Obituaries
Local Obituaries for families in Shawnee, Kansas and surrounding communities of Johnson County, Shawnee Mission, and the greater Kansas City area.
Gary Romel Mitchell
Dec 23, 2014
Gary Romel Mitchell, born March 16th,1957 went to be with the Lord Dec. 23rd,2014.
Born in Radford Va. He is the son of Peggy and Arthur Meadows and James (Jimmy) Mitchell. He is survived by wife Rosalind Mitchell,Overland Park,KS.,3 daughters Attilah Mitchell of Radford, VA, Gina Munoz of LaMirada,CA, Korshina Gibson of Denver,Co. six grandchildren,...
Edna L. Van Hoet
Dec 23, 2014
Edna L. Van Hoet of Shawnee, KS, died the 23rd of December, 2014 at Shawnee Gardens in Shawnee, KS.
Edna was born July 26, 1923 in southern Iowa and grew up in that area. She graduated from Sheridan High School, Sheridan, MO in 1941. After graduation, she came to Kansas City and attended...
Forrest A. Macaulay
Dec 21, 2014
Forrest A. Macaulay "Miracle Man", 69, passed away on December 21, 2014. He was born August 17, 1945 in Denver Colorado to Donald and Margaret Macaulay. Forrest is survived by his wife Jo Ann, daughter, Jennifer (Thomas Wilson) Garcia, son, Mark (Terri) Macaulay, grandchildren; Brittany (John Jr.) Beach, Katy (Edgar) Hernandez, Jami (Colby) Benham, Joshua (Courtney) Garcia,...
Stella Catherine Zalenski
Dec 20, 2014
Stella Catherine Zalenski, 91, passed away on December 20, 2014. She was born December 8, 1923 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Stella is survived by her five children; Raymond F. (Cinde) Zalenski of Florida, Robert J. (Beth) Zalenski of Illinois, Leonard J. (Susan) Zalenski of Kansas, Patricia A. (Clyde) Ernst of Missouri, Karen L. (Tom) Pedrick of...
Willa Mae Breitenstein
Dec 19, 2014
Willa Mae Breitenstein 88, passed away on December 19, 2014. She was born November 18, 1926 in Hickory City, Missouri to James and Elizabeth Braden. Willa is survived by her husband, James, son, Jerry Pretz, daughter, Judith Marler, grandchildren; Brian Marler, Bob Pretz, Staci Gulick, Liz Bushman, Misty Stouder, Travis Pretz, fifteen great-grandchildren, three great great-grandchildren, brother,...
Lyle Rolofson Jr.
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...
Shane St. Clair
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...
Linda K. Ferguson
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...
Esther Annabelle Jones
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...
Glenn Dudley Eastwood
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...
Jason Downs
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...
Nancy Shipman Brown
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...
Lawrence Edmund Chandlee
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...
Melanie A. Kroh
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...
Elizabeth Marie “Nany” Withers
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...
Shirley Wynne Lathan
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...
Ardis A. Obrien
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...
Juan Luis Parra
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...
Jonathan Elwood Ferrin
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...
Ada C. Arnold
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...






