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Alma Hauser
Dec 29, 2013
Alma Joyce Hauser of Olathe Kansas passed away December 29th 2013 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 2nd 2014 at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, Olathe KS. Joyce was born July 14th 1933, in Iowa City Iowa. For the last five years or so she has resided in Olathe, KS and over the last...
Joann Ball
Dec 28, 2013
JoAnn Boyer Ball passed away on Saturday, December 28, 2013. She was 84 years of age. JoAnn was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, on Christmas Day of 1929. She attended school in Fort Scott, Paola, and Olathe, where she participated in choirs. She was graduated from Olathe High School in 1947. She met her husband, Cliff, in a Presbyterian Sunday...
Marilyn Sanders
Dec 27, 2013
Marilyn Rhoades Sanders, 58, departed our world to join her husband December 27, 2013. She passed, after a brief illness,in the quiet solitude of her farm in Lane, Kansas, which she so dearly loved and had shared with her husband. Marilyn was born in Kansas City, Mo. June 7, 1955. She lived her life in Olathe, Kansas and Lane Kansas....
Ellen Hilton
Dec 27, 2013
Ellen L. Hilton, 86, of Olathe, Kansas passed away December 27, 2013, at Good Samaritan Center in Olathe. Ellen was born April 17, 1927, in Tenino, Washington, the daughter of Ruth Keene. Ellen's life was one filled with hardship, but through it all, she remained strong and good and resilient, always keeping her dreams close, a hopeful spirit alive and...
Rose Marie Wherry
Dec 26, 2013
An obituary for Rose Marie Wherry will be available shortly. To leave a message of condolence for her family, visit the guestbook below.
Beatrice Morris
Dec 26, 2013
Beatrice E. Morris, 95, of Olathe, KS passed away Dec. 26th. At Villa St. Francis.In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to the Olathe Trailblazers Special Olympics Team c/o Olathe Parks and Rec. She was preceded in death by her Husband William "Bunt" Morris, her parents Guy and Gertrude Coulter, and her brother Charles Coulter.She is survived by her...
Patrick Burk Jr.
Dec 25, 2013
Patrick "Pat" H. Burk, Jr. 58, passed away Dec. 25, 2013. Patrick was born to Patrick H. Burk, Sr. and Mary C. McCollough Burk on March 8, 1955 in Council Bluffs, IA. Patrick was preceded in death by his father and his wife Karen K. Wendt Burk.Patrick worked 13 years with the Olathe School District as a Security Officer and...
Barbara Werner
Dec 19, 2013
BARBARA JEAN WERNER, age 86, accepted the hand of her Lord Jesus, on December 19, 2013. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Church of the Resurrection. Barbara Werner was born on November 27, 1927 to Raymond and Ethel Hatch in Topeka, Kansas. She grew up in the country and attended a two-room school house through the 8th...
Donna Shurling
Dec 15, 2013
DONNA E. SHURLING, age 69, passed away December 15, 2013 at home in Olathe, KS surrounded by her family. Donna Shurling was born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on December 11th, 1944 to William & Lenore Leyer. Her father was in the transportation industry and they moved around alot, especially in the upper Midwest. She met Edwin Enger in high...
Margie Sager
Dec 12, 2013
Margie Ray Sager age 88, of Lenexa, Kansas formally of Hays, Kansas, passed away on December 12, 2013. Margie was born August 3, 1925, in Wichita, KS to Charles and Maudlee Ray. She was a homemaker and member and former President of Hays United Methodist Women. She was also very active with the IH Chapter of PEO, where she also...
Rene` Knapp
Dec 11, 2013
Rene` Knapp, 63, of Olathe, Kansas passed away December 11, 2013 at her home. Daughter of Ted and Martha Barker, Rene` was born January 19, 1950. She was preceded in death by her father, Ted; mother, Martha; son, Ryan; mother in-law, Mildred; and father in-law, Charles.She is survived by her husband, Tom and daughter, Lisa.In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions...
B. "Leon" Sorenson
Dec 9, 2013
B. "Leon" Sorenson, 85, of Olathe, KS passed away Monday Dec. 9, 2013 at the Olathe Medical Center. Leon was born March 5, 1928, in Solomon, Kansas, to Andy and Eva Neaderhiser Sorenson. He was the younger brother to Betty Sorenson. He lived in Solomon, through high school. He had the choice of being drafted into the Army out of...
Grayson Corder
Dec 8, 2013
Grayson Sterling Corder was born on Sunday, December 8, 2013. He was 3 lbs. 8.9 oz and was 15.25 inches long. Shortly after his birth, Grayson passed peacefully in the arms of his father and mother, Scott and Melissa Corder of Olathe, KS. His paternal grandparents were Larry and Susan Corder of Battlefield, MO and his maternal grandparents were Bruce...
Elden Miller
Dec 8, 2013
Elden Keith Miller, 86, of Olathe, Kansas passed away December 8, 2013 at home. Elden was born on May 2, 1927, in Wilson, KS.He attended Sunflower Country School, and graduated from Dorrance High School. Upon graduation enlisted in the Army in 1945.After the service, he worked in the oil fields in Russell, KS, he drove a Standard Oil Tanker, and...
Wanda May (Mcdaniel) Garwood
Dec 8, 2013
Wanda May McDaniel Garwood, 81, of Olathe,KS passed away on December 8, 2013 at Kansas City Hospice House. Wanda was born on August 23, 1932 at Terlton, OK, the youngest child of John and Dena McDaniel. She graduated from Jennings High School, and Oklahoma A & M College (OSU) where she earned a B.S. degree in Business and Secretarial Administration....
Shirley Hauseman Nordhem
Dec 4, 2013
Shirley Hauseman NordhemShirley Nordhem, 93, of Leawood, KS, formerly of Kenilworth, IL, and Savannah, GA, passed away peacefully on Dec. 4, 2013. She will be honored at the Holiday Remembrance Service at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home in Olathe at 7 PM, Dec. 17. A memorial service and interment will take place this summer at the Kenilworth Union Church. The family thanks...
Reverend Dewayne Parks
Dec 4, 2013
REVEREND Dewayne Parks, age 69, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on December 4, 2013. Please see service and visitation information below. Memorials are suggested to the Indian Creek Community Church Benevolence Fund.Dewayne was born July 16, 1944 in Hattiesburg, MS to Hollie and Olivia Parks. He was called to the ministry early in his career, which...
Craig Mclain
Dec 1, 2013
Craig McLain, 38, of Olathe, KS, died December 1st, as a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was born on May 23, 1975 in Olathe, Kansas, the son of Michael and Mary (Julie) McLain. He worked as a project manager at Insulite Glass Company.He enjoyed being with friends and family, riding his motorcycle, attending concerts, and caring...
Janice Takaishi
Nov 25, 2013
Janice Carol Takaishi went peacefully to be with our Lord, November 25, 2013 while at home surrounded by family after a short and fierce battle with cancer. She is survived by the love of her life, her husband of 43 1/2 years, Tadashi. She is also survived by their three adoring daughters, Mary and partner Cindy, Jessica Weitkamp and husband...
Frederick Swischer
Nov 25, 2013
Frederick "Fritz" Swischer, 71, of Kansas City, MO passed away Monday Nov. 25, 2013 at Pinnacle Ridge Nursing and Rehab Center.In lieu of flowers the family suggests contributions to Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections at the Miller Nichols Library, UMKC.Fritz was born April 6, 1942 in Wichita, KS to Harold and Doris Swischer. As a young child Fritz showed an...
