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Mason Wyatt Laws

Mason Wyatt Laws

Aug 6, 2022

Mason Wyatt Laws, 26, of Gardner, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2022. He was born on April 18, 1996 in Olathe, Kansas to David and Diana Laws. Mason graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School and had certificates in HVAC from JCCC. His two main passions were comedy and connecting with people online from around the world, especially...

Lois Irene Kirkman

Lois Irene Kirkman

Aug 6, 2022

Lois Kirkman, 42, of Olathe, Ks, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at home surrounded by her family. A Memorial Service will be held on August 12, 2022, at 11:00 am, at the Olathe Chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 15915 W. 143rd Street. Her survivors include her father, Tracy Dean Kirkman; her Grandma, Connie...

Laura Ann Fenner

Laura Ann Fenner

Aug 6, 2022

Laura Ann Fenner, 49, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2022. She was born on July 17, 1973 in Independence, Missouri. Her parents were Robert and Debra (Sexton) Cook. Laura spent her elementary school years in Tonganoxie, Kansas, and she graduated in 1991 from Blue Valley High School.She was married to Christopher Fenner on March 1, 1997...

Evelyn Joyce Diener

Evelyn Joyce Diener

Aug 4, 2022

Evelyn Joyce Diener, age 101, passed away in St. Petersburg, Florida on August 4, 2022. Evelyn was born September 23, 1920 in Sarcoxie, MO to Thomas and Mae Moore. She married Monroe Harding Diener on April 24, 1948 in Joplin, MO. and together they had one daughter Nancy Kay. They resided in Kansas City, MO where Monroe worked for General...

David Dwain Kite

David Dwain Kite

Aug 3, 2022

David Dwain Kite, born June 25, 1952, passed away on August 3, 2022, after a 9 month battle with pancreatic cancer.He was born in Madison, Texas to Mary Glass Kite and Dwain Rayne Kite. After a short stint in St Louis, the family moved to North Kansas City. He graduated from Oak Park High School in 1970 and proceeded to...

Renate K. Voepel

Renate K. Voepel

Aug 3, 2022

Wife, Mom, Oma, Mother-in-law, and loyal friend….she had many roles and all were built on a foundation of love.Renate K. Voepel was the heart of this family and that heart stopped beating on August 3rd, 2022, while she was surrounded by her family and wrapped in an insurmountable amount of love.Renate was born on November 16, 1935 in Mülheim Ruhr,...

Gregory Bruce Duck

Gregory Bruce Duck

Aug 1, 2022

May 12, 1956 ~ August 1, 2022Greg was born to Chester & Pauline Duck on May 12, 1956 in Kansas City, Missouri. He resided most of his adult life in Olathe, Kansas. After graduating from Olathe High School and the University of Kansas with a degree in military science, he accepted a commission into the United States Navy as a...

Kristine J. Long

Kristine J. Long

Aug 1, 2022

Kristine "Kristi" Janette LongOctober 17, 1972 — August 1, 2022Kristine "Kristi" Janette Long passed away August 1, 2022 surrounded by loved ones and prayer at Kansas City Hospice. Kristi was a loving wife, a caring mother, a dependable friend and a faithful servant of God. Kristi was born at Naval Regional Medical Center, Great Lakes, IL, and grew up in...

Jeffrey K. Rauenzahn, Jr.

Jeffrey K. Rauenzahn, Jr.

Jul 29, 2022

Jeffrey K. Rauenzahn, Jr., 47, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2022. He was born on November 21, 1974 in Reading, Pennsylvania to Jeffrey and Shirli (Sedgebeer) Rauenzahn. Jeff moved to the Kansas City area when he was two years old. He went to Olathe South High School and earned a B.S. in Advertising from the University...

Max Clay Mcmillan

Max Clay Mcmillan

Jul 28, 2022

Max Clay McMillian – dedicated husband, father, grandfather, and friend passed away in his sleep at home in Olathe, Kansas on July 28, 2022. Max graduated from high school in Rapid City, South Dakota, and then attended the University of Northern Colorado. Max earned his master's degree in education administration from the University of Colorado. Max spent his 31-year career...

John Philip Warner

John Philip Warner

Jul 28, 2022

John Philip Warner, 78, died due to complications of Parkinson's disease, surrounded by family, July 28, 2022, at Santa Marta in Olathe, KS. He was born December 3, 1943, at Parris Island, SC, to Harold and Marie Warner, and grew up enjoying summers on the family farm in Indiana.John graduated from Bowling Green State University, class of 1965. Upon graduation,...

Larry Roger Kohns

Larry Roger Kohns

Jul 27, 2022

Larry R. Kohns, 78, of Olathe, passed away on July 27, 2022. He was born on January 30, 1944 to Paul and Austrid Kohns in Cherokee, IA. Larry worked as a Civil Engineer for Black and Veatch for over 45 years, until his retirement in 2017. He enjoyed visits with relatives, time at the family farm, walks in the park,...

Mary Keith Burns

Mary Keith Burns

Jul 27, 2022

Mary Keith Riegle Burns passed away on July 27, 2022. She began life on September 13, 1933, born the youngest of four children to Roy Wilford Riegle Sr. and Keith Maria Roberts Riegle.The child of an army colonel, she lived in multiple places during her childhood but always called her birthplace of Emporia, Kansas, home. Mary Keith graduated from Kansas...

Edith G. Gerstenmier

Edith G. Gerstenmier

Jul 24, 2022

Edith Gerstenmier, age 93, passed away peacefully on July 24, 2022. She was born November 5, 1928 in Newark, NJ. She married the love of her life, Raymond L. Gerstenmier in July of 1948, who preceded her in death in 2002. She was the sister of the later Eunice Cullen who passed away on August 29, 2021.Edith was the beloved...

M. Pauline Russell

M. Pauline Russell

Jul 24, 2022

Marjorie Pauline Russell, 90, Olathe, KS, passed peacefully on July 24, 2022. Born in Vinland, Kansas to Oscar and Elizabeth Homan, Pauline is survived by her brother LeRoy (Mary) Homan of Baldwin, Kansas; daughter Pam (Doug)Perrin of Olathe, Kansas; daughter Patty (Tom) Kahle of Chenoa, Illinois; grandchildren Leslie Kohman, Wyatt Kahle, and Kelly Kahle; and great grandchildren Kyle and Cora...

Connie Kay Downing

Connie Kay Downing

Jul 23, 2022

Connie Kay Downing was born Constance Kay Plummer and she made a mean sugar cookie. Just the right amount of lemon zest in the cookie and just the right amount of powdered sugar in the icing. Crispy edges and ever so soft in the middle without losing their structural integrity. The dough needs to be frozen the night before and...

Pamela Sue Thomas

Pamela Sue Thomas

Jul 23, 2022

Pamela Sue Thomas passed away July 23, 2022.She was born on July 15, 1952 in Versailles, MO. She was preceded in death by her husband John "Larry" Thomas and her parents Carl "Herb" Taylor and Lois Dean Taylor.She is survived by her son John "Collin" Thomas (Ashley) and her granddaughter Addie Rose Thomas. She is also survived by her sister...

J.C. Brown

J.C. Brown

Jul 22, 2022

Jay C. Brown, 74, of Olathe, passed away on July 22, 2022. He was born on December 14, 1947 to Bob T. and Clydena (Rachels) Brown in Stigler, OK. He graduated from Choctaw High School in Choctaw, Oklahoma, where he ran Cross Country. After graduation he enlisted in the Army and proudly served our country in Vietnam from 1966-1969 and...

Carol C. Castaldo

Carol C. Castaldo

Jul 20, 2022

Carol C. Castaldo, 82, of Stilwell, KS, passed away on July 20, 2022 at Riverbend Post-Acute Rehabilitation Center in Kansas City, KS. She was born on November 4, 1939, in Cold Springs, NY to Rutherford and Vera (Harris) Rose, the youngest of twelve. In April of 1959, she married the love of her life, Vincent John "Jim" Castaldo, and they...

Larry Leo Hollingshead

Larry Leo Hollingshead

Jul 20, 2022

Larry Leo Hollingshead, 75, of Stilwell, passed away on July 20, 2022 at his home, surrounded by family. He was born on August 27, 1946 to Wilford and Tracy (Hicks) Hollingshead at Merced, CA. Larry lived most of his life in the Kansas City area. He served in the United States Army from 1965-1968 and did one tour in Vietnam....

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