer. Sheri was born June 29, 1967 in Kansas City, Missouri to Gerald and Mary Conwell. She is remembered as being a happy child with the sweetest giggle. Sheri graduated from Shawnee Mission South High School in 1985....
Larry W. Brummitt
Dec 11, 2018
Larry Brummitt, 69, of Shawnee, passed away on December 11, 2018. He was born on April 6, 1949 to Orval and Elaine (Pigg) Brummitt in Unionville, MO.Larry grew up in Green City, MO. After graduating Green City H.S. in 1967 he moved to Topeka. There he met Barbara J. Loether. They married in 1973.Larry worked 23 years with KPL/Westar Energy....
Theresa Marie Schneider
Dec 11, 2018
Theresa Marie Schneider, 60, of Olathe, passed away on December 11, 2018 in Garnett, KS. She was born on February 6, 1958 to John and Mary (Huettenmueller) Wiederholt at Garnett, KS. She attended Garnett High School and went on to earn a Bachelors in Communication from Pittsburgh State University. Her greatest joy from college was the bond of sisterhood she...
Ronald L. Graves
Dec 10, 2018
Ronald Louis Graves, 70, of Olathe, Kan., passed Monday, December 10, 2018, at his home. A visitation will be 1–3 p.m., Sunday, December 16, at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Olathe Chapel. Friends and family are welcome to an open house at the family's home from 4–6 p.m., Sunday, following the visitation. A graveside service will be 11 a.m., Monday, December 17,...
Connie Sue Morgan
Dec 10, 2018
Connie Sue Morgan, age 74, passed away December 10, 2018 in Olathe, Kansas.She was born July 5, 1944 to Dailey and Clara (Turner) McClain at Kanas City, KS.Connie worked as a teacher for 45 years, primarily in the Shawnee Mission School District and the Olathe School District.On June 12, 1976, she married Neil William Morgan. Connie and Neil lived in...
William Scott
Dec 10, 2018
Leroy Scott was a great man who excelled and succeeded against enormous odds. Leroy was born on February 28th, 1937 in Kansas City, Missouri. His biological father left the family when he was only four years old, so Leroy, his brother Clifford, and sister Charlene were all raised by their mother Aliene Houk and step- dad Lacy Scott. They were...
Vernon Fischer
Dec 9, 2018
Vernon Orville Fischer, 83 of Olathe, KS, passed away from pancreatic cancer on December 9, 2018. He was born on July 23, 1935, to Orville and Sadie (Mueller) Fischer in Buffalo Lake, MN. Vern received a Bachelor of Science Degree, in Science and Education from Olivet Nazarene University where he met his lifelong sweetheart, Rosella (Scott) to whom he was...
Vonnel Bunch
Dec 8, 2018
Vonnel June Bunch, 80, of Overland Park, KS passed away on December 8, 2018. She was born on May 25, 1938 to Arnold and Viola Peterson at Alma, NE.On June 18, 1962, she married H. E. "Dan" Bunch at Ft. Belvoir, VA. Vonnel and Dan resided in Virginia, and Chicago, before eventually settling in the Kansas City area in 1968.Vonnel...
Loren E. Podhajsky
Dec 7, 2018
Loren Emil Podhajsky, 73, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away December 7, 2018 at Research Hospital in Kansas City of a lengthy illness. Memorial services will be December 13 at 1:30 pm at Cross Points Church, Shawnee, Kansas. He will be missed by his family and friends.
Dana G. Smith
Dec 6, 2018
Dana G. Smith, 86, of Charleston, WV formerly of Olathe, KS passed Thurs. Dec. 6, 2018. Visitation will be 11-12PM Wed. Dec. 19 at Penwell Gabel's Olathe Chapel, followed by the funeral service at 12PM. Burial will follow at Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens.Dana was a wonderful father and loving husband. He served in the Army during the Korean War. Then...
