Dec 24, 2020

Michael "Mike" P. Maderak, 66, of Shawnee, Kansas, entered eternal rest peacefully on December 24, 2020, after a courageous four-year battle with cancer.

Mike was born and raised in Kansas City, Kansas. He was a bricklayer by trade, and carried on the family business as president of the Maderak Construction Company for many years. Mike was well-known...

Dec 20, 2020

Jody Jean D'Alessandro was born in Castro Valley, California on  November 28, 1953, she was the only child of Alameda County Sheriff and WWII Veteran Erle Hix Smith and his beloved wife Priscilla.  After a ferociously-fought battle with Breast Cancer, she passed peacefully in her home on December 20, 2020 surrounded by her loved ones.

Dec 18, 2020

Wanda Lee Jeffcoat, 93, of Lenexa, KS passed away Friday December 18th, 2020.

Wanda was born May 2, 1927, to Theodore and Olga (Meyer) Brehe on the family farm near Bay, Mo. After graduating from Owensville High School, she moved to St. Louis where she worked at Deaconess Hospital. While in St. Louis...

Dec 17, 2020

John Manuel Villalpando was born in Guanajuato, Mexico in 1940 on December 25th to Henry and Augustina Villalpando.  At the age of 5, his parents decided to come back to the United States as his mother was from Kansas City, Kansas.  John was the oldest of 8 children.  His mother died and so did part of his heart.  Augustina left...

Dec 16, 2020

Marjorie Madsen, 97, of Overland Park, KS, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020. Marjorie was born March 27, 1923 in Omaha, NE to Walter and Frances Reier.

She was a member of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Overland Park.

Her husband, Kenneth B. Madsen, died November 14, 2003. She is...

Dec 16, 2020

Dr. Raj Bala Agrawal passed away on Dec. 16th, 2020 at the age of 90 years in Kansas City. She died peacefully surrounded by family.

She was born in Hardoi, India, and lived in Allahabad, India for most of her life.  Her parents were from well-educated families, and strongly supported the education of all seven children.  Raj...

Dec 15, 2020

Roy K. Hammack June 15th, 1941 - December 15th, 2020 Clinton, Missouri - Roy K. Hammack passed away December 15th, 2020 at the Golden Valley Memorial Hospital due to complications from Parkinson’s and a recent hip fracture. He was a proud individual with a heart of gold who loved all animals and spending spare time in nature....

Dec 15, 2020

Utona "Tona" Lee Gillespie, 74 of Basehor, KS, joined her husband Ray in Heaven on December 15th, 2020. Tona will be remembered as a devoted woman of God with an endless enthusiasm for life and love for her family. Born on October 16, 1946, Tona is preceded in death by her husband Ray; parents Beverly and Thomas Morris; and...

Dec 15, 2020

Virgil Henry Snell was born November 5th 1931 in Winfield, Kansas and resided in Lenexa, Kansas until he passed away December 15th, 2020.

He was preceded in death by daughters Cathi Maynard and Janice Schlichting, great granddaughter Lydia Moore, his parents Walter and Margaret Snell, brother Alfred Snell and sister Janet Hoheisel.

Dec 15, 2020

Gary Douglas Linnenkamp, 78, of Shawnee, KS, passed away on December 15th, 2020. He was born January 3, 1942, in Des Moines, IA, to Alice and Virgil Linnenkamp. Gary is survived by his wife of 55 years, Marietta, children, Brad, Brent (Stephanie), and Heather (Mark Peterman), 4 grandchildren, Jonah, Ben and Katie Linnenkamp and Maisy Peterman. Gary was preceded...

Dec 15, 2020

Robert A. Bray, 76, of Shawnee, Kansas passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer.

He was born on January 11, 1944 in Kansas City, Kansas to Joseph and Irene Bray. After graduating from Wyandotte High School in 1962, Robert enlisted into the Navy where he spent time on a...

Dec 15, 2020

Ronnie Dale Gorden, 79, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away December 15, 2020 at Advent Health Shawnee Mission unexpectedly.

Ron was born to Dale and Chloris Gorden on March 1, 1941 in Halfway, Missouri. In 1955 the family moved to Merriam, Kansas. Ron was an Army Veteran, he was a member of Otter-Caribou Association and a VFW...

Dec 14, 2020

Phyllis Cooke, 87, of Overland Park, KS, passed away Monday, December 14, 2020.

Phyllis was born March 29, 1933 in Livingston County, MO to James Harold and Mina Elizabeth Evans Denham.  Raised in the small farming communities of Ludlow and Dawn, MO she was the eldest of 10 children.  She left the farm...

Dec 14, 2020

Denis Pointelin, 65, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away December 14, 2020 as a result of a battle with the Corona Virus.  Denis was born August 17, 1955 in Kansas City.  He was preceded in death by his parents, Virginia (Brewer) & Ferdinand Pointelin. He leaves his brother Larry (Maggie), sister Sandi; nephews Brian and Jason (Jennifer); great nephews...

Dec 13, 2020

Barbara Dice, 79, of Overland Park, KS, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2020.

Barbara was born July 19, 1941 in Kansas City, KS to Peter and Dorothy Stipetic. She worked as a secretary at Queen of the Holy Rosary grade school. She was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church for many years...

Dec 12, 2020

Maurine Messinger, 89, of Shawnee, KS passed away on December 12th, 2020.  She was born on March 12th, 1931 in Higginsville, MO.  Maurine is survived by two children, Fred Messinger and Lizetta Roberts; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

A funeral service will be held on December 17th at 11 AM at Amos Family Funeral Home.  She will...

Dec 11, 2020

Muriel Clayce Seibert, age 86 died December 11, 2020 of pulmonary embolism. Muriel was born November 29, 1934 in Pittsburg, PA and earned her teaching degree in Home EC at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She always enjoyed her various crafts from making Christmas Stockings for all of the family, to ceramics, sewing and quilting for everyone including...

Dec 11, 2020

Anna Louise McCord-Harness, 101, Olathe, Kansas, passed away Friday, December 11, 2020, at the Evergreen Community of Johnson County.

Anna was born December 9, 1919, in Shawnee, Oklahoma, to James L. and Anna Jane (Covey) Criss. She was a registered nurse, serving hospitals in both Oklahoma and Kansas.

Anna was preceded in death by her...

Dec 11, 2020

Virginia Hope Brame, 92, longtime resident of Kansas City, Kansas passed away Friday, December 11, 2020 at Good Samaritan Society of Olathe.

Hope was born February 1, 1928 to the late William Earl McCorkle and Sarah Blanche Peters McCorkle in Nelson, Missouri.  She graduated in 1946 from Central High School in Kansas City, Missouri.  On...

Dec 9, 2020

Rex Marvin Heavin was born March 7, 1931, and passed away on December 9, 2020. Preceding his death are his parents, Charles Thomas and Mary Ann Heavin, four brothers, Clarence Heavin, Hadley Heavin, Herbie Heavin, Ernest Heavin, one sister, Fern (Heavin) Garrett and his daughter, Ellie Jump. Those surviving are his brother Charles (Frog) Heavin, his wife Irene and four...