Lois Deroo
Jan 4, 2014
Lois Vaughn DeRoo, 86, of Olathe, KS, passed away peacefully on January 4, 2014 at Good Samaritan Nursing Center with family by her side.Lois was born on August 23, 1927 to Roy and Nellie (Moore) Purcell in Vincennes, IN. She obtained a bachelor's degree in teaching from Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN) and a Master's in teaching from Butler...
William Murray Schott
Jan 4, 2014
William Murray Schott, 68, passed away January 4, 2014, in his home, surrounded by loved ones, after a long battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his parents, Don and Anne Schott.He is survived by his wife, Debbie; children and spouses Lisa and Jesse Allen, Nadine Schott, Joe and Beth Schott, and Diane Schott; grandchildren Eloise Allen, Zinnia...
Barbara J. Nichols
Jan 4, 2014
Barbara J Nichols , 85, of Olathe, Kansas Barbara was born on December 23, 1928, Forest City, Iowa. She was preceded in death by her husband Jack B. Nichols.She retired from Overland Park Police Department. She was a member of Olathe Christian Church, LaSertoma, and Girl Scouts of America.Barbara is survived by her Daughter, Jan D. (Larry) Hewitt, Daughter, Kathy...
Michael Mcdanield
Jan 3, 2014
Michael Terry McDanield, 51, of Overland Park, KS passed away unexpectedly on Friday, January 3, 2014. Visitation will be held on Friday January 10, 2014 from 5-8 PM at the Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home at 14275 S. Blackbob Rd Olathe, Ks 66062. A Celebration of his life will take place the following morning at 10AM, also at Penwell-Gabel, which will then...
Helen Tansley
Jan 3, 2014
Helen Ernestine Hulcy Tansley was born January 16, 1920 in Osawatomie, Kansas, the daughter of Robert and Hannah Talbert Hulcy. Helen graduated from Osawatomie High School in 1939. She was married to Charles B. Tansley for 31 years, until his death in 1998. Helen is preceded in death by three brothers, four sisters, and her parents. She is survived by...
Sherman Olson
Jan 3, 2014
Sherman Brian Olson, 87, of Lenexa, Kansas, passed away Friday, January 3, 2014. Sherman was born July 1, 1926 in Dwight, IL to Adelbert and Bessie Mae (Berg) Olson. He graduated from Westport High School in Kansas City, MO in 1944 and entered the U.S. Navy.After leaving the service and at the encouragement of his mother, he attended a broadcasting...
Virginia Hutchinson
Jan 3, 2014
Virginia Belle Hutchinson, 94, of Olathe, passed away on January 3, 2014 at Good Samaritan Nursing Center. She was born on March 5, 1919 to Milton Homer and Birdie Elizabeth (King) Embrey at Marshall, MO. On January 29, 1938, she married Wilbur Hutchinson, and together they made their home in Wellsville, KS until moving to the Olathe area in 1957....
Betty Edmunds-Evans
Jan 1, 2014
Betty Jane Edmunds-Evans, age 87, passed away in Kansas City, MO on Jan. 1, 2014. Betty was born in Atlanta, GA on Jan. 7, 1926. She is preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Arthur Edmunds in 2000. She is survived by her second husband of 11 years, Emery Evans and her four children Bill, Ed, Beth and...
Brenda Epperson
Dec 31, 2013
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Mary Worden
Dec 30, 2013
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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
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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...
