Obituaries

Shawn Taylor

Shawn Taylor

Feb 27, 2024

Our beloved Husband, Father, Grandfather, Son, Brother, Uncle, and Friend, Shawn Taylor, passed away peacefully surrounded by close family on Tuesday, February 27, 2024. He was much too young, 48 years old, but he loved life and his family and friends to the fullest. Shawn was born in Kansas City, MO and lived and worked in Kansas his entire life,...

Susan Elizabeth Lee

Susan Elizabeth Lee

Feb 27, 2024

Susan Lee passed February 27, 2024, surrounded by the love of her family.

Susan, also affectionately called Sue and Susie by family and friends, was born December 5th, 1949. She attended Queen of the Holy Rosary, St. Ann's and Cure of Ars grade schools, she was a proud graduate of St. Teresa's Academy before earning her bachelors in education from Kansas...

Sue Gossett

Sue Gossett

Feb 26, 2024

Sue's service will be livestreamed at the scheduled service time. Click Here to view the service.Karen Sue Gossett, age 80, passed away peacefully February 26th, 2024, after a valiant battlewith Dementia/Alzheimers.Karen, known by Sue to most, was born in Independence, KS April 11th, 1943, to Olin and JosieLakin. Sue always spoke fondly of her childhood in the country.She met the...

Lisa Lanai (Tomasch) Sonsthagen

Lisa Lanai (Tomasch) Sonsthagen

Feb 24, 2024

Lisa Lanai (Tomasch) Sonsthagen passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2024, surrounded by her loved ones. Lisa was born on August 19, 1968, to Lyndon and Linda (Bremer) Tomasch and raised in Olathe, Kansas. Lisa and her sister, Lori, were always going on adventures together. They enjoyed taking the camper to the lake and spending time swimming at the beach,...

Barry W. Wheeler

Barry W. Wheeler

Feb 24, 2024

Barry W. Wheeler, 82, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2024. He was born on June 13, 1941 in Saginaw, Michigan to William and Dorothy (Randolph) Wheeler. Barry grew up in Saginaw, Michigan. He worked at numerous insurance companies around the state of Michigan but spent most of his career at Special Risks in Rochester, Michigan....

Phimpha Khamsihong

Phimpha Khamsihong

Feb 22, 2024

Phimpha Khamsihong was born on January 5th, 1945 in Champasak, Laos to Nahk and Amkha Khamsihong. She lived a life filled with love, warmth, and kindness. A devoted wife, sister, mother, grandmother, and friend, she touched the lives of everyone she met. Phimpha Khamsihong is the third child of Nahk and Amkha Khamsihong. She is preceded in death by her...

Glen Larry Mathews

Glen Larry Mathews

Feb 21, 2024

Glen Larry Mathews, 90, of Olathe went home to be with the Lord on February 21, 2024 at his residence.He was born on October 4, 1933 to Eugene and Nellie (Schoeppe) Mathews in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Glen served over 20 years in various branches of the United States Military.Glen came to know the Lord at 40 years of age during a mission...

Hailu Nune Gembello

Hailu Nune Gembello

Feb 20, 2024

Hailu NuneMay 15, 1942 – February 20, 2024Hailu Nune, 81 years of age of Lenexa Kansas, passed away on February 20th, 2024. Hailu was born on May 15, 1942, to his father Nune Gembello, and mother, Amosa Ageno, in the town of Kanko, Kabata Zone, Ethiopia. Hailu studied health sciences and started his first job at a pharmacy in the...

Gunilla Haac

Gunilla Haac

Feb 16, 2024

Gunilla Haac passed into eternity on Friday, February 16, 2024. She was born on October 23, 1938, in Norrkoping, Sweden. She was the number one student in all of Sweden when she graduated high school, spoke several languages and went to Paris to attend law school at the Sorbonne University. After she graduated, she became an associate professor of law...

Richard Kenneth Oldham

Richard Kenneth Oldham

Feb 16, 2024

Richard Kenneth Oldham, age 90, of Overland Park, Kansas, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, February 16, 2024. He was surrounded by his family. Richard was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1933, the only child of homemaker Ruby Reed Oldham and trucking company manager Kenneth Harry Oldham. He graduated from Langley High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before...

Evelyn Gibson

Evelyn Gibson

Feb 15, 2024

Evelyn Elizabeth Bowman Gibson of Olathe, KS, passed away on February 15, 2024, five months before her 100th birthday. Her health had been declining in recent years.Evelyn served in the Church of the Nazarene for 50 years until she retired in 1994. She began her ministry in 1944, the year she married her late husband, Dr. Donald J. Gibson. They...

Diane Willoughby

Diane Willoughby

Feb 14, 2024

We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our mother, Diane G. Willoughby, 81, of Overland Park, KS. She passed away on February 14, 2024, at Olathe Medical Center, surrounded by family. Diane was born on December 11, 1942 to Frank and Anne Larizza in Petersburg, Virginia. Diane worked as cashier for Pruett's Market for many years before changing over...

Michele Lucille Bridges

Michele Lucille Bridges

Feb 14, 2024

Michele Lucille Bridges, 60, of Paola, Kansas, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, February 14, 2024. She was born on October 21, 1963 in Salem, Arkansas to Jerome and Helen (Metzger) Donner. In July of 1965, Michele and the Donner family moved to Louisburg, Kansas, where she would complete her Elementary, Intermediate, and High School education. During this time, Michele thrived...

Carol Ann Bloodworth

Carol Ann Bloodworth

Feb 13, 2024

Carol Ann Bloodworth formally of Cheney, Kansas passed away on February 13, 2024. Carol was the 3rd of 5 children born in Wichita, Kansas to Henry and Marie (Doll) Heinicke on May 3rd, 1940. After graduating from Wichita East High School and completing a brief stint with the Navy to study meteorology, Carol married and started a family. Later, divorced...

Sheila Rose Kuestersteffen

Sheila Rose Kuestersteffen

Feb 12, 2024

Sheila Rose Kuestersteffen, 86, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on Monday, February 12, 2024. She was born on October 4, 1937 in Emmetsburg, Iowa to Francis and Rosella (Flaherty) Brady. Sheila spent her younger years in Emmetsburg before moving to Kansas City in 1951. She graduated from Bishop Lillis High School then worked as a secretary following graduation. On September...

Vera Mae Nichols

Vera Mae Nichols

Feb 11, 2024

Vera Mae Nichols of Leawood, Kansas passed away peacefully of natural causes on Sunday, February 11, 2024, at the age of 96. Vera was born January 12, 1928, in Greenwood County, Kansas. She was the daughter of Albert and Tammy (Bair) Stuber. Vera graduated from Climax High School. She met her future husband Wayne Carl Nichols in Eureka, Kansas. They...

Rose Ann Giangrande   (Fenning)

Rose Ann Giangrande (Fenning)

Feb 11, 2024

Rose Ann Giangrande, age 76, of Kansas City, passed away on February 11, 2024 at St. Lukes Hospice House. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Charles Daniel Fenning. She was born on November 4, 1947 to Leonard T. Giangrande and Rose E. (Guglielmo) Giangrande in Cleveland, OH. She was a graduate of St. Steven's High School in...

Wanda Jean Hunt

Wanda Jean Hunt

Feb 11, 2024

Wanda Jean Hunt, 90, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2024. She was born on March 6, 1933 in Olathe, Kansas to Henry and Cecil (Barker) Radcliffe. Wanda grew up in Olathe Kansas with her parents and 4 brothers. She graduated from St Johns High School in 1951 and worked as a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell...

Dick Gene Boerger

Dick Gene Boerger

Feb 9, 2024

Dick Gene Boerger, age 83, of Leawood, passed away on February 9th, 2024, surrounded by the love of his family. He leaves behind a legacy of love, laughter, and cherished memories.Dick was born on February 8th, 1941, to his parents Dietrich Phillip Boerger and Helen Ann Kuhlman Boerger, at their home on the family farm south of Linn, Kansas. He...

Carol Rae White

Carol Rae White

Feb 8, 2024

Carol Rae White, 91, of Overland Park, passed away on February 8, 2024 at Rose Estates. Funeral services will be held on Friday, February 16, 2024 at 10:30am at Penwell-Gabel Olathe Chapel with burial to follow at Oaklawn Memorial Gardens in Olathe, KS. A luncheon will follow at 6407 W. 147th Terrace, Overland Park, Kansas 66223. She was born on...

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