Chrystelle E. Hills
Jan 4, 2017
Chrystelle Elaine Reedy Hills, 80, of Topeka, KS, passed away on January 4th, 2017, in Platte City, Missouri. Chrystelle E. Hills (Chrys) was born in Topeka, KS to Eliphus and Florence Reedy on December 19, 1936. She was the youngest of five children including three brothers, Eugene and Maurice of Topeka, and Robert who lived in the Denver area and...
Marsha Kintzle
Jan 3, 2017
Marsha Elliott Kintzle of Leawood, KS (formerly Denver, CO) passed away peacefully in her apartment on January 3, 2017 at the age of 74. Marsha was born on October 3, 1942 in Winfield, KS to Lewis and Helen Elliott. She attended Winfield High School and later went on to Kansas State University. She pledged Alpha Delta Pi sorority while she...
Emma Lou Fields
Dec 31, 2016
Emma Lou Ozbolt Fields, 90, of Olathe, passed away on December 31, 2016. She was born October 4, 1926 to Philip and Julia (Stimac) Ozbolt in Kansas City, KS.Emma grew up in Kansas City, KS and attended Wyandotte High School. She was a Legal Secretary, Housewife and Secretary at Panhandle Eastern Pipeline. She also worked at Fields Florist with her...
Rosie L Mack
Dec 28, 2016
Rosie Lee Mack went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, December 28th at her home in the presence of family. She was a beautiful person inside & out, and always had a kind word for anyone she met. Her family meant everything. She loved her husband, children & grandchildren, and was very close to her siblings. Rosie exemplified perseverance,...
Jean Ann (Blotkamp) Thompson
Dec 28, 2016
Jean Ann (Blotkamp) Thompson, age 90, passed away on December 28, 2016. Jean Ann was born on September 13, 1926 in Girard, Kansas to Frederick and Pauline Banks. She was the middle of three children. Her family moved to Olathe when she was two years old, where Jean then attended Olathe schools and was a member of the Olathe High...
Roger Lee Studer
Dec 28, 2016
Roger Lee Studer, 77, of Olathe, KS passed away on December 28, 2016. He was born on April 2, 1939 to Harold and Lucille Studer in Wathena, KS.Roger served in the U.S Army for 23 years, he was a Sergeant First Class and worked in food service as Mess Sergeant. He was also an insurance salesman for Mutual of Omaha...
Colleen Smith
Dec 27, 2016
Colleen R. Smith, 82, of Olathe, KS passed Tues. Dec. 27, 2016.Colleen was a loving wife and mother. She was also a devote Christian who spent her life teaching children and serving the Lord. She was preceded in death by her son Jay E. Smith, parents and several siblings.She is survived by her husband of 63 years Dana G. Smith,...
Carroll T Gartrell
Dec 27, 2016
Carroll T. Gartrell was born on July 22, 1930 in Catonsville, Maryland. He passed away at the age of 86 on December 27, 2016 in Olathe, Kansas after a long battle with Cancer. Carroll is preceded in death by his parents Robert Z. Gartrell and Thelma Keen/Gartrell, his two sisters, Irma Lucas and Alice Jones and his brother, Robert Gartrell,...
Claude William Heflin
Dec 25, 2016
Claude William Heflin, 93, of Olathe, Kansas, departed this life on Christmas day, December 25, 2016, at the Olathe Hospital.He was born December 1, 1923, to parents Gutherie Claude and Margarite Heflin of Kansas City, Missouri. They lived at 23rd and Bales in Kansas City, Missouri, for 29 years.He graduated from Central High School in 1941 and went to work...
Cynthia R. Marciniak
Dec 21, 2016
Cynthia R. Marciniak, 52, of Paola, KS, passed away Wednesday, December 21st, 2016 at KU Medical Center. Cindy was born in Scotts Bluff, NE November 12th, 1964 to Linda and Robert (Bob) Hess. She was a 1983 graduate of Ankeny (IA) High School. Cindy married Philip Marciniak on October 15th, 1988. She is survived by her husband, son Glen, daughter...
Diane M Jones
Dec 21, 2016
Diane M. Jones, of Olathe, Kansas passed away December 21, 2016 at Olathe Medical Center surrounded by her family. Services will be held Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Penwell- Gabel Funeral Home, 14275 Black Bob Road, Olathe Kansas. Visitation will be held from 1-2 p.m. A memorial service will follow at 2 p.m. Diane was born on May 7, 1952...
Ruby Rosalie Rauschenburg
Dec 21, 2016
Ruby Rosalie Rauschenburg, 71, of Shawnee, passed away on December 21, 2016 in Merriam, Ks . She was born on December 24, 1944 to Joseph and Ruby (Gifford) Rauschenburg, in Hamakaupoko, Maui, HI. Ruby was raised in Maui and later moved to Oahu, where she began work as a nanny. In the early 1970's as she traveled in her job...
Marion L. Saunders
Dec 20, 2016
Marion Lucille Gill Saunders died on Friday, December 30, 2016 at the age of 88. Marion was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 16, 1928 to William and Jessie Smith Gill. Marion was the 3rd of nine children and grew up in the early years of the Depression in which jobs and meals were scarce, laughter was rich, homemade pasty...
Nancy Sue Spruytte
Dec 20, 2016
Nancy Sue Spruytte, 66, of Spring Hill, passed away on December 20, 2016 at Hospice House of Olathe Medical Park. She was born on November 29, 1950 to Ritchie and Opal (Slusher) Brown in Kansas City, MO. Nancy enjoyed working at Wal-Mart for over 16 years, and was an avid crafter, selling her creations at local events and stores, including...
Daryl Kingsbury
Dec 19, 2016
Daryl W. Kingsbury, 62, of Olathe, KS passed Monday December 19, 2016.Daryl was born August 16, 1954 in Independence, KS to Elmer and Wanda Kingsbury. After graduating from Olathe High School in 1972, he went to work for Broderson Manufacturing Corp. where he enjoyed 43 years. He was preceded in death by his mother Wanda Kingsbury, and father in law...
Willis E. Monke
Dec 18, 2016
Willis E. Monke, 87, of Olathe, Kansas, died Sunday, December 18, 2016, at Nottingham Health & Rehab Center, Olathe, Kansas.Willis was born July 4, 1929, on his parent's, John and Freida (Pertner) Monke, farm near Regent, North Dakota. He attended grade school at a country school near his home riding his horse, Duke, there each day. He graduated from Regent...
Warren George Dunn
Dec 17, 2016
Warren G. Dunn, passed away Saturday, December 17, 2016 at age 67 at Delmar Gardens in Lenexa, Kansas where he spent his last ten months of a two-year battle with brain cancer. His remains will be brought back to Illinois where he will be buried. Anyone who wants to leave a message on his behalf can visit the guestbook below.Warren...
Carol Sue Sturdivan
Dec 17, 2016
Carol Sue Sturdivan, 66, of Olathe, passed away on December 17, 2016 at Hospice house of Olathe Medical Center, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. She was born on August 2, 1950 to Claud and Helen (Woolery) Harrelson at Ponca City, OK. She graduated from Olathe High School in 1968, and went on to attend Emporia State University.Carol...
Eleanor Louise Gooch
Dec 16, 2016
Eleanor Louise (Stone) Gooch, age 91, a longtime resident of Gardner, KS and a dedicated Child of God, passed peacefully at the Hospice House of Olathe Medical Center on Friday evening, December 16, 2016. She was the loving wife of John B. Gooch, who departed this life in 1992. Eleanor was born in Cape Girardeau, MO, as the second child...
Jean Tawney
Dec 13, 2016
Jean Tawney, 82, of Topeka KS passed away peacefully on December 13, 2016. Jean was born September 24, 1934 in Harveyville, KS, the daughter of Virgil and Pauline Lane. She graduated from Holton High School in 1952 and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education at Emporia State Teacher's College in 1956. She was a member of...
