Lois Jeanne Blake
Feb 27, 2018
Lois Jeanne Blake, 79, of Topeka (formally of Olathe), passed away on February 27, 2018. She was born on April 27, 1938 to Lowell and Mary (Covell) Knee in Dayton, OH. Lois grew up in Phillipsburg, OH and married Alan Stidham in 1956. She was a military wife and mother raising six children. She married Benjamin Blake in 1983. Lois...
Laurence Miles Shaffer
Feb 26, 2018
Laurence M. "Larry" Shaffer was born in Kinsley, Kansas to Ruth and Bud Shaffer. He graduated with a bachelor degree from Kansas State University and a master degree in counseling from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. He devoted his professional life to assisting those with mental illness and found great satisfaction in this line of work. He is...
Luella Lucille Ekberg
Feb 25, 2018
Luella Lucille Ekberg, 97, of Overland Park, KS, formerly of Ottawa, KS, passed away on February 25, 2018 at Olathe Hospice House.She was born on November 5, 1920, to Pete and Ella Sinner in Culbertson, NE.On November 18, 1950, she married Roy Victor Ekberg.Luella was a homemaker, and eventually worked for Foremost Insurance while living in Overland Park. After retirement...
Terry J. Affholder
Feb 25, 2018
Terry J. Affholder, 63, of Stilwell, passed away on February 25, 2018. He was born on September 17, 1954 to Elmer Lee and Jo Ann (Willey) Affholder in Marysville, KS. Terry spent his early childhood in Leavenworth Kansas and most of his school years in Topeka. He was active in the band at Highland Park High School. During his senior...
Verdean Farrell Owens
Feb 24, 2018
Rev. Verdean Farrell Owens passed from this life into his eternal reward on February 24, 2018 in Olathe, Kansas. He was born on June 2, 1928 to Homer Owens, Sr., and Esther (Thornburg) Owens in Huntsville, Indiana. On August 29, 1947 he married Janice Naylor in Modoc, Indiana, she preceded him in death in 1988. On September 9, 1989 he...
Clarissa Ann Carr
Feb 22, 2018
Clarissa Ann Carr, 88, of Gardner, Kansas, formerly of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away February 22, 2018 at the Olathe Medical Center after a short illness.Clarissa was born December 6, 1929, in Waterloo, Iowa to Louis Henry Funk and Clara Belle (Varner) Funk. She grew up in Waterloo, Iowa and graduated from Waterloo West High School in 1948.On June 24,...
Miranda Kay Crum
Feb 21, 2018
Miranda ("Mandy") Kay Crum of Olathe, Kansas began bringing joy, laughter, and love to all that surrounded her on March 17th, 2013. That's right...Mandy Kay born on St. Patty's Day.Her parents, Gregory Trent Crum and Emily Diane Crum (Stephan), dreamed of four children and Mandy was the perfect addition to complete the family. From the beginning, Mandy was strong, independent,...
Bonnie L. Berardi
Feb 21, 2018
Bonnie L. Berardi, 64, of Olathe, passed away on February 21, 2018. She was born on April 26, 1953 to Leon and Dorothy (Quates) Emmert in Joliet, IL.Bonnie grew up in Illinois, graduating from the Joliet Township High Schools in 1972. She then started her career of caring for others while working as a physical therapist assistant at St. Joseph...
Marion A. Hawley
Feb 19, 2018
Marion A. Hawley, 84, of Sunrise Beach, MO (formerly of Olathe, KS) passed away Feb. 19, 2018.Marion was born March 2, 1933 in Milwaukee, WI to Stewart and Gladys Braun, she worked in the Professional Beauty Industry for 33 years, she was always very active in her church.She was preceded in death by her parents and sister, Jean Monfre and...
Robert Wilson Albright
Feb 19, 2018
Robert Wilson Albright, 70, of Kansas City, Missouri and, more recently, Lenexa, Kansas, passed away on February 19, 2018 at his home.He was born on June 27, 1947 to Henry Wilson Albright and Jane Mullen Albright in Trenton, New Jersey. Robert's father was a pastor and his parents instilled in Robert a lifelong love for and devotion to Jesus Christ.Robert...
Marilyn Applegate
Feb 18, 2018
Marilyn Patricia (Pat) Applegate left this earth on February 18, 2018 at the age of 74. She was born in Emporia, Kansas on March 15, 1943 to Richard and Mary Barrett of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. She grew up on a farm east of Cottonwood Falls and graduated from Chase County High School with the class of 1961. After graduation she...
Emma Leigh Lengquist
Feb 16, 2018
Emma Leigh Lengquist, 20, of Olathe, passed away on February 16, 2018. She was born on September 8, 1997 in Tulsa, OK. Emma was born ten weeks early at two pounds, 15 ounces at Tulsa, Oklahoma's Hillcrest Regional Hospital. Chris and Marie Lengquist formally adopted Emma August 20, 2003. She had a great spirit, electric smile and was a great...
Douglas E. Fiscus
Feb 15, 2018
Douglas was born on May 13, 1938 in Marshalltown, Iowa to Leland and Frances Fiscus. He graduated from Union High School in 1956 and went on to study agricultural engineering at Iowa State University obtaining a Bachelor of Science in 1960. From 1960-September 1, 2013 (53 years!) he worked as an environmental and industrial engineer. His career included 3 patents...
Debra D. Lewis
Feb 14, 2018
Debra Dawn (Gates) Lewis, 44, of Olathe, KS passed away Wednesday February 14, 2018. She was born March 2, 1973 in Chanute, KS to Darrell and Gayle Gates. She married Casey Lewis September 7, 1996 with whom she built a wonderful family including two sons, Conor and Brigham. Debra graduated from high school in Burlington, KS in 1991 and received...
Janelle K. Moore
Feb 14, 2018
Janelle was born on December 18, 1951 in Beloit, KS to Walter and Ardis Jones, where she attended a one room school house, Pleasant Plain elementary, and Glen Elder High School. While attending Kansas State University, she met Richard Moore and they proceeded to get married at Glen Elder United Methodist Church in 1971. Rick and Janelle traveled the world...
Bill Gene Mcbee
Feb 13, 2018
Bill G. McBee, 92, of Stilwell, passed away at home on February 13, 2018. He was born on June 11, 1925 to Luther and Hazel (Lane) McBee in Cowgill, MO. Bill grew up in the Kansas City area, spending many summers in Braymer , Mo with grandparents ,aunts, uncles and cousins. Bill married Dorothy Marie (Briggs) on April 20, 1943,...
Julia Lafrance
Feb 12, 2018
Julia "Judy" E. LaFrance, 88, passed away on February 12, 2018, at Olathe Medical Center. Judy was born to Eugene and Edith Mabrey on Sept. 16, 1929 in Pleasant Hill, MO. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul M. LaFrance Jr.; parents; brothers, Paul Sr. and Charles Mabrey. She is survived by her daughters, Cheri Kohler-Moore (Thomas) Olathe,...
Judith Ellen Hayes
Feb 12, 2018
Judith Ellen Hayes, 48, of Overland Park, passed away on February 12, 2018. She was born on May 6, 1969 to Robert and Josephine (Burgar) Golob in Pittsburg, KS.Judith graduated from Colgan High School in 1987, and attended Pittsburg State University, where she graduated with a business degree in 1991, and was part of the Pittsburg State Drill Team. She...
Ginny L. Christian
Feb 11, 2018
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Leroy Joseph Schmidtberger
Feb 10, 2018
LeRoy Joseph Schmidtberger, 85, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on February 10, 2018 in Houston, TX. He was born on March 21, 1932 in Vincent, KS to Nicholas and Katherine Schmidtberger.He grew up on a farm in Vincent, KS. After leaving the farm he worked for Union Pacific Railroad, then joined the Army and because of his railroad experience,...
