GERALD "JERRY" MINSHALLAge 61, passed away October 26, 2010 in Overland Park, KS. A funeral service will be held on Monday, November 1, 2010 at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 14275 S Blackbob Rd., Olathe, KS where the family will receive friends at 12:30 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given in care of the family. Jerry was born July...

Opal E. Campbell, 88, of Olathe, KS. Passed away Monday October 25, 2010 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Center in Olathe. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to NPR/Kansas Public Radio, Opal's source of great enjoyment (1120 W. 11th. St. Lawrence, KS 66044)Opal was born October 10, 1922 in Hurdland, MO to Anna and Martin Campbell. She was...

W. Lois Cerne, 86, passed away Sunday October 24, 2010 at home. The family suggests contributions to the Olathe Hospice House, or Grace United Methodist Church.Lois was born May 23, 1924 in Ness City, KS to John and Francis Engelhardt. She grew up in Kingman, KS and attended Southwestern University and graduated from Pittsburg State University where she majored in...

June Aretha Lorius, 88, of Bella Vista, Arkansas died Tuesday, October 19, 2010 at Circle of Life Hospice – Legacy in Bentonville, Arkansas. She was born on September 28, 1922 in Olathe, Kansas to Harry Carver and Clara Berner Carver. Longtime resident of Olathe, her grandparents were early settlers of Olathe. She was an active member of the First United...

In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Linda K. Goold memorial fund c/o First National Bank of Olathe, 15084 S. Blackbob Rd. Olathe, KS 66062.Linda was born August 1, 1944 in Kansas City, KS. She was preceded in death by her parents Arthel and Carrie Bowden; brother Robert Bowden; sisters: Hazel Hedges, Ilene Paul, Nora Jane Collier,...

JULIA MAE HAUSKINS, Age 89, of Olathe, KS passed away October 19, 2010 in Olathe. Services will be held on Friday, October 22, 2010 at 2:00 pm at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 14275 S Blackbob Rd., Olathe, where the family will receive friends an hour prior to service. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer's Association. Julia was...

Harold was born 1926 in Centralia, Illinois and was raised on a farm in Iuka, Illinois during the depression. He graduated from High School in St. Elmo, Illinois. He married Betty J. Smith before serving in the Navy during WWII. He graduated from Southern Illinois University in 1949 when he started his career working for C.I.T. Financial Services. His career...

KAYLA EDDY Kayla (Michaela) K. Eddy, a twenty-two-year resident of Olathe, KS, passed away on October 16, 2010, after a 5-year battle with breast cancer. She taught at Westridge Middle School in the Shawnee Mission School District for 17 years; prior to that she taught in Lathrop and the Center School district for a total teaching career of thirty-one years....

JUNE MARIE WALKERJune Marie Walker, 83, lifelong resident of Olathe, KS, passed away Wednesday, October 13, 2010 in Olathe. The family will receive friends at 11:00am until the service at 12:00pm Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Olathe Chapel, 14275 S. Blackbob Road, Olathe, Kansas . Burial will be in Olathe Cemetery. The family suggests contributions to the...

CAROLE L. HESSLINGCarole L. Hessling, 78 of Overland Park, Kansas passed away October 14, 2010. Visitation will be held Monday, October 18, 2010 9:00 -11:00 AM at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Olathe Chapel, 14275 S. Blackbob Road, Olathe, Kansas. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Alzheimer's Association of America. She was born September 8, 1932 in Wichita,...

MYRA "MIMI" CELESTE HEATH Myra "Mimi" Celeste Heath, 102, passed away October 10, 2010, in Overland Park, KS. Private family services will be held. Myra was born October 8, 1908, in Elmira, Iowa, and was married to John Heath on August 9, 1931. John passed away in 1975. In 1997, Myra moved to the Overland Park area to be close...

MARY KATHLEEN "KATHY" DUNN, age 52, went to be with the Lord on October 12, 2010 in Kansas City, MO. A Celebration of her Life will be held on Thursday, October 14 at 1:00 pm at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 14275 S Blackbob Rd., Olathe, where the family will receive friends beginning at 11:00 am. Interment will be in Pleasant Grove...

Glenda K. DeMarco, 73, of Olathe, KS (formerly of Chicago, IL) passed away Saturday October 9, 2010 at Villa St. Francis Nursing Center. The family suggests contributions to the American Diabetes Assoc.Glenda was born June 16, 1937 in Chicago, IL to Glenn and Virginia Carmody.She was preceded in death by her granddaughter Laura Jo Tarver and her parents.She is survived...

Thelma Marie Kruse, 83, Olathe, KS, passed away Saturday, October 9, 2010, at her home, following a year-long battle with pancreatic cancer. Marie was born in Oklahoma City, March 12, 1927, the only child of Novey and Nola (Yates) Halford. She grew up in eastern Oklahoma, graduating from Ada High School in 1944. She attended Southern Nazarene University (then Bethany-Peniel...

Lee Meireis, 76, of Olathe, KS, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at his home.Lee was born October 20, 1933, in Stafford, KS. to Ted and Vada Meireis. The Meireis family moved to Olathe in 1942. Lee attended three one-room schools and graduated from Olathe High School in 1951. On March 6, 1954, Lee married his wife Jean...

DEBRA DIANE TIBBETTSAge 57, passed away October 5, 2010. A funeral service will be held on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 3:00 pm at College Church of the Nazarene, Garrett Chapel, 2020 E Sheridan, Olathe, KS where the family will receive friends following the service. Memorials in Debbie's memory are suggested to the family in care of Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home,...

Douglas S. Barnett, 54, of Olathe, KS went to be with the Lord Wednesday September 29, 2010 at home after a three year battle against leukemia. A celebration service will be held at 9:30 AM Saturday October 9, at Indian Creek Community Church. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to the Indian Creek Community Church Live-Out...

TIMOTHY SCOTT LAMARScott Lamar, 51, Olathe, KS, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010 following a lengthy illness. Scott was born Jan. 12, 1959 in Evansville, Indiana and spent his early years in Maquoketa, Iowa (where he graduated from High School in 1977), later in Denver, CO, and the past 20 years in Olathe. He was a store manager in the...

William Leon "Lee" Culver William Leon "Lee" Culver passed away Saturday night, September 25, 2010 at St. Luke's Hospital, from congestive heart failure. Lee was born June 25, 1940 in Anaconda, Montana. He grew up in Sumner, Washington and lived in the Seattle area until he moved to Kansas City in 1990. His military service was in the Air Force...

Eva William's eye for beauty was extraordinary.Eva Kathryn Tarnower Williams was born September 9, 1953 in Topeka, Kansas, and passed away September 22, 2010. She was the second of four children born to William and Doris Tarnower. She graduated from Kansas University in 1975 with a B.A. Degree in Classical Antiquities and was, the same year, married to Roger Williams....