Obituaries
Local Obituaries for families in Shawnee, Kansas and surrounding communities of Johnson County, Shawnee Mission, and the greater Kansas City area.
Joyce A. Hoag
Jan 5, 2016
Joyce A. Hoag, 90, died January 5, 2016. She raised three daughters, Linda Oliver, Janice Roscoe, and Debra Roscoe in Salina after the death in 1959 of her first husband, Fred Roscoe. Joyce is survived by her daughters, three grandsons and four great grandchildren. Joyce was the youngest of seven children of John and Georgia Hull. Her...
Leo Burns
Jan 4, 2016
Leo Burns was born April 22, 1936, to Leo Leslie and Lela Wiser Burns in Kansas City, Missouri. He passed away January 4, 2016, at his home in Merriam, Kansas. Leo graduated from Westport High School in 1954 and after working several jobs in the Kansas City area, worked for and retired from Sprint in 2005.
...Richard “Carroll” Gray, Sr.
Jan 3, 2016
Richard "Carroll" Gray, Sr., 89, Shawnee, KS passed away Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016 at Brookdale Rosehill, Shawnee, KS.
Carroll was born April 7, 1926 to Catherine and Marshall Gray. He was the second to the last of six children. He grew up in Prairie Village, KS and attended Prairie School and Shawnee Mission...
Mary Jane Webb
Dec 31, 2015
Mary Jane Webb was born to Mose and Clara Humphress on July 4th, 1919 in Quindaro, KS. She was one of nine children born to this union. Mary's mother passed when she was three years of age. Her Uncle Rufus and Aunt Maude Butler raised her from that time until she married. While under Aunt Maude's care,...
Myrtle Virginia Jones Olinger Liggett
Dec 30, 2015
Myrtle Virginia Liggett, 88, Shawnee, KS passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at the Shawnee Gardens Nursing and Rehab Center, Shawnee, KS.
Myrtle was born February 1, 1927 in Bucklin, MO to Charles and Mary (Johnson) Jones, the youngest of eight children. She attended Bucklin High School. Myrtle spent most of her adult...
Mabel Taylor
Dec 28, 2015
Mabel Taylor, age 78, Overland Park, KS passed away Monday, Dec. 28, 2015 at the Overland Park Regional Med. Ctr.
Born February 16th, 1937 in Boxley, Arkansas, to James and Rhoda Self. She lived in Arkansas, Indiana and for the past 50 years she called Kansas City home. She worked at Thermo Fischer...
Stephen P. Mccabe
Dec 28, 2015
Stephen McCabe, 56, of Shawnee, KS, passed away, Monday, December 28, 2015.
Stephen was born in the Bronx, NY. He served in the U.S. Air Force. He was a customer service manager for Roger the Plumber. He is survived by his children, Steve McCabe and Mykenzie McCabe; a granddaughter, Heidi; his mother, Juliana...
Michael A. Pray
Dec 28, 2015
Michael A. Pray, 75, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on December 28, 2015. He was born on November 30, 1940, in Des Moines, Iowa, to Arthur and Vivian (Reid) Pray.
Mike attended the University of Nebraska Omaha before entering the United States Army. He had a passion for the gift industry, starting...
Mary Frances Davidson
Dec 24, 2015
Mary Frances Davidson, of Lenexa, passed from this life to the next early on the morning of December 24, 2015 at the age of 92.
Mary was born on October 10, 1923 in Kansas City, Kansas. She was the second of the three children of Netta (Evans) and Harney Russell Satterwhite. A 1941 Wyandotte High...
Gerald A. Stevens
Dec 22, 2015
Gerald A. Stevens, 82, 0f Gladstone, MO, passed away, Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at Maple Woods Care Center.
Gerald was born in Ft. Wayne, IN. He served in the Navy and was a former Illinois State Trooper. He worked for the Clark Equipment Company before purchasing Lift Truck Sales & Service in 1980...
Jack “Jackie” Wayne Campbell
Dec 22, 2015
Jack “Jackie” Wayne Campbell, passed from this life on to the next on December 22, 2015.
Jack was born in Cushing, Oklahoma on October 2, 1938. Jack and his older brother Hugh Gerald Campbell moved around much of their younger life as their father held sales positions in different places. He was very proud of...
Caryl Jean Jones
Dec 22, 2015
Caryl Jean Jones, 83, of Shawnee, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at her home.
Caryl was born August 16, 1932 to the late Gerald and Nida Stephens in Corning, Kansas. Caryl is preceded in death by her son, Brian M. Jones and husband, George R. Jones after 59 years of marriage in 2012.
...Alma Jean Kesler
Dec 19, 2015
Alma Jean Kesler, 89, passed away December 19, 2015. Artist, wife, mother and teacher, Jean Kesler was born October 3, 1926 and raised in Terre Haute, IN but lived most of her long, happy life in Shawnee Mission, Kansas, where she and Herrick âKes' Kesler, her devoted husband of 67 years, lived since 1956. She completed a...
Jess Arlan Alton
Dec 18, 2015
Jess Arlan Alton, 73, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on December 18, 2015, at his home.
Jess was born April 15th 1942 at Clay Township Modale, IA, the son of Virgil and Arla (Smith) Alton. He grew up in rural Little Sioux, IA, attending K-12 in Mondamin, where he participated in school...
Eileen Forester
Dec 17, 2015
Eileen Forester, 94, passed away December 17, 2015. Eileen was born May 6, 1921 in Kansas City, Kansas to Frank and Laura Hinze. Eileen is survived by her daughters, Dolores Boyce and Judy (Ronald) Boyce, ten grandchildren, fifteen great-grandchildren, and many great great-grandchildren. Eileen was preceded in death by her husband Pat, daughter, Patricia and her grandson...
Joyce Engetschwiler
Dec 15, 2015
Joyce Engetschwiler, 79, passed away December 15, 2015. Joyce was born January 10, 1936 in Shawnee, Kansas to Sylvester and Estelene Harnden. Joyce is survived by her sister, Janice (Dan) Malin, three brothers, Sy (Mary) Harnden, Rev. Jerry (DeeAnne) Harnden and Jim (Cynthia) Harnden, three step-children, Skip Engetschwiler, Paul Engetschwiler, Heidi Klick, five step-grandchildren, three step-great-grandchildren, and...
Bernadine Mary Asher
Dec 15, 2015
Bernadine Mary Asher, 87, passed away December 15, 2015. Bernadine was born October 8, 1928 in KC, KS to John and Alice Markiewicz. Bernadine is survived by her children, Theresa (Michael) Haire, Larry (Ann) Asher, Beth (Doug) Ross, Rosemarie (Tony) Fantham, her sister, Sr. Josephine Markiewicz OSB, son-in-law, Jim Seigneur, twelve grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. Bernadine was...
Dorothy Lea Rutledge
Dec 13, 2015
Dorothy Lea Rutledge, 92, passed from this life to her eternal home Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015. Born March 17, 1923, to Rosa May and Jason Luckey, Osceola, MO. A proud graduate of Osceola High School, she recently attended her 75th class reunion. Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Fred, and her 8...
Ltc Clifford L. Rovelto, Usa Ret.
Dec 12, 2015
Lt. Col. Clifford L. Rovelto, Leawood, KS died Dec. 12, 2015 at his home.
Graveside services will be 10:00 am Friday. Dec. 18, Fort Leavenworth National Cem.
James “Jim” Floyd Harris, Jr.
Dec 11, 2015
James F. Harris, Jr. 74 passed away peacefully in his home in Grandview, MO on Dec 11, 2015 after a short battle with cancer.
James "Jim" was born on Sept 23, 1941 to Floyd and Daisy Harris. In Lepanto, Arkansas. He was owner of Jim Harris Heating & Cooling and he worked in...






