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Richard Deane Thomas, Jr.
Apr 23, 2022
Richard Deane Thomas, Jr., age 56, passed away April 23, 2022 in Olathe Hospice House.On April 23, 2022, Richard Deane Thomas, Jr, received perfect heavenly peace, "to be absent from the body and present with the Lord." II Corinthians 5:8He was born June 29, 1965 in Kansas City, KS to Richard and Aline Thomas. He graduated from Washington High School...
Phylis Deisher
Apr 21, 2022
Phylis Jean Millard was born on December 29, 1945 to parents, George and Ada Millard. Her siblings included older sister Marilyn, twin brother Phil and youngest sister Barbra. She attended Bethany Nazarene College and received her Master's Degree in Nursing from Wichita State University. She was married to Francis Lee Deisher on September 1, 1973. Phylis had three children and...
Theo A. Kiker
Apr 21, 2022
Theo Arlen Kiker, 90, of Olathe, KS passed away April 21, 2022 at his home. He was born on November 22, 1931 to his parents Marlett and Gladyce Kiker in Frederick, OK. He attended Weaver rural school and finished his schooling at New Mexico Military Institute. He served in the US Army 1953-1955 stationed at Fort Sam Houston in San...
Vernal Ray Gerber
Apr 18, 2022
Vernal Ray Gerber, of Olathe, KS passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 18, 2022, at the Olathe Health Hospice House. Vernal was born on November 18, 1953, in Jefferson City, Missouri to Christ and Erma (Austeel) Gerber. Vernal was a pilot for over 40 years beginning in Fort Leonard Wood, MO in 1979. He began flying in Kansas...
Catherine L. Smith
Apr 15, 2022
Catherine "Cathy" L. Smith passed away early Friday morning, April 15, 2022, after fighting cancer with close family by her side. Cathy was born Oct. 16, 1956, at Hamilton AFB, CA, to Jo (Cumley) and Ray Smith. Although Cathy considered Olathe her hometown, because her father was in the Air Force, Cathy's school years were spent in a variety of...
Shirlie Mae Klarkowski
Apr 12, 2022
Shirlie Mae (Walsh) Klarkowski, 76, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away peacefully on April 12, 2022 surrounded by her loved ones. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota on January 16, 1946, Shirlie was the daughter of the late Norm and Opal (Munger) Walsh.Shirlie's love for her husband, children and grandchildren was a significant part of her life. Spending time with them gave...
Lloyd A. Mitterling
Apr 11, 2022
Lloyd A. Mitterling, 97, of Overland Park, Kansas, received his angel wings at his home on Monday, April 11, 2022.He was born on April 11, 1925 in Pierceton, Indiana to Fred and Ruth Mitterling.Lloyd was a World War II veteran and achieved the rank of Technical Sargent in the Signal Corp of the Army and fought in the South Pacific...
Robert F. Rockers
Apr 11, 2022
Robert "Bob" Francis Rockers, AKA "Animal", 69, formerly of Osawatomie, Kansas, passed away on April 11, 2022 at his home.He was born on June 8, 1952 to Anthony and Joan (Landwehr) Rockers in Ottawa, Kansas. He served our country in the US Marine Corps prior to beginning his career as a framer.He was a member of the Fraternal Order of...
Tima Sue Bjorkback
Apr 10, 2022
Tima Sue Bjorkback passed away at her home in Overland Park KS on April 10th, 2022. Sue was born January 16th, 1926, in Emporia, KS to George Lee and Goldie Beatrice Russell. Sue spent most of her life in Emporia, and the rest of her life wanting to move back, as it was her home. She worked in the office...
Patrick Dennis Gossen
Apr 9, 2022
Patrick Dennis Gossen 8/27/43- 4/9/22 Pat grew up in Rock Rapids, Iowa, a small town, where everyone there knew the Gossen boys. Pat and his big brother Ladell had many boyhood adventures, playing football on the courthouse lawn, fishing in the Rock River and jumping across the "stepping- stones," generally getting into little boy trouble. He graduated from Central Lyon...
Suzanne Lenahan
Apr 9, 2022
Suzanne Lenahan, 79, a long-time resident of Lenexa, KS., died April 9, 2022 at Olathe Hospice House, Olathe, KS.Suzanne was born October 20, 1942 in Kansas City, MO., to James Richard Lenahan and Helen Pauline (Laughlin) Lenahan. Her early years were spent in DeSoto and Eudora, KS. She graduated from Eudora High School and Saint Mary College where she earned...
Richard W. Temple, Ii
Apr 7, 2022
Richard W. Temple II, 67, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2022. He was born on January 2, 1955 in Kansas City, Missouri to Richard and Doris (Heldt) Temple. Richard spent his early childhood in Wichita, KS, later moving back to Leawood, KS. He attended Shawnee Mission East High School and JCCC. He married his wife, Cheryl,...
Jeffrey Lee Waller
Apr 6, 2022
Jeffrey Lee Waller, 68, of Spring Hill, KS passed Wednesday, April 6, 2022.He is survived by his daughter Kerry (Ben) of Richardson, Texas, his son, Alexander (Lindsay) of DeSoto, Kansas, his mother Betty Waller of St. Joseph, Missouri, and brother Stephen (Jane), of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He had 5 grandchildren; Ava, Soren, Elijah, Galileo, and Marina and five nieces and...
Glena Mae Ewing
Apr 6, 2022
Glena Mae (Wright) Ewing passed away April 6, 2022. She was born December 25, 1924, to John and Alpha Wright in Miller County, Missouri. She was a teacher and director of Spring Hill preschool in its initiation for 15 years. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and in the Quilting Circle. She served on the Johnson County...
Georgene Marie Weber
Apr 5, 2022
Georgene Marie Weber, 80, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. She was born on June 3, 1941 in Ulysses, Kansas to George and Mary (Trafton) Hampton. Georgene grew up in and graduated in Ulysses, KS. She met her husband Ken Weber when he got transferred to Ulysses for his job. They were married soon after...
Frances M. Otis
Apr 4, 2022
Frances May Fisher was born September 21, 1939 to Willis A. and Elizabeth Claire (Adams) Fisher of White City, Kansas. Frances graduated valedictorian of the White City High School class of 1957. After high school, Frances attended Brown Mackie College in Wichita, Kansas. She worked as a secretary for the Tri-County United Methodist Church Parish office and retired as secretary...
Albert Dean Kutschara
Apr 4, 2022
Albert Dean Kutschara, 82, of Olathe, passed away on April 4, 2022. He was born on December 25, 1939 in Alliance, NE to the late Albert and Alice (Lembrich) Kutschara. He served our country in the US Army. Al worked as a Computer Engineer for Unisys. On July 30, 1971, he married Marion Elaine Mortimer and they made their home...
Millie B. Mehnert
Apr 4, 2022
Millie Burch Mehnert, 84, of Lenexa, KS, passed on April 4, 2022. She was born in Kenansville, NC, on April 22, 1937, within fifty miles of the Atlantic ocean where she often went with her parents, older sister Mary Sue and friends. After graduating high school at 17, she attended UNC Greensboro where she majored in music but considered English...
Blaine A. Hougland
Apr 4, 2022
In the early morning hours of April 4, 2022, Blaine Hougland heard the final whistle and received his last assignment for a job he couldn't refuse. His loving savior welcomed him home at the age of 59, with his wife by his side, under the roof of the house he built with his own two hands in Olathe, KS. Blaine...
Gerald E. Snider
Apr 3, 2022
Gerald Edward Snider, 78, passed away on Sunday, April 3, 2022.He was born August 10, 1943, in Coffeyville, Kansas to Joe C. and Kathryn Young Snider. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Connie, and their two children, Cori (Chris) Anderson of Lawrence; and Jeremy (Janie) Snider of Overland Park. He is also survived by his six grandchildren:...
