Obituaries
Helen Frances Burris Miller
Helen Frances Burris Miller died January 26, 2012, after a brief illness. Helen was born June 1, 1919, in Adrian, Missouri, to parents James Hamilton Burris and Daisy Del Hawkins Burris. Helen moved to Kansas City in 1936 and attended Central Business College. She began working for the Railway Mail Credit Union in the Post Office building
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Mark Tyrone Spalding
Mark Tyrone Spalding of Gardner, Kansas, age 60, died January 18, 2012, at Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas, after a short battle with cancer. Mark was born January 10, 1952, in Hiawatha, Kansas, to Benjamin Jack and Sarah (Clark) Spalding. He grew up in Camdenton, Missouri, and attended elementary, junior and senior high school there. He earned
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Daniel Drake
Dan Drake of Westwood, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2012, at age 72 after a long illness. He is preceded in death by his parents F.O. & Mary Drake of Hannibal; his sister Erma Lee Robinson of Jefferson City and brother Frank Drake Jr. of Jefferson City. He is survived by longtime companion Rebecca Rowland; and three children,
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Virginia Merrick Wheatcroft
Virginia Merrick Wheatcroft, 88, Merriam, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2012 at her home. Virginia grew up in metropolitan Chicago, Illinois. After graduating high school, Virginia received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Culver Stockton College in Canton, Missouri. It was there that she met Daniel Wheatcroft and they were married
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Don Leslie Lewis
Don Leslie Lewis, son of Archie and Sallie Lewis, passed away peacefully at Sweet Life of Rosehill on January 22, 2012. Born February 4, 1937, Don came from a family of school teachers. He earned a BS in chemistry and an MS in physics, and for 35 years he taught math, chemistry and physics in several Texas high schools and at Coastal Bend
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Dorothy Weinberg Butler
Dorothy Weinberg Butler, passed away on January 21, 2012. She was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Kansas City was her home for the past 57 years. Dorothy had a long career in the retail jewelry business, working for Helzberg’s Jewelers and Halls. She was predeceased by husbands Ray McMillen, Bill Weinberg and Jacob Butler; and by
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Helen Louise Bredesen
Helen Louise Bredesen, 81, of Overland Park, Kansas, died quietly in her sleep at home during the early morning hours of Sunday, January 22, 2012. Helen was born on April 21, 1930, in Brewer, Maine, to Isaac E. and Madeline (Renouf) Staples. In 1956 she met US Air Force Lt. Richard M. Bredsen at a dance. They married in 1958 and settled in Minneapolis,
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Shawn C. Lutes
Shawn C. Lutes, 33, of Mission, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2012, at his home. Shawn was born April 13, 1978, to Dixie and Stanley Lutes. He graduated from Olathe North High School in 1996 and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Religious Education from Mid America Nazarene University in 2000. Shawn worked as an Assistant Manager for
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Theda D. Lewis
Theda D. Lewis, 93, of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on January 16, 2012. Theda was born on December 20, 1918, in Great Bend, Kansas, to Clarence Downey and Ida Mae McDonald-Downey. Theda graduated from Great Bend High School, class of 1938. At the age of 18, Theda accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior.
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Laura Emily (Swindler) Gill
Laura Emily (Swindler) Gill, 77, of Mission, Kansas, died on January 19, 2012, at Kansas City Hospice House. Laura was born April 22, 1934, in Independence, Missouri, the youngest of Wilhelmina (Steffens) and George W. Swindler’s four children. During childhood she also lived in Washington County, Kansas, Nebraska, and El Dorado Springs, Missouri,
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