David Summers
Sep 2, 2016
David Lee Summers, 65, died Friday, September 2, 2016 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park due to complications associated from a car accident. David is survived by his loving wife Michele Summers (Wickey-Hunt); son Michael Summers (Christina); daughter, Lashay Summers; two step-children Andrew and Matthew Hunt; grandchildren, Isaiah, Jaden, Nadiya, Emery, Finneus, Ashton and Breckan, and many...
Richard E. Nelson
Sep 1, 2016
Richard E. Nelson passed away at 06:02 am on Sept 1st, 2016 in Kansas City, Mo. Richard (Rick) was born May 4th, 1951 in Lake Forest Illinois to Mark E. Nelson and Nancy A. Nelson. He has 3 siblings, Mark (Skooks) Nelson, David Nelson, and Debbie Curtis. Rick grew up in Lake Forest where he attended catholic grade school and...
Barry Fritz
Aug 31, 2016
Barry L. Fritz, born February 25, 1946 in St. Louis, Missouri, passed away on August 31, 2016 at his home in Olathe, Kansas. Barry was retired from Olathe Toyota where he worked as the parts manager for many years.Barry was an avid bowler, who loved the game and all of his bowling friends. Barry also enjoyed hosting poker parties in...
Roy Ekberg
Aug 29, 2016
Roy Victor Ekberg, 92, of Ottawa, passed away on August 29, 2016 at Olathe Hospice House.He was born on March 8, 1924, to Victor and Mildred Ekberg in Omaha, NE.On November 18, 1950, he married Luella Sinner.Roy obtained degrees in mechanical engineering and also had an MBA. He was employed by AT&T for many years, during which the family resided...
Peggy Deaton
Aug 29, 2016
Peggy P. Deaton, 81, of Gardner, KS, passed away on August 29, 2016 at her home. She was born on October 31, 1934 in Bristow, OK. Peggy enjoyed working for Towner Furry and caring for alzheimer's patients as a home healthcare nurse for many years before retiring. On March 23, 1957, she married Harold Keith Deaton and they made their...
Anita Urish
Aug 29, 2016
Anita N. Urish, 85, of Olathe, KS (formerly of Topeka) passed away Monday August 29, 2016. Anita was born Sept. 7, 1930 in Osage City, KS to Pete and Kate Nelson. She grew up on a farm near Hartford, KS and graduated from Hartford High School. She married Richard W. Urish June 18, 1950 in Osage City, KS. Anita and...
Peter Caffrey
Aug 29, 2016
Peter Alan Caffrey died peacefully in his home on August 29 in Gardner, Kansas at the age of 73. Pete is survived by his loving wife, Sonda Hillis Caffrey (Gardner, KS), daughter, Melissa (Sean) Campbell, son, Matthew (Betsy) Caffrey, and five grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his father Matthew, mother Edythe, brother James, and granddaughter Katie. Pete was...
June Ruch
Aug 28, 2016
June M. Ruch, 82 of Olathe, KS passed Sun. Aug. 28th, 2016.June was born June 12, 1934 in Merriam, KS to Ralph and Mabel Rupard. She graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School. She married Willard P. Ruch April 9, 1955 in Prairie Village, KS. She worked for Hudson Oil Co. and JC Nichols on the Plaza before going to...
Jeanne Hoffman
Aug 27, 2016
Jeanne Eilene Hoffman, was born August 29, 1938, and passed away August 27, 2016.Jeanne was born in Dennison, TX to Blanche and James Caldwell. She was an elementary and reading teacher in Kansas and elementary teacher in Chapman Ranch, TX. She had served in the Civil Air Patrol and loved anything to do with planes or space. She was an...
Eleanor Bell
Aug 25, 2016
Eleanor "Jean" Bell, 84 of Olathe, KS, passed Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016. A memorial service will be held at 2pm, Tuesday, Aug. 30th at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Olathe Chapel where the family will receive friends from 1-2pm. Inurnment will follow at Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens.Jean was born Sept. 10, 1931 in Kansas City, KS to Joseph and Alice White. Jean...
Rev. Dr.Edwin Alexander
Aug 24, 2016
Edwin Wilson Alexander passed from this life into the loving arms of his Savior on Wednesday, August 24, 2016. Husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, student, pastor, administrator, athlete, explorer; he led a remarkable life.Dr. Alexander was born May 25, 1934 in Greenville, Pennsylvania, the first born son of Philip Wilson and Dorothy (Reinhart) Alexander. He and his five siblings grew...
Katherine Everett
Aug 23, 2016
Katherine "Katie" M. Everett, 96, of Wichita, passed away on August 23, 2016. She was born on April 27, 1920 to Charles and Gertrude Hall in Webb City, MO. Katie grew up in Webb City, MO. and after the war she met the love of her life, Dale, and were married for 41 years when he passed away. She had...
Martha Aguirre
Aug 23, 2016
Martha Leticia Aguirre, 62, of Raymore, passed away on August 23, 2016 in Kansas City, MO. She was born on July 23, 1954 to Cenobio and Maria De Jesus Garcia in Cd. Manuel Doblado GTO, Mexico.Survived by her husband Adolfo Barajas Aguirre; her sons Hector Edgardo Aguirre, Adolfo Federico Aguirre; daughter Martha Leticia Aguirre and grandson Donovan Kortez Aguirre; her...
Loushiel Dodson
Aug 22, 2016
Loushiel "Corky" Howell Dodson, 69, of Olathe, passed away at his home on August 22, 2016. He was born on December 5, 1946 in Kansas City, Missouri to Billy and Opal Dodson. Corky served in the United Staes Naval Reserve on the U.S.S. Ajax from 1967 to 1972 as an Electricians Mate during the Vietnam War. Upon his return from...
Bryon Anderson
Aug 20, 2016
Bryon Lawrence "Big B" Anderson, 54, Overland Park, KansasBryon Lawrence Anderson, 54, born March 22, 1962, passed away peacefully on August 20, 2016 at his home in Kansas City, Kansas.Bryon was the second of Larry and Toni Anderson's six children. He was born in Chanute, Kansas and graduated from Humboldt High School. Like his father before him, Bryon found his...
Doris Carter
Aug 20, 2016
On Saturday, August 20, 2016 Doris Jean Carter, 82, of Olathe, Kansas (formerly Waco, Texas) passed away peacefully in her sleep. Doris was born February 3, 1934 in Akron, Ohio to Clifford and Dorothy Longfellow. She grew up in Akron with her sister Lois. At 16 Doris met Daniel Evans Carter at South High School. They married two short years...
Haven Krueger
Aug 18, 2016
Dr. Haven C. Krueger, 83 of Overland Park, KS (formerly of Great Bend, KS) passed Thurs. Aug. 18, 2016. Haven was born September 27, 1932, in Wichita, KS to Harry and Edith Krueger. Haven graduated from Wichita State University with a BA in Spanish. He went on to attend the University of Kansas where he obtained a master's degree in...
Jean Mcfarland Allen
Aug 15, 2016
Jean McFarland Allen passed away August 15, 2016 at the age of 96 at Benton House in Prairie Village. She was preceeded in death thirteen years by her husband Robert. Jean was born May 4, 1920 in Topeka, Kansas where she lived through her high school years. Daughter-in-law of Kansas basketball coach Forrest C. "Phog" Allen, it was in Topeka...
Delores Jean Hammer
Aug 14, 2016
Delores Jean "Dee Dee" Hammer. Cremation. Born Dec. 12, 1930 in Nodaway County, IA. She met and later married Bill Hammer on April 22, 1950, a union that lasted 66 years. In 1953 they moved to Kansas City, KS and in 1957 to Overland Park, KS, where she passed away Aug. 14, 2016. She was one of Jehovah's Witnesses for...
Ava Gibson
Aug 14, 2016
Ava L. Gibson, 69, of Fort Scott, KS passed away Sunday August 14, 2016 at her daughter's home in Olathe, KS. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Emmanuel Baptist Church 2215 Native Rd. Ft. Scott, KS 66701 or Hospice of Olathe Medical Center, South Park Medical Plaza 20920 W. 151st St., Suite 204 Olathe, KS 66061.Ava was...
