MARY LOUISE (HARTLEY) POPE Age 88, passed away January 12, 2008 in Olathe, KS. A graveside service will be held on Monday, January 14 at 2:00 p.m. at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens, Olathe. The family will receive friends at 1:00 p.m. at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 14275 S. Blackbob Rd., Olathe. The family suggests memorials to Hospice of Olathe Medical Center, 20333...

MR. PAUL OUYANGAge 80, passed away January 11, 2008 at home in Olathe, KS, surrounded by his family. Visitation, Tuesday, January 15 from 6:30 7:00 p.m. at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 14275 S. Blackbob Rd., Olathe, KS, with funeral services at 7:00 p.m. followed by cremation.

EDWARD V. KARECKIBorn September 7, 1923 in Yonkers, New York, a resident of Olathe, KS, passed away Tuesday, January 8, 2008 surrounded by his family and friends. Visitation will be held at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, January 12, 2008, followed by a funeral mass at 10:00 a.m., both at St. Pauls Catholic Church, 900 Honeysuckle, Olathe, KS, Interment, Mt. Calvary Cemetery,...

Margaret "Peggy" Doan, 77, Olathe, KS lost her battle with cancer Saturday, January 5, 2008 at the home of her son Frank Doan. Services will be private. The family suggests contributions to Susan G. Komen for the Cure 5005 LBJ Fwy., Ste. 250 Dallas, TX 75244.She leaves three sons, David (Janice) of Shawnee, KS, Jack (Margaret) of Salina, KS, and...

Bill Logan, 69, of Olathe, KS passed away January 4, 2008. Bill grew up in Quenemo, KS. After graduating from the University of Kansas he went to work as a tax professional at Arthur Andersen. He built a successful private tax practice before shifting his focus to entrepreneurship. He was a partner in WH of KC (Wendy's franchisee) and was...

EUGENE "GENE" F. KIRWINAge 69, passed away January 6, 2008, at his home surrounded by his family, after a short, but courageous battle with lung cancer. Visitation, Wednesday, January 9 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 14275 S. Blackbob Rd. , Olathe, with Recitation of the Rosary at 7:30p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will follow on Thursday, January...

Geraldine B. Kneebone, 90, Olathe, KS, passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2008 in Olathe, KS. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Kansas City Hospice.Geraldine was born March 10, 1917 in Pittsburg, KS to Hector & Katherine Beard. She was married to Elmer Kneebone March of 1937. Elmer served as Sheriff of Crawford County several years before moving...

THOMAS S. CULALA, age 59, passed away on December 29, 2007, surrounded by his family. A Celebration of his Life will be held on Friday, January 4, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the chapel of Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 14275 S. Blackbob Rd., Olathe, where the family will receive friends an hour prior to service time. In lieu of flowers and...

SHIRLEY ANN DRENNAN, age 72, passed away December 29, 2007 at her home in Olathe, KS. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 5 at 11:00 a.m. at First Christian Church, 201 E. Loula, Olathe, where the family will receive friends an hour prior to service time. Memorials may be given to the First Christian Church. Shirley was...

Mr. Gene N. Cage, age 84, passed away December 29, 2007 in Overland Park, KS. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, January 2, 2007 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, 515 S. Ridgeview, Olathe, where the family will receive friends an hour prior to service time. Interment, Olathe Memorial Cemetery. The family suggests memorials to the...

CHARLES EDWARDS BLUEAge 55, passed away December 28, 2007 at his home in Olathe, KS. Visitation, Tuesday, January 1, from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 14275 S. Blackbob Rd., Olathe, followed by a funeral service on Wednesday, January 2, at 2:00 p.m., also in the chapel of the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to...

JOHN HERALD REESAge 45, passed away December 28, 2007 in Olathe, KS. Visitation will be held on Monday, December 31, from 10:00am-12:00pm at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 14275 S. Blackbob Rd., Olathe. Memorials are suggested to Kansas State Park Service. He is survived by his wife of 26 years, Debbie, his son Jonathan, his daughter Anna, All of Wellsville, KS, his...

Melvin D. Loux, 64, Olathe, KS passed away Saturday, December 22, 2007 at Olathe Medical Center. The family suggests contributions to the American Diabetes Foundation. Melvin was born June 26, 1943 in Manhattan, Kansas, grew up in Ottawa, Kansas, and has lived in Olathe the past 26 years. He was a graduate of Ottawa High School and Rockhurst College. He...

Sherry Wickliffe, 56, of Olathe, KS, formerly of Hutchinson, KS passed away December 22, 2007. Survivors include he husband, Wayne, daughter, Jordann, sons Shane and Shannon, granddaughters Sydney and Paige, Olathe, KS and brother Bob Anderson, Hutchinson, KS.>> A nurse at the Lakeview Village retirement home, she will be remembered for her compassion towards others, her incredible work ethic and...

KYLE CREIGHTON BARKER Age 29, passed away December 19, 2007 at his home in Olathe, KS. A memorial service will be held on December 28, 2007 at 3:00pm at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 14275 S. Blackbob Rd., Olathe, KS, where the family will receive friends an hour prior to service time. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests remembrances to the...

Rosa Roeser passed away Dec. 18, 2007 in Overland Park, KS of natural causes at the age of 91.Rosa was born on April 30, 1916 in Vienna, Austria to Stephan and Rosa Maria Schubert. She spent a happy childhood in Vienna with her parents, brother and sisters.Rosa married John W. Roeser in 1950 and they were married for almost 44...

Alan Frederick RockersAge 56, passed away December 17, 2008 in Olathe, Kansas. A memorial service will be held on Friday, December 21, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church, 900 Honeysuckle, Olathe. A recitation of the rosary will precede the service. Remembrances may be given to the church. He is survived by his mother, Trudy Rockers, his brothers, Robert,...

Elaine G. Poole, 89, of Overland Park, Kan., passed away from the effects of bladder cancer December 14, 2007 in Overland Park. She is survived by her five grandchildren Eric Melin, Scott (Monica) Melin, and Beth Olson, all Kansas residents, and Lara (Michael) Inman of Gastonia, N.C., and Julie (Dan) O'Connor of Ocala, Fla. She is also survived by 11...

Alfred Edwin (Eddie) Seamands was born February 17, 1922, in Edgerton, KS, to Oscar O. and Viola Lee Reeves Seamands, and he passed away at home in Overland Park, KS, on December 8, 2007, when his tired heart stopped beating, devastating his family and friends.Eddie lived nearly all his life in Johnson County, KS, graduating in 1942 from John P....