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Dr. Odell Friesland

Dr. Odell Friesland

Feb 29, 2024

Dr. Neil Odell Friesland, 54, of Olathe, passed away unexpectedly on February 29, 2024 at University of Kansas Medical Center. He was born on July 24, 1969 to Bobby and Glenda (Bailey) Friesland at Fort Meade, MD. He attended and graduated from Channelview High School, MidAmerica Nazarene University, and the University of Kansas.On August 1,1992 ,he married Amy Lynn (Weathers),...

Ann Hanlon

Ann Hanlon

Feb 28, 2024

Anne's service will be livestreamed at the scheduled service time. Click Here to view the service.Ann E. Hanlon, 75, of Olathe, KS passed away Wednesday, February 28, 2024. Visitation will be at 10:00AM followed by a memorial at 11:00AM Monday, March 11 at Penwell – Gabel, Olathe Chapel.Ann was born January 9th, 1949, in Joplin, MO to John and Emily...

Ryan David Carson Snell

Ryan David Carson Snell

Feb 28, 2024

Ryan's service will be livestreamed at the scheduled service time. Click here to view the service. Ryan David Carson Snell, 22, of Olathe, Kansas, was welcomed into his heavenly home on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. He was born on December 15, 2001 in Kansas City, Missouri to David and Gwendolyn (Shelton) Snell. Ryan was born 3 months early, weighing 1...

Shirley Belle Needels

Shirley Belle Needels

Feb 28, 2024

Shirley Hamilton Needels passed away on February 28th, 2024 in Kansas City, MO. Shirley was born in Pleasanton, KS on March 17, 1941. Her loving parents were Ralph and Evelyn Hamilton. She attended school in Pleasanton and graduated from Prescott Kansas High School in 1959 and then attended Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS. She was a trombone player in the...

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...

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...

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