Obituaries
Local Obituaries for families in Shawnee, Kansas and surrounding communities of Johnson County, Shawnee Mission, and the greater Kansas City area.
Henry H. Jones
Nov 23, 2016
Henry H. Jones, 71, Shawnee, KS passed away Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016 at Sunrise of Lenexa.
Henry was born Jan. 26, 1945 in Harrisonville, MO to Henry and Emma Frances Jones. He was a 1963 graduate of Bonner Springs High School. On July 1, 1966, Henry married Barbara M. Kring at the Holiday Baptist Church, Holiday, KS....
Constance C. Neufeld
Nov 22, 2016
Connie Neufeld passed away peacefully on November 22, 2016. Constance Cecelia Chesney Neufeld was born September 26, 1934 to John and Clara Chesney in Kansas City Northeast where she attended Thacker Elementary and Northeast Junior and Senior High. She attended Ottawa College for two years before deciding she wanted to do something really practical. So, in 1954, she enrolled...
Jodi G. Dore
Nov 22, 2016
Jodi G. Dore', 72, of Mission, KS, passed away on Nov. 22, 2016 at St. Luke's Hospice House. She was born on July 10, 1944, in Kansas City, MO. Jodi lived a full life, working in the radio and television industry. Her love was rodeo and the mountains of Colorado. Jodi is preceded in death by her...
Becky L. Waldrop Taylor
Nov 22, 2016
Becky L. Waldrop Taylor, 57, of Kansas City, KS passed away on November 22, 2016. She was born on August 12th, 1959 in Kansas City, MO to Betty Piburn and Leroy Waldrop. Survivors include her two sons, Chad Waldrop and Dillon Taylor along with three grandchildren.
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Jerome “Jerry” Slaven
Nov 21, 2016
Jerome "Jerry" Leon Slaven was born April 7th, 1940 to the late Mark Howard and Thelma Esther Albert Slaven in Beloit, Kansas. He left his earthly body at the age of 76 on Monday, November 21st, 2016 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Merriam, Kansas surrounded by family.
Jerry graduated from Beloit High...
Shirley Marion Olsen
Nov 20, 2016
Shirley M. Olsen, 90, of Minneapolis, MN passed away peacefully into the arms of her Lord on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at Garden Terrace of Overland Park, Kansas. Shirley was born February 21, 1926 to the late Floyd and Simonette Peters in Minneapolis, MN. In October of 1949 she married Harold D. Olsen in Minneapolis. He preceded her in...
Ignacia “Nancy” R. Morando
Nov 19, 2016
Ignacia R. Morando, 99, of Shawnee, Kansas passed away on November 19, 2016. Ignacia was born July 31, 1917 in Las Angeles, California to Teofelo and Soledad Ramirez. Ignacia is survived by her daughter, Ophelia (Robert) Behee, son, Joseph Miranda, sister, Mary Pimental, brother, Tilford Ramirez, four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Ignacia was preceded in death by...
James Walter Cackler
Nov 18, 2016
James “Jim” Walter Cackler, 70, returned to his heavenly home on November 18, 2016 surrounded by his family. His devotion to his family and his love and firm belief in God gave him peace throughout his entire life. Jim was born to the late Walter and Evelyn Cackler of Horton Kansas. He was immersed in the Christian community that...
S. “Lucy” Krieger
Nov 18, 2016
Lucy Krieger, 100, Mission, Kansas, passed away on Friday November 18, 2016. Lucy was born October 22, 1916 to the late Peter and Suzanne (Leenhouts) Van Hout in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She is preceded in death by her husband Herbert D. Krieger and 7 brothers and sisters. She is survived by her sister, Effie Yeomans; three daughters, Janet...
Elizabeth A. “Libby” Doherty
Nov 17, 2016
Libby Doherty, 76, of Shawnee, KS entered eternal life on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.
Libby was born April 9, 1940 to the late John Paul and Eunice Heffernon in Kansas City, MO. She graduated from St. Joseph High School in 1958. On June 11, 1960, she married and is survived...
June K. Brown
Nov 16, 2016
June K. Brown, 95, passed away on November 16, 2016 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Merriam, KS. June was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother, who is survived by eldest son, Ronald and his wife, Carol; daughter, Lesley; youngest son, Kevin; and grandsons, Patrick and Christopher. June was a St. Luke's Hospital nurse in Chicago, Ill...
Thomas Milton Lightfoot
Nov 16, 2016
Thomas M. Lightfoot, 81, of Shawnee, Kansas passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.
Thomas was born December 19, 1934 to the late Thomas Arthur and Violet Lightfoot in Rosedale, Kansas. He graduated from Kansas School for the Deaf where he met the love of his life, JoAnne. They were married...
Regina Carel Zahl
Nov 15, 2016
Gina Zahl was born May 15, 1935 and passed away November 15th , 2016. She spent her childhood on a farm in Illinois. She married Robert Zahl on April 1,1966. Gina taught many years in the North Kansas City area. She retired from Winnetonka High School. Gina filled her retirement years with reading, knitting,crocheting, and gardening. She...
Walter Joseph Gomez
Nov 14, 2016
Walter J. Gomez, 50, of Kansas City, Kansas passed away Monday, November 14, 2016.
Walter was born March 19, 1966 to Walter and Blanca Gomez in Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX. Wally graduated from Aquinas High School in 1984, and continued his education by earning a bachelor's and master's degree from the University...
Maria A. “Marianne” Cloven
Nov 14, 2016
Maria A. "Marianne" Cloven, 77 of Glen Carbon, formerly of Shawnee, Kansas passed away on Monday, November 14, 2016 at Stillwater Senior Living in Edwardsville.
Maria was born on February 26, 1939 in Gaibach, Germany; a daughter of the late Sebastian and Anna (Eisenmann) Kelber. Maria was a homemaker and mom who loved her family and always...
Raymond J. Soetaert
Nov 13, 2016
Raymond J. Soetaert, 92, of Shawnee, KS, passed away, Sunday, November 13, 2016 surrounded by his family. Raymond was born in Kansas City, KS to Peter and Alida DeBrabandt Soetaert. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII. He was a lifelong mechanic in the Shawnee area. He was a member of Good Shepherd Catholic Church....
Stephen E. Vilmer
Nov 12, 2016
Stephen E. Vilmer M.D., 73, of Merriam, Ks passed away on November 12, 2016. Stephen was born August 11, 1943 in Brownwood, Texas to Charles and V. Patricia Vilmer. Steve is survived by his wife of 42 years, Gayle, sister Ann (Larry) Graham, son David E. Clark, niece Laura Graham Isaac and grand-nephews Wes and Max. He...
Gracelyn Elizabeth Gangle
Nov 10, 2016
Gracelyn Elizabeth Gangle, 2 days old, of Lenexa, Kansas passed away on November 10, 2016. Gracelyn was born November 8, 2016 in Kansas City, Missouri to Michael and Rebecca Gangle. Gracelyn is survived by her parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
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Brandon E. Harding
Nov 8, 2016
Brandon, 41, died Nov 8, 2016. He is survived by his mother, Jan Shannon; father, Robert (Linda) Harding; brothers, Ryan (Brittany) and Joel (LiNing) Harding; nieces, Josie and Angelina Harding, and Nora Collazo; nephew Samuel Harding; Aunts and Uncles, Steve and Cheryl Cole, Greg and Peggy Hodges; and cousins, Jennifer (Geoff) Shafer, Chloe and Max Shafer, and...
Donna L. Parks
Nov 8, 2016
Donna L. Parks, 81, of Merriam, Kansas passed away on November 8, 2016. Donna was born March 11, 1935 in Kansas City, Missouri to Clarence and Helen Horner. Donna is survived by her husband, Robert, two children; Dean Lee (Patricia) Lakten and Leeann (David) Pflumm, five grandchildren; Chris Pflumm, Robert Dean Lakten, Michelle Pflumm, Austin Pflumm and...






