Denise Whithorne

Denise Leslie Whithorne, 63, passed away surrounded by her family on November 3, 2015 at her home after a courageous battle with leukemia.
A committal service will be held on Friday, November 13, 2015 at 3:00pm at Johnson County Memorial Gardens in Overland Park, KS.

Denise was born May 3, 1952 in Kansas City, KS to John and Martha Jane Whithorne.

She graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1970. Denise began working for the Kansan Newspaper after graduation, and that is where her passion for photography started. She took many sports photos for the Kansan and Kansas City Star newspaper, which included the Kansas City Royals, Kansas City Kings basketball team, and the Kansas City Chiefs.

She enjoyed traveling and using her photographic skills to capture the beauty and elegance in every place she visited. Her favorite place to photograph was her father's home in Oak Ridge, LA.

Before her illness, she worked for DST Argus Health Systems as a pharmacy benefits analyst for 10 years where she made many close friends who stood by her side and encouraged her through her illness. Prior to that, she worked for Hallmark Cards, Prada Net Publishing, Coleridge Design and free-lanced as a graphic designed.

Denise was preceded in death by her father, John Leslie Whithorne. She is survived by her mother, Martha Jane Whithorne, her sisters, Irene Moore, Louisburg, KS, Lori Schmidt (Jim), Kansas City, KS, and Stacy Bersbach (Michael), Olathe, KS, and many nieces and nephews that she adored. She had some of the best friends who embraced her with love, memories and comfort on her last days....Warrior Women.