Obituaries
Local Obituaries for families in Shawnee, Kansas and surrounding communities of Johnson County, Shawnee Mission, and the greater Kansas City area.
Steven E. Lamb
Jan 9, 2015
Steve Lamb, 47, Shawnee, KS passed away Friday, Jan. 9, 2015 at St. Luke's Hospice House, Kansas City, MO.
Steve was born April 17, 1967 in Paola, KS to Charles and Mary Lamb. He graduated from Osawatomie High School in 1985. He earned his bachelor's degree from Louisiana Baptist University and his Master's...
Jon A. Bieker
Jan 9, 2015
Jon Bieker, 44, of Gardner, KS, died, Friday, January 9, 2015. Jon lost his life protecting his dream.
Jon was born August 5, 1970 in Salina, KS to Donald Joseph and Sheryl Richardson Bieker. Jon spent most of his early life in WaKeeney, KS. He worked for a number of years on large computer infrastructures...
Ella Mae Todd
Jan 8, 2015
Ella Mae Todd, 80, Shawnee, KS passed away Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 at her home surrounded by her family.
Ella was born Feb. 12, 1934 in Kansas City, MO to Joseph and Pauline Janes. She was a 1952 graduate of East High School in Kansas City, MO. There she met James Todd and they were married on...
Bonnie Vestal
Jan 8, 2015
Bonnie L. Vestal, 70, Independence, MO passed away Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 at the Promise Skilled Nursing Facility, Overland Park, KS.
Bonnie was born April 14, 1944 in Greenwood, MS to Lt. Col. Rolla and Bonita (Swicegood) Vestal. She was a 1962 graduate of Shawnee Mission North High School. She worked in the real estate industry as...
Bonnie L. Vestal
Jan 8, 2015
Bonnie L. Vestal, 70, Independence, MO passed away Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 at the Promise Skilled Nursing Facility, Overland Park, KS.
Bonnie was born April 14, 1944 in Greenwood, MS to Lt. Col. Rolla and Bonita (Swicegood) Vestal. She was a 1962 graduate of Shawnee Mission North High School. She worked in the...
Paul H. Kleinsorge
Jan 6, 2015
Paul H. Kleinsorge, 86, Shawnee, KS passed away Jan. 6, 2015 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, KS surrounded by his family.
Paul was born Jan. 26, 1928 in Westphalia, KS to Vincent and Mamie Kleinsorge. On August 7, 1954 Paul married Agnes L. Zawacki in Kansas City, KS. He was employed with...
Carol Ann Gratton
Jan 5, 2015
Carol Ann West Gratton, a long time Kansas City, KS resident, passed away January 5, 2015 at Sweet Life in Shawnee, KS surrounded by her loving family.
Carol was born May 9, 1935 in Kansas City, KS to the late William S. and Garoldine B. (née Glassford) West. Being raised in the Quindaro...
Voncille U. Helms Miller
Jan 5, 2015
Voncille U. Helms Miller, 98, Shawnee, KS passed away Jan. 5, 2015 at the Hillside Village of DeSoto.
Voncille was born May 13, 1916 in Tripplett, MO to Henry B. and Velma O. (Fuller) Helms. She was an accountant for Thompson Hayward Chemical Co., starting 1956 and retiring in 1981. Voncille greatly enjoyed...
Bernard “Bernie” F. Rome
Jan 4, 2015
Bernard F. Rome, 76, of Overland Park, KS passed away Sunday, January 4, 2015 at Trinity Nursing and Rehab.
Bernie was born December 8, 1938 to the late Peter J. and Sophia (Dreiling) Rome in Victoria, Kansas. He is a former member of the Benevolent Order of the Elks. Bernie retired from the grocery industry...
Karen L. Hayes
Jan 3, 2015
Karen Lorelle Hayes died on January 3, 2015 from complications arising from pneumonia at Shawnee Mission Hospital in Shawnee, Ks. She was 61 years old. Karen was born in Kansas City, Mo on August 29, 1953 to Adrienne Joan Holmes and Ken Larson. She will be dearly missed by her husband Tom Hayes, children: Tim (Sarah) Hayes,...
Edwin I. Minter Jr.
Jan 2, 2015
Edwin I. Minter, 86, passed away on January 2, 2015. He was born May 30, 1928 in Liberty Missouri to Edwin and Mary Minter. In his youth he moved to Rosedale, Kansas working as car hop at the Rosedale BBQ for 10 cents an hour. He graduated from Rosedale High School where he starred in football, track...
Ernestine M. Irvine
Jan 1, 2015
Ernestine Ayers Irvine, 94, of Shawnee, KS passed away Jan. 1, 2015. She was born Jan. 11, 1920 in Trenton, MO to John Ernest and Maud Lillian Ayers. She attended elementary school in Altamont, MO and then Kansas City, MO. She graduated from Northeast High School, Kansas City, MO in 1937. She then attended the University of...
William L. Knapp, Sr.
Jan 1, 2015
William (Bill) Leonard Knapp Sr., 88, of Roeland Park, Kansas, died peacefully with his daughters Lucy and Clara at his side on January 1, 2015.
Bill was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 12, 1926. He joined the Merchant Marines on December 7, 1943 and served honorably until the end of World War II. He remained...
Nathaniel Flem Cheatham, Sr.
Dec 31, 2014
Flem Cheatham, Sr., 93, of Shawnee, KS, our loving father, grandfather, and great grandfather, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at Covenant Place of Lenexa.
Flem was born May 24, 1921 in Lewisburg, TN to Gideon and Cofie Cheatham and spent most of his life in...
Ellen Louise Harmon
Dec 31, 2014
Ellen Louise Paul Harmon 85, Merriam, KS surrounded by her family transitioned peacefully from life to light on December 31, 2014.
Louise was born February 18, 1929. Graduated from Ottawa High School and later became a K-State Wild Cat. She retired from the Turner School District Special Education Department in 1997.
Kathleen Thompson-Rausch
Dec 31, 2014
Kathy Thompson-Rausch, 53, Olathe, KS passed away Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014 at the Olathe Hospice House, Olathe, KS.
Kathy was born Feb. 16, 1961 in Kansas City, MO to Joseph Patrick and Rosemary Glynn. She was a graduate of Bishop Miege High School and Emporia State University. She was employed with Sprint for...
Margaret Seck
Dec 30, 2014
Margaret Seck, 96, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away December 30, 2014.
Born Margaret Neuberger in Ellis, Kansas, June 23rd, 1918, she grew up in Kansas and Minnesota. Margaret was preceded in death by her husband Gilbert Seck, two brothers, Frank and Bill, two sisters Eleanor and Betty, and daughter Donna. Survivors include sons; David, Karl, and...
Joanne Goulding
Dec 30, 2014
Doris Joanne Goulding, 84 passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at KU Medical Center surrounded by her loving family.
Joanne was born at home on August 24, 1930, in the Rosedale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas, to Martin and Nellie Leavell. She graduated from Rosedale High School in 1948 with National Honor Society membership. After high...
Lloyd E.C. Thomas
Dec 30, 2014
Lloyd E.C. Thomas passed away peacefully at St Lukes Hospice House on December 30, 2014. Lloyd was born July 2nd 1929 to Murvin and Leora (Selby) Thomas in Kansas City Mo. Lloyd leaves behind his wife of 65 years Mary Ann (Helm) Thomas, son Bob Thomas ( Jan) of Fort Wayne In, grand children Angie Montgomery (Dustin)...
Jennifer A. Motzkus
Dec 28, 2014
Jennifer A. Motzkus, 60, Shawnee, KS passed away Sunday, Dec. 28, 2014at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, KS.
Jennifer was born Oct. 8, 1954 in Kansas City, MO to Joseph and Eunice Korb. She earned a bachelor's degree from Kansas State University. Jennifer was employed at Farmers Insurance Company for over 30...






