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Anita L. Knettle
Sep 8, 2018
In Loving Memory ofAnita Louise (O'Brien) Knettle 1937 – 2018Anita Louise Knettle (81) passed away on September 8, 2018. She was born January 7, 1937 in St. Paul, Kansas. She grew up with five brothers and sisters and lived in several Midwest towns as her father was relocated while working for the Katy railroad. By the time she entered high...
Dorothy Justice
Sep 8, 2018
Dorothy "Joan" Justice, 88, formerly of Arbor Vitae, Wisconsin, passed away peacefully Saturday, September 8, 2018 in Olathe, Kansas. Joan was born October 28, 1929 in Philadelphia, PA to Walter Shreiner and Dorothy Lienhardt. Joan attended Philadelphia High School for Girls and graduated in 1947 before attending a trade school in Philadelphia where she learned short hand. She participated in...
Charra King Langley
Sep 7, 2018
Charra Langley, retired mother, grandmother, and resident of Elberta, Alabama, died on September 7, 2018 at the age of 68 while battling cancer. Charra is survived by her three daughters Emily Allison, Robin Kessler, and Leah Langley; her brother Tim King; and her four grandchildren Madison Walsh, Brett Walsh, Brylee Kessler, and Erik Morck. She is preceded in death by...
David H. Trogdon
Sep 5, 2018
David H Trogdon 86, of Overland Park, KS passed away peacefully on September 5, 2018 in his sleep. David was born May 13, 1932 to Maurine and Ralph Trogdon in Kansas City, MO. David was an Eagle Scout of the Tribe of Mic-O-Say. He graduated from Paseo High School in 1949. Dave was a veteran. He joined the US Navy...
Timothy E. Johnson
Sep 4, 2018
Timothy E. Johnson, 46, of Olathe, KS passed suddenly Tuesday September 4, 2018 in his sleep. A visitation for family and friends will be from 12-2PM Saturday September 8 at Penwell-Gabel, Olathe Chapel where Military Honors will be at 2:15PM. Tim was born September 22, 1971 in Burgaw, NC to Dennis Johnson and Pansy Brinkley. He graduated from Pender High...
Sharon Joanne Howard
Aug 31, 2018
Sharon Joanne (Spencer) Howard, 59, of Overland Park, passed away on August 31 from pancreatic cancer. She was born in Kansas City, MO, on September 3, 1958, to Ronald and Catherine Spencer. Sharon started playing nurse as a young child by taking her dolls outside and pretending they were in a hospital. After graduating from Raytown High School in 1976,...
Christine Ann Cox
Aug 31, 2018
Christine "Tina" Ann Cox, 72, of Olathe, passed away on August 31, 2018. She was born on March 4, 1946 to Friedrich and Anni (Kreienkamp) Springer in Regensburg, Germany. Tina was brought up in Germany. She came to the United States in 1964. She gave birth to a daughter, Patty, in 1965 and a son, Richard Todd, in 1967. After...
Deen A. Ruppelius
Aug 30, 2018
Deen Arthur Ruppelius (79) passed away August 30, 2018. He was born June 11, 1939 in Kansas City Kansas to Floyd and Elfreida Ruppelius. He grew up in Olathe with his brother and two sisters in a big white house on Chestnut Street, a funeral home owned by his father, an undertaker/funeral director and his mother, a registered nurse who...
James Francis Donahue
Aug 25, 2018
James "Jim" Francis Donahue, 51, of Kansas City, MO, passed away August 25, 2018 at his home. Private services will be held.
Marsha Mae Butler
Aug 24, 2018
Marsha (Kellogg) Butler, 63, of Olathe, Kansas passed away on Friday, August 24, 2018 at the Olathe Medical Center after a brief illness.Marsha was born on May 31, 1955 to Charles and Edna Kellogg in Iola, Kansas. She attended Pittsburg public schools and received her Bachelors and Masters degrees at Pittsburg State University. Marsha spend her entire career in elementary...
Marilyn Elise Walker
Aug 24, 2018
Marilyn Elise "Kitty" Walker, 91, of Olathe, Kansas, went to heaven on the morning of August 24, 2018 at Evergreen Community of Johnson County. Marilyn was born on October 23, 1926 to Charlie "Claire" Wight and Helen W. (Bishop) Wight in Madison County, Iowa, near Winterset. At the age of 16, Marilyn began working as a clerk at Equitable Life...
Max Vincent Dalsing
Aug 23, 2018
Max Vincent Dalsing, 84, of Olathe, passed away on August 23, 2018 at his home. He was born on June 23, 1934 to Vincent and Alice Dalsing in Oneida, Kansas. Max spent his career as a high school teacher, and a college professor. On August 20, 1956, he married Eleanor Lynn (Jones). Max and Eleanor lived in Olathe. He was...
Raymond Joseph Shute, Jr.
Aug 22, 2018
Raymond Joseph Shute, Jr., 67, of Olathe, passed away on August 22, 2018 at Olathe Medical Center.He was born on February 9, 1951 to Raymond Joseph Shute and Adeline Shute in Chicago, Illinois. Raymond was the beloved husband of Anka Shute, married for over 47 years. He was the loving father of Raymond Christopher and wife Christine, and the extremely...
Carl Calvin Rondinelli
Aug 18, 2018
Well loved husband, father, grandfather and brother, Carl Rondinelli, 75, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away peacefully at the Olathe Hospice House on August 18, 2018. He bravely battled liver disease for the past two years. He was the son of Joseph Rondinelli and Eileen Cox Rondinelli, born in Denver, Colorado, on June 22nd, 1943. He married his high school sweetheart,...
Ronald F. Baker
Aug 17, 2018
Ronald F. Baker died on August 17, 2018 after surviving two battles with cancer and finally succumbing to the results of Alzheimer's. He is survived by his wife Barbara Watson Baker of the home, son Keith and wife Vicki, sons Kenneth and Greg Baker and four children.Ron was a graduate of Bonner Springs, Kansas High School and the University of...
Michael L Crumly
Aug 16, 2018
Michael L. Crumly, 69, of Lenexa, KS, passed away August 16, 2018.He was born October 21, 1948 to Max and Dorothy (Hubbard) Crumly in Marshalltown, IA.Michael served our country in the U.S. Navy, and went on to enjoy a career in sales, and was employed with M.L. Crumly & Associates.He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Olathe,...
Richard W. Urish
Aug 16, 2018
Richard W. Urish, 91, of Olathe, KS (formerly of Topeka) passed away Thursday, August 16, 2018. A graveside service and inurnment will be 11:00 am Monday, August 27, 2018 at Mount Hope Cemetery with lunch to follow at First Congregational Church. Richard was born January 2, 1927 in Scranton, KS, the son of William and Florence Urish. Richard graduated from...
Shirley Kathleen Hoffman
Aug 14, 2018
Shirley K. Hoffman, loving mom, sister, aunt, and Grammie passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, August14, 2018. She was preceded in death by her husband Paul in July 2015, and her parents, Hoover andLola (Powles) McKenzie. She is survived by her two daughters, Terri and Anne, son-in-law, Jamie, herthree grandchildren, Drew, Mady & Brady, who were her pride and joy, her brother...
Nona Shanks
Aug 14, 2018
Nona Shanks, 82, passed away on Aug. 13, 2018 at her home in Overland Park, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her son, Greg Shanks, and by the father of her children, Harry Shanks. She is survived by her husband, Dick Siley, of the home; her daughters Sherry (Tom) Gray of Thornton, Colorado, Kelly (Mark) Tredway of Olathe, Kansas,...
Louis F. Rhodes
Aug 14, 2018
Louis "Buddy" Rhodes, whose sharp wit and wry smile touched us all, was born May 17th, 1934 in New Orleans, Louisiana and died August 14th, 2018 in Overland Park, Kansas. He was born to Louis and Marguerite Rhodes who raised Buddy across the river in Gretna. As a teenager, Buddy joined his fraternity brother, Stanley Stump, on a double date...
