Obituaries
Local Obituaries for families in Shawnee, Kansas and surrounding communities of Johnson County, Shawnee Mission, and the greater Kansas City area.
Susan Marie Holler
Mar 2, 2013
Susan Marie Holler, 58, of Lenexa, Kansas, passed away March 2, 2013 at the University of Kansas Hospital.
Susan was preceded in death by her father, Robert Lowell Johnson. Survivors include her husband, Jim Holler; son, Jason Holler; daughter, Shelly Herring and grandchildren, Quinten and Shyann Herring. Susan also...
Robert Scheiterle
Mar 2, 2013
Robert R. Scheiterle, 71, of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away March 2, 2013, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.
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Elizabeth Jane Hairgrove
Mar 1, 2013
Loving wife, mother and grandmother Elizabeth Jane Hairgrove, 82, passed away Friday, March 1, 2013, at home, with her daughters by her side.
Jane was born August 22, 1930, in Napier, Missouri, to George and Flossie Bush and was the youngest of seven siblings. She graduated from Fortescue High...
William Ward
Mar 1, 2013
William Lewis Ward, 65 of Louisburg, Kansas, died Friday surrounded by his family.
He was born in Shenandoah, Iowa, to Harold and Margaret Ward. He grew up in North Kansas City along with his brothers John, Harry, Tom and sister Martha. He graduated from North Kansas City High School...
Susan Zweimiller
Feb 28, 2013
Susan Jane Zweimiller passed quietly into heaven on the morning of Feb. 28th, 2013.
Susan was born in Pawhuska, Oklahoma on Sept. 12, 1940 to William Howard & Chrystal Dell Ridgway. She was their only child. She moved to Kansas City when her father started his career with the Santa Fe railroad. A pioneer of professional business...
Charles G. Brandon
Feb 28, 2013
Charles G. Brandon, 57, Overland Park, unexpectedly passed away Thursday evening, February 28, 2013, at Kansas City Christian School, following a school track team practice.
Charles was born on September 27, 1955, in Overland Park, Kansas. Charles was an esteemed, executive construction businessman at a division of United Excel Corporation, a member of the Mechanical...
Joseph Campbell Taylor
Feb 28, 2013
Joseph Campbell Taylor, 77, of Raytown, Missouri, passed away Thursday, February 28, 2013, with his family at his side.
Joe was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1935 to Ralph and Clarice Taylor. He grew up in Joplin and moved to Maryland after high school, where he met and...
Ann Fuhr
Feb 28, 2013
Ann Fuhr, 65, of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away February 28, 2013.
Ann was born January 16, 1948 in Kansas City, Kansas, to Joe and Harriet (Strong) Zuger. She attended St. John's Grade School and graduated from Ward High School. She received her teaching degree from KU, and taught school...
Betty L. Shriver
Feb 27, 2013
Betty L. Shriver, 88, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, February 27, 2013. Betty was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, proud veteran, and a woman of faith.
Betty was born in Paola, Kansas. At the age of 18, she joined the U.S. Coast Guard and served during WWII. Betty was married to Kenneth O....
Raymond Edward Mcvey
Feb 27, 2013
Raymond Edward McVey, 84, fortified with the Sacraments of the Holy Mother Church, passed away on February 27, 2013.
Ed was born on February 1, 1929, and raised in mid-town Kansas City, Missouri. He attended St. Vincent's Elementary School. He graduated from De La Salle Military Academy in 1946....
Sharon J. Egan Mcgovern
Feb 26, 2013
Sharon J. McGovern, 62, retired physical therapist of Overland Park, Kansas, went to her heavenly home on February 26, 2013, following a brain aneurism and stroke.
Sharon was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. She graduated Madonna High School in 1969 and KU in 1973. Sharon's infectious smile, beautiful...
Ladorna Stimpfel
Feb 26, 2013
LaDorna A. Stimpfel, 96, Shawnee, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2013, at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Missouri.
LaDorna was born September 17, 1916, in Independence, Kansas, to William and Sarah Jane Harlan. She was a longtime member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church and Daughters...
Kenneth C. Bloxsom
Feb 25, 2013
Kenneth C. Bloxsom, 89, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away February 25, 2013.
Kenneth was born on April 1, 1923, in Ashland, Kansas, to Gratzy and Lizzie Bloxsom. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for Water District No. 1 for 15 years. Kenneth and his wife, Louise, were...
Irene R Porter
Feb 25, 2013
Irene R Porter, 68, of Olathe Kansas went to be with the Angels in Heaven Monday, February 25, 2013 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Irene was born August 19, 1944 in Petaluma, California to Pete and Mary Petersen. She is survived by her loving husband Roger, mother, Mary, daughters; Amber Bishop, MaryAnne Melloy, Cynthia...
Iris Werner
Feb 24, 2013
Iris Werner (nee Logan), 85, fortified with the sacraments of the Holy Mother Church, passed away peacefully in her home on February 24, 2013.
She was preceded in death by her husband, A. Edward Werner and her son, Roger Werner. She is survived by her children Peter, Jeffery (JoAnn),...
Laura Ellen Street Johnson
Feb 22, 2013
Laura Ellen Street Johnson, 85 years, of Shawnee, Kansas, formerly of Omaha, Nebraska, went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 22, 2013, at Shawnee Gardens, Shawnee, Kansas. Laura spent her adult years blessing others while serving with her husband in ministry, as well as raising their four children in Omaha, Nebraska. After her husband passed on...
Mary Helen Merritt
Feb 22, 2013
Mary Helen Merritt of Shawnee, KS, died Friday, February 22, 2013, at Kansas City Hospice House. Helen was born February 26, 1932, in St. John's, Newfoundland, to Frank and Emma Quigley. While working at the U.S. Air Force Base in Goose Bay, Labrador, in 1957 she met and married American serviceman Otis Merritt. Like most Air Force families, their...
Tara Kae Wernes
Feb 22, 2013
Tara Kae Wernes, 58, died Friday, February 22, 2013, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Merriam, Kansas.
Tara was born October 28, 1954, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Theo and Shirley Barker. Tara's passion in life was her grandchildren; she loved and adored them so much.
Jake Smith, Jr.
Feb 21, 2013
Jake (Sonny) Smith, Jr., 75, passed away February 21, 2013, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.
He was born in 1937 in the Armourdale neighborhood of Kansas City, Kansas. Jake graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1955. Following high school, he proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Jake worked...
James L. Underwood
Feb 21, 2013
James L. Underwood, 75, of Merriam, Kansas, passed away peacefully on February 21, 2013. He was born February 7, 1938, in Hoopeston, Illinois, to Lillian Jean (Robertson) and Carroll Underwood.
Jim was a veteran of the United States Air Force. While serving in the Air Force in 1959, he...






