Obituaries
Scott Rehkop
Aug 31, 2026
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Douglas (Doug) Clark
Aug 31, 2026
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Carleen Young
Aug 31, 2026
Carleen Young, 88, of Shawnee, Kansas passed away Monday August 31, 2026. She was born on August 31, 1938 in Nashville, Tennessee to Clyde and Lillian (Rogers) Fields.She entered Heaven on her 88th birthday.
Carleen graduated from Hume- Fogg High School in downtown Nashville in 1957. She trained to be a manicurist and worked in beauty shops in local department stores.
Her...
Marlene J. Bien
Aug 31, 2026
Marlene J. Bien, 80, died Monday, August 31, 2026. Marlene was born September 26, 1945, to Richard and Ada Mae Jacobs in Topeka, KS. Marlene graduated from Hayden High School in Topeka in 1963 where she was homecoming queen. Marlene married Greg Bien on February 4, 1967. Marlene obtained a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in Education...
Phyllis Jean Visser
Aug 28, 2026
Phyllis Visser (Hostetter), of Herington, Kansas, passed away peacefully, surrounded by the love and memories of her family. She was born on December 13, 1941, in Herington, Kansas, to Millard and Florence Hostetter.
Phyllis grew up in the Herington and Hope communities. She attended Hope High School and later graduated from Upland Christian High School. She continued her education at Brown...
Mary Patricia Jones Leighty
Aug 28, 2026
Mary Patricia Jones Leighty passed away peacefully on August 28, 2026, at Colonial Village in Overland Park, Kansas. She was 90.
Mary was born on April 20, 1936, in Bancroft, Kansas, the fifth child of Verne Jones and Claire Jamison Jones. She was raised in Nemaha County in a family of teachers and basketball coaches, from whom she learned the importance...
Bailey Tanner Throssell
Aug 28, 2026
Bailey Tanner Throssell, the light and life to any room he entered, passed away on August 28th, 2026, at the young age of 21. He was born in Dallas, TX on April 14th, 2005. He learned to walk, run, and climb out of his crib early, leaving us forever running after him.
At three, he mastered riding a bike without training...
Nancy Louise Reeder
Aug 28, 2026
Nancy Louise (Clare) Reeder, Olathe, Kansas, passed away on August 28, 2026.
Nancy was born on November 30, 1946, in Vandalia, Illinois to Hugh Thomas Clare and Nanette May (Corson) Clare.
She lived with her family in Greenville, IL and attended school with her 2 brothers and 3 sisters. She and her 3 sisters sang in the church choir and at many...
Stephen Willard Murphy Brown
Aug 27, 2026
Stephen Willard Murphy Brown passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on August 27, 2026, after a brief battle with cancer.
Stephen was born in Kansas City, Kansas, to Karen Ruth Johnson and Willard Roy Murphy on February 14, 1962. When Stephen was four years old, his father passed away suddenly. His mother later remarried, and Danny Robert Brown adopted Stephen and...
Bonnie Mae Gregory
Aug 24, 2026
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Doris Jean (Dewey) Bader
Aug 24, 2026
Doris Jean (Dewey) Bader, age 80, passed away on August 24, 2026, after a brief but courageous battle with cancer.
Born on June 1, 1946, in Kansas City, Missouri, Doris was the beloved daughter of Donald L. Dewey and Doris N. (Hutchinson) Dewey. As a child, she experienced the unique adventure of living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, before returning to the...
Marilyn Jean Mack
Aug 23, 2026
Marilyn Jean Mack, 76, of Overland Park, KS and formerly of Port St. Lucie, FL passed away on August 23, 2026 after an eight-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. The family is planning a service and burial at a later date in Stuart, FL.
Marilyn was born on June 8, 1950, in Pittsburgh, PA to Eloine Alfonso and Kathryn Morrison Zorowski. She...
Douglas Wayne Wagster
Aug 23, 2026
Douglas Wayne Wagster, beloved Husband, Father, Son and Uncle passed away 8/23/2026. He was born in Jacksonville, TN on 12/26/1936 to Annie Carolyn Bradberry and John R Wagster. An only child, Douglas attended Fraser High School and joined the Air Force in August of 1955. He enjoyed anything sports and played basketball and football in High School and for his...
Jeremiah "Jeremias" Joseph Zamora
Aug 22, 2026
Jeremy Zamora, 27, grew up in Gardner, KS and moved to Olathe, KS his freshman year of high school and attended Olathe South high school. In high school Jeremy played soccer & LaCrosse.
He was a sports fan. He loved football (Chiefs), baseball (Royals), soccer, but UFC was his favorite. He attended a UFC event in Las Vegas where he got...
Dr. Charles K. Casteel, Sr.
Aug 22, 2026
Charles Kempe Casteel, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, physician, friend, and servant of Christ, was born July 14, 1934, in McAlester, Oklahoma, to Charles Whitt Casteel and Madeline Alice Casteel. An only child, Charles graduated from Atoka High School in 1952 before attending the University of Oklahoma Medical School. He completed his residency at the University of Missouri–Columbia, where he...
Eva Newman
Aug 21, 2026
Eva Layne Newman was born to Walter Fitzgerald Layne and Rebecca (St. Hill) Layne on March 4, 1928, in Camaguey, Cuba. She migrated to Florida in 1956 and later relocated to New York. Eva and Arthur Newman, her future husband, met in Massachusetts round about this time.
Arthur and Eva married in 1964, and the couple settled down in the Boston...
Carina Marie Ficek
Aug 21, 2026
Carina Marie (Obritsch) Ficek 85, went to her eternal heavenly rest on August 21, 2026.
Carina was born June 24, 1941 in Dickinson, ND to Adam and Mary Obritsch.
She was raised and grew up on the family farm, south of South Heart, ND. She attended country school in South Heart and graduated from St. Mary’s Catholic School in New England, ND....
Mark Allan Erwin
Aug 20, 2026
Mark Allan Erwin spent nearly 45 years on the road, working in the church directory business. Different territories, a lot of driving, a lot of meetings. He worked hard because he loved what he did and loved the people he did it with, those in his company and the pastors and congregations he worked alongside for decades. But his family...
Sharon Lee Becker
Aug 20, 2026
Sharon Lee Becker passed away on August 20, 2026, age 83, at Olathe Hospice House.
She was born December 28, 1942 to Louis and Adelaide Scholl. She graduated from Shawnee Mission East and attended Sterling College for two years where she met Ken Becker. They were married in 1962 and moved to Sterling where Ken finished his degree.
Sharon was preceded in...
Steve L. Rosario
Aug 19, 2026
Steve Luis Rosario, age 65, passed away on August 19, 2026 at the University of Kansas Hospital.
He was born on March 26, 1961 in Fort Ord, California.
Steve grew up in a military family and lived in several different places during his youth.
He met his wife, Pam, when they were still in their teens. They were married on January 8, 1983...
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