Joshua Whitmore
Oct 21, 2014
Joshua Whitmore, 33, passed away peacefully on Oct 21, 2014. He is survived by parents Randy (Sharie) Whitmore and Brenda (Tom) Cross; and sisters Jennifer Whitmore, Whitney Miller, and Kristeen Clay. The family will receive friends for a visitation at 2 pm on Saturday at Penwell Gabel Olathe Chapel. A memorial service will follow at 3 PM.
Eugene Bryant
Oct 19, 2014
Eugene "Gene" Bryant, 89, of Chanute, KS passed away Sunday, October 19, 2014 at his home.He was born August 17, 1925 in Marion County, GA, the eldest of 10 children. Gene proudly served in the US Army Air Corps and the US Air Force during WWII and the Korean conflict. He held degrees in Business, Psychology and Divinity and utilized...
Mary Overfelt
Oct 14, 2014
Mary Overfelt, 94, passed away October 14, 2014. She was born in PA on May 18, 1920. After serving as a WAVE in WW II, Mary moved to Kansas City to work as an airline hostess for TWA. She married Charles Overfelt in 1948. Mary began to sell real estate in the 1960s and later owned Overfelt Realty. She developed...
Wyatt Punzo
Oct 11, 2014
Wyatt Ethan Punzo, 18, of Olathe, Kansas passed away October 11, 2014. Wyatt was born October 24, 1995. He graduated from Olathe North Class of 2014. He was well loved by many friends and family. He always put everyone before himself. We will miss his sense of humor and his smile. He was preceded in death by his mother Vanessa...
Barbara Tracy
Oct 11, 2014
Barbara Jeanette Tracy, 83 of Olathe, KS, died Saturday, October 11, 2014 at Shawnee Gardens, Shawnee, KS. She was born February 14, 1931 in Wellington, Kansas to Arthur Vivian Nutt and Marie Elizabeth Charlotte (Schultz) Nutt. Barbara married Roy Edward Tracy in 1949, and they moved to Olathe, Kansas in 1960. She was preceded in death by her husband of...
Anthony Oley
Oct 10, 2014
Anthony Martín Oley, 77, of Olathe, Kansas, passed way Friday, October 10, 2014. Anthony was born June 29, 1937 in Patterson, New Jersey to Anthony and Amelia Monaco-Oley. In his early life, Anthony was a proud United States Marine. After being honorably discharged, Anthony then pursued and successfully retrieved his pilot's license. This profession would not pan out as there...
Kristen Nicole Madsen
Oct 10, 2014
Kristen Nicole Madsen was born March 9, 1990 in Phoenix Arizona. She grew up in Rockwall, Texas and moved to Overland Park, Kansas at the age of 12. She graduated from Blue Valley High School in 2008. She had an infectious laugh and loved life. Although the demon of drug abuse took her life early, she will always be loved...
Raymond Hill
Oct 9, 2014
The Broken ChainBy Ron TrammerWe little knew that day,God was going to call your name.In life we loved you dearly,In death, we do the same.It broke our hearts to lose you.You did not go alone.For part of us went with you,The day God called you home.You left us beautiful memories,Your love is still our guide.And although we cannot see you,You...
Kent Petersen
Oct 9, 2014
Kent Alan Petersen, 67, Olathe, passed away Friday, October 9, 2014 at St. Luke's Hospice House where he had been a patient for one day. He was transferred there from KUMed where he had been hospitalized for 11 days. Kent had battled multiple myeloma for nearly 8 years and had such a desire to beat the disease and continue living,...
Morgan Ealom
Oct 9, 2014
Morgan Deanne Ealom, 15, of Overland Park, KS passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, October 9, 2014. Morgan was born July 29, 1999 to Michael and Marcia Ealom in Overland Park, KS. She was a sophomore at Olathe East High School, previously attended California Trail Middle School and Bentwood Elementary. "Mighty Morgan", a name she so live up too,...
Charles Mccaughey
Oct 7, 2014
CHARLES "CHUCK" EDWARD McCaughey, age 21, passed away October 7, 2014 in Tampa, Florida. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to The Charles McCaughey Memorial Fund, in care of 24908 W. 91st Place, Lenexa, KS 66227. Chuck was born on June 2, 1993 in Quincy, Illinois to Jeff and Lisa McCaughey. He was a 2011 graduate of St. James...
Tressa M. Pitts
Oct 7, 2014
Tressa Mae Pitts, 93, passed away on October 7, 2014 at her home in Olathe. She was born on March 21, 1921 to George and Elizabeth (Root) Sutlief in Olathe, KS. Tressa is survived by her loving children, Margaret (Stan) Endecott and Elizabeth (Frank) Van De Kerkhove, Clifford Pitts, Martin (Edna) Pitts, Patricia (Bill) Gordon, Sandra (Frank) Riekhof, Donna (Larry)...
Herbert F. Shultz, Sr.
Oct 7, 2014
Herbert F. Shultz, Sr., age 77, passed away October 7, 2014 at Kansas City Hospice House. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Children's Transportation Fund, Abdallah Shrine or the Kansas City Hospice House. Herb was born November 16, 1936 in Kansas City, KS. He served our country in the U.S. Army Reserves, and retired as a plant...
Melba Schmidtberger
Oct 5, 2014
Melba Catherine Schmidtberger, 80, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away October 5, 2014 in Houston, TX. Melba was born January 6, 1934, in Pfeifer, Kansas, to Wendelin and Pauline Schmidt. She married Leroy Schmidtberger on June 19, 1954. Together they worked and raised their family in Hays, KS. She was preceded in death by her parents, a sister Margola, and...
Courtney Marie Beck
Oct 5, 2014
Courtney Marie Beck, nee Nelson, 49, of Olathe, KS, passed away on October 5, 2014 at home surrounded by her family and loved ones. Courtney graduated from Olathe South High School in 1983, and soon after married the love of her life, Leon Beck Jr (Lonnie), with whom she had three children, Lauren, Lee and Lacey. Courtney spent all of...
Richard Poeschl
Oct 3, 2014
Richard Lee Poeschl was born to Adrian and Gloria (Swanson) Poeschl on April 1st 1949 in Oakland, Nebraska. He passed away October 3rd, 2014 at the home of his son Clint and his wife Sarah in Overland Park, Kansas.Rich grew up in West Point, NE. until the first grade when the family moved to Elkhorn, NE. He graduated from Wahoo...
Sally J. Dwyer
Oct 3, 2014
Sally J. Dwyer, 80, of Spring Hill, Kansas, died Friday, October 3, 2014 at her home, Seven Oaks Ranch, surrounded by her family. Sally was born November 19, 1933 to James and Betty Larkin in Kansas City, MO. She graduated from Southwest High School in Kansas City, MO in 1951 and from Gulf Park College in Gulf Port, MS in...
Joycele Hemphill
Oct 2, 2014
Joycele Hemphill passed away after a brief bout with cancer on October 2, 2014, at the age of 59. Joycele was born on March 18, 1955 in Stillwater, Oklahoma to Nettie Ellen Campbell Hemphill and Samuel Floyd Hemphill. Joycele graduated from C.E. Donart (Stillwater) High School in 1973. She proudly edited her high school yearbook, Confusion '73, which won many...
Trevor Fuqua
Sep 30, 2014
Trevor Wade Fuqua (Trev), 41, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on September 30, 2014, at his brother's home in Olathe, KS. Trevor was born on March 12, 1973, in Wichita, KS, to Rob and Judie Fuqua. He graduated from Northwest High School in Wichita in 1992, where he was a goalie for the soccer team and on the swim...
