Dec 19, 2014

Lyle Allen Rolofson Jr. passed away on December 19, 2014. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Lyle Allen and Maxine Rolofson. Lyle is survived by his wife, Marti, mother, Maxine, sons; Chad (Nicole) Rolofson, Robert (Kathryn) Rolofson, and Lyle A. (Kim) Rolofson III, step-daughters; Elizabeth (Rick) Fogel, Melinda (Dan) Pignotti, thirteen grandchildren, sister, Jeanne Samaras. Lyle was...

Dec 18, 2014

Michael (Shane) St. Clair, 48, of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away December 18, 2014.

Shane St. Clair was born March 16, 1968, in Fairfield, Iowa, to Sandra and Richard St. Clair of Montrose, Iowa. St. Clair earned his registered nurse degree in 1991 from the University of Iowa College of Nursing in Iowa City.

While a...

Dec 17, 2014

Linda K. Ferguson 64, passed away on December 17, 2014. She was born August 28, 1950 in Kansas City, Kansas to Ted and Arla Wilkerson. Linda is survived by her daughters, Amy (Shawn) Gallup, Erin O'Dwyer, sister, Carolyn (Jim) Jobe, brother, Timothy (Nancy) Wilkerson, three grandchildren; Justin and Jessica Gallup, Austin O'Dwyer, mother-in-law, Beulah Ferguson. Linda was...

Dec 17, 2014

Esther Annabelle Jones, 92, passed away peacefully December 17, 2014 at Shawnee Hills Senior Living. Visitation will take place at The Amos Family Funeral Home in Shawnee, KS, on Friday, December 19 from 5-7pm. Funeral services will take place at Merriam Christian Church on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at 10am. Esther was preceded in death by her...

Dec 15, 2014

Glenn (aka Buddy) Dudley Eastwood Jr., 91, of Overland Park, KS, passed away on December 15, 2014. He was born on September 29, 1923 to Glenn and Mary Eastwood in Tulsa, OK, where he grew up and went to school. He served in the Army Air Corps of WWII and helped assemble CT13 gliders. He was a...

Dec 14, 2014

Jason Dehn Downs, 37, died Sunday, December 14, 2014, in Leavenworth, Kansas. He was born July 22, 1977 in Topeka, Kansas, to Bruce W. and Marilyn K. (Stepaniak) Downs. He attended school in Kansas City, Kansas, graduating from Sumner Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995. Jason graduated from St. Louis University with a degree in Business...

Dec 14, 2014

Nancy (Page) Shipman Brown, 85 of Olathe, passed away on December 14, 2014. She was born in Kansas City, MO in 1929, the youngest of four children and only daughter of Oren W. and Edith Gail Page. In the 30's, the family moved to a farm in rural Olathe. She graduated from Olathe High School in 1946...

Dec 14, 2014

Lawrence Edmund Chandlee, 85, of Shawnee, passed away Sunday, December 14, 2014.

Larry was born May 31, 1929 to Ellis and Louise Chandlee in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from Lillis High School in 1947. Larry was drafted into the Army on February 26, 1951. He served as an artilleryman during the Korean War and...

Dec 14, 2014

On Sunday, December 14, 2014, Melanie Hollenbeck Kroh suddenly left us. No one expected her to leave so soon, and her passing has left a great void in the hearts of those who loved her. Melanie was born August 5, 1977 and grew up in Merriam, Kansas where she graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School and...

Dec 12, 2014

Elizabeth Marie "Nany" Withers, 97, Overland Park, KS passed away Friday, Dec. 12, 2014 at the Olathe Med. Ctr. Hospice House, Olathe, KS. Elizabeth was born Aug. 23, 1917 in Soldier, KS to James and Elizabeth Price. She was a clerk for Safeway and Ben Franklin and worked many years at Johnson County 3&2 Baseball Club. Elizabeth...

Dec 12, 2014

Mrs. Shirley Wynne Lathan passed away at home on December 12, 2014, Friday, at the age of 93.

Mrs. Lathan was born May 8, 1921, in Des Moines, Iowa, to parents L.W. and Prudence Wynne. She graduated from Glendale Junior College, Glendale, California, in 1941 and from the Queen of Angels Hospital of...

Dec 11, 2014

Ardis Ann O'Brien, 72, of Lenexa, KS, passed away Dec. 11, 2014, surrounded by loved ones.

Ardis is survived by her daughters, Robin Parker (Jason) of Shawnee, KS, Anne Phillips of Lenexa, KS, and step-daughter, Kelly Vetter (Eric) of Leavenworth, KS, her Robert Ferguson of Chicago, IL, as well as 4...

Dec 10, 2014

Juan Luis Parra, 74, St. Petersburg, FL, passed away Dec. 10, 2014 at St. Anthony's Hospital. Juan was born February 8, 1940 in Holguin, Cuba to Juan and Dulce Parra. Juan attended the Secondary Institute in Holguin for high school. After high school Juan moved to Havana to study electrical engineering at the University of Havana. While...

Dec 9, 2014

Jonathan Elwood Ferrin, 25, St. Louis, MO (formerly of Lenexa, KS) passed away Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014 at his home. Jonathan was born Aug. 8, 1989 in Kansas City, MO. He was a 2007 graduate of Shawnee Mission West High School and a member of the Legacy Christian Church. Jonathan is survived by his father, Kenton Ferrin...

Dec 8, 2014

Ada C. Arnold, 89, made her transition peacefully on December 8, 2014 surrounded by her loved ones. Sister Arnold was born February 12, 1925 in Concordia, Missouri to William and Eltor Collins. Throughout her lifetime, Sister Arnold was a Member of the First Baptist Church (Kansas City, Kansas), Highland Baptist Church (Kansas City, Missouri), and Mount Vernon...

Dec 5, 2014

Donald Irving Wentworth, 82, passed away on December 5, 2014. He was born April 21, 1932 in Providence, Rhode Island. Donald is survived by his daughter, Mary (Rex) Taylor, sons, Donald and Michael Wentworth, grandsons, Adam Taylor and Sean Teaters, great-grandchildren Ali and Andersen Taylor, Ty and Josey Teaters. Donald was preceded in death by his parents...

Dec 2, 2014

Dianna Thouvenell, 47, of Lenexa, KS passed away Dec. 2, 2014. She was born Aug. 29, 1967 Canton, Ohio to Dean Hawkins and Connie Wallace. She is survived by her son Kyle Thouvenell, daughter Candice Thouvenell, step-son Scotty Thouvenell, her mother Connie Wallace, brother Mike Hawkins, sister Charlotte Henderson, four grandchildren, ex-husband Scott Thouvenell and numerous nieces...

Dec 2, 2014

David E. Cashman, 58, of Kansas City, KS passed away Dec. 2, 2014. He was born Dec. 22, 1955 in Kansas City, KS to Samuel E. and Mary Reschke Cashman. He attended South Park Elementary, where he joined the Boy Scout Troop #90 and remained a member through his time at Hocker Grove Junior High. At this...

Dec 1, 2014

Douglas G. Kratky, 52, of Fairway, KS, passed away, Monday, December 1, 2014 surrounded by his family.

Doug was born in Omaha, NE and grew up in Tulsa, OK. He received his Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from Oklahoma State and his Masters from KU. He was currently employed at Maryville Technologies. Doug was an avid...

Dec 1, 2014

John S. Swope of Shawnee, KS passed away at his home December 1, 2014. John was born to John Wade and Masako Swope in Yokosuka, Japan in 1965. He graduated from Smith-Cotton High School in Sedalia, MO and received his degree in mechanical engineering from University of Missouri in Columbia. John was married to Lori Boggs in 1998 in...