Norma Lou Sprague, 67, Spring Hill, Kansas passed away at the Golden Living Center in Spring Hill, on Tuesday, July 27, 2010.Norma was born September 18, 1943 in Newton, Massachusetts to Norman and Muriel Hildreth. She graduated from Wellesley High School in 1961, and attended Endicott Jr. College in Beverly, MA. She was married to G. Robert (Bob) Sprague in...

Ruth Cook Zahller passed away on July 18th, 2010.She is survived by her daughter Charlene Periette Andrews, her son Charles Perry Andrews III, 11 grandchildren, and 23 great grandchildrenRuth was born on June 1 1920 in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas. At an early age she joined the Army as part of the Women's Army Corps as a Radar Tech, and...

Robert P. Miller, age 75, of Olathe, Kansas passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Robert was born October 24, 1934, in Tabor, Iowa, to Benjamin and Gladys Miller. He graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1954 and served his country in the U.S. Navy from 1956-1958. Robert married Evelyn Plummer on September 10, 1960, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Upon...

DONALD BENJAMIN SEEM, Age 93, passed away July 25, 2010 in Olathe, KS. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Don was born October 13, 1916 in Kansas City, KS to Shelby and Hattie Seem. He served our country in the US Army during WWII, and retired from Hallmark after 44 years of service. He...

Mary V. Randall, 87, completed her life on July 6, 2010 in Lenexa, KS. She was born June 9, 1923 in Kansas City, MO to Richard Ahlstrom and Mildred Marsh, Mary was the third of six children. Her family moved to Olathe in 1935, and settled on a small farm near Frisco Lake. She attended Olathe Schools and graduated from...

Vickie Ellen Birdsall, 57, Olathe, Kansas passed away at her home on Friday, July 23, 2010. Vickie was born September 8, 1952 in Wichita Falls, Texas to LaRue "Bud" and Alice Krogh. She was a 1970 graduate of Lincoln Northeast High School in Lincoln, Nebraska. She attended the University of Nebraska and received her A.A.R.T. certification from St. Elizabeth's Hospital...

James Louis Baska, 83, attorney and former president of Associated Wholesale Grocers, died July 21 at his home in Olathe, KS after a courageous six-month fight against lung cancer. Memorials suggested to Kansas City Hospice through www.kansascityhospice.org.Jim was born April 3, 1927 and attended Ward High School where he was an outstanding basketball player who utilized his 6-foot-7 height. He...

Lawrence (Mik) Mikkelson, 86, Olathe, KS, passed away July 18, 2010.Mik was born July 13, 1924 to Detlof and Emma Mikkelson in Great Falls, MT and raised on a ranch near Big Sandy, MT. He graduated from Big Sandy High School in 1942 and enlisted in the Air Force Cadet program in Feb. 1944. He married Marie Van Hoorn on...

Alex Michael Talbott of Olathe, Kansas died Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 at his home of complications following a tonsillectomy.Born in Kansas City, Kansas, August 23rd, 2004 to Levi and Twila Talbott. Alex attended kindergarten at Forest View Elementary, he was active in his church, he played sports, and loved farming.Alex is survived by his father, Levi, his mother, Twila, his...

RUSSELL FRANK JEFFREYS, age 79, passed away July 13, 2010 in Overland Park, KS. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Kellogg Historical Society, Kellogg, IA, the American Cancer Society, or to Prince of Peace Catholic Church. He was born January 10, 1931 in Grinnell, Iowa to Cecil R. Jeffreys and Mary C. Frizzell Jeffreys. He served in...

Mildred "Maxine" Seers 82, of Olathe, Kansas passed away July 14, 2010, at her home with her family by her bedside of natural causes. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to Kansas City Hospice or Kansas City Harvesters. Mrs. Seers was born December 30, 1927 in Mattoon, Illinois and was preceded in death by her parents Osborne and...

JAMES THURE PETERSON, age 72, passed away July 11, 2010 at his home in Olathe, KS. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Olathe Public Library, the Greenwood Historical Society, 120 West 4th Street, Eureka, KS 67045 or the Highland Community College Foundation, 606 W. Main, Highland, KS 66035. Jim was born February 21, 1938 in Hamilton, KS...

Michael S. Jarrett, 50, of Olathe, KS passed away July 4th at Olathe Medical Center. In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to the Humane Society or to Indian Creek Community Church.Michael was born November 16, 1959 in St. Joseph, MO. In 1972 he was the catcher for the St. Joseph Broncos Little League team and won the Little...

Frances Turner was born on July 2, 1920, to Mary (Kreusch) and Frank Mages near Ottawa, Kansas. She attended elementary school in a rural school near Ottawa and graduated from Ottawa High School in 1937. She then went to Emporia State Teacher's College and received a certificate to teach in elementary school in Kansas. For eight years, she taught in...

Barbara Jean Ayers, 75, of Olathe, Ks passed away on Friday July 2, 2010. She was preceeded in death by her loving husband of 40 yrs, Wilber Ayers, and her parents, Cecil and Dorothy Kissee, Olathe, Ks. She is survived by her 3 children, Steven Ayers, Osawatomie, Becky Rayson (Kelvin), Lahaina, HI, and Debi Shipman (John), of Osawatomie, Ks, and...

BETH ANN BEBB HERMAN was born December 10, 1948 to Aldon M. Bebb and Maxine Christine Carlson Bebb in Superior, Wisconsin. She attended schools in Pittsburg, Kansas where she was active in Girl Scouts and piano lessons. She then attended and graduated from Baker University with a bachelors degree in elementary education. The summer after her freshman year in college,...

KATHERINE C. HARTEL Katherine C. Hartel, 97, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away June 27, 2010. Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 1 from 7:00pm – 8:00 pm at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 14275 S Blackbob Rd., Olathe Kansas. Funeral services will be held in the Chapel of First Presbyterian Church of Branson, Missouri, at 1:00 p.m on July 2nd,...

Vernon K. Johnson, 78, died peacefully Sunday, June 27th, 2010 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center surrounded by his wife, children and their spouses, and grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, the family requests a donation made in his honor to the church. Vern, a lifetime resident of the Kansas City area, was born on September 21, 1931 to Lester M. and...