Obituaries
Local Obituaries for families in Shawnee, Kansas and surrounding communities of Johnson County, Shawnee Mission, and the greater Kansas City area.
Mary Altieri
Jan 25, 2012
Mary Florence (Ciampi) Altieri passed away peacefully on January 25, 2012, at her home.
She was born May 2, 1919, in Mount Vernon, New York, to Saverio and Margherita Ciampi. She worked as a telephone operator in the Westchester Division, New York Telephone Girls in the Second Service Command...
Helen Louise Bredesen
Jan 22, 2012
Helen Louise Bredesen, 81, of Overland Park, Kansas, died quietly in her sleep at home during the early morning hours of Sunday, January 22, 2012.
Helen was born on April 21, 1930, in Brewer, Maine, to Isaac E. and Madeline (Renouf) Staples. In 1956 she met US Air Force...
Virginia Merrick Wheatcroft
Jan 22, 2012
Virginia Merrick Wheatcroft, 88, Merriam, Kansas, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2012 at her home.
Virginia grew up in metropolitan Chicago, Illinois. After graduating high school, Virginia received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Culver Stockton College in Canton, Missouri. It was there that she met Daniel Wheatcroft and...
Don Leslie Lewis
Jan 22, 2012
Don Leslie Lewis, son of Archie and Sallie Lewis, passed away peacefully at Sweet Life of Rosehill on January 22, 2012.
Born February 4, 1937, Don came from a family of school teachers. He earned a BS in chemistry and an MS in physics, and for 35 years he...
Dorothy Weinberg Butler
Jan 21, 2012
Dorothy Weinberg Butler, passed away on January 21, 2012.
She was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Kansas City was her home for the past 57 years. Dorothy had a long career in the retail jewelry business, working for Helzberg's Jewelers and Halls.
Laura Emily Gill
Jan 19, 2012
Laura Emily (Swindler) Gill, 77, of Mission, Kansas, died on January 19, 2012, at Kansas City Hospice House.
Laura was born April 22, 1934, in Independence, Missouri, the youngest of Wilhelmina (Steffens) and George W. Swindler's four children. During childhood she also lived in Washington County, Kansas, Nebraska, and...
Shawn C. Lutes
Jan 19, 2012
Shawn C. Lutes, 33, of Mission, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2012, at his home.
Shawn was born April 13, 1978, to Dixie and Stanley Lutes. He graduated from Olathe North High School in 1996 and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Religious Education from Mid America Nazarene University in...
Daniel Drake
Jan 19, 2012
Dan Drake of Westwood, Kansas, passed away Thursday, January 19, 2012, at age 72 after a long illness.
He is preceded in death by his parents F.O. & Mary Drake of Hannibal; his sister Erma Lee Robinson of Jefferson City and brother Frank Drake Jr. of Jefferson City.
...Alice M. Haynes
Jan 18, 2012
Alice M. Haynes, 82, of Shawnee, passed away Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at the Sweet Life of Rosehill.
Alice was born February 10, 1929, to the late Floyd and Eula Stewart in Ozark, Missouri. She married Robert Haynes, May 12, 1969. He preceded her in death September 26, 2011,...
Mark Tyrone Spalding
Jan 18, 2012
Mark Tyrone Spalding of Gardner, Kansas, age 60, died January 18, 2012, at Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas, after a short battle with cancer.
Mark was born January 10, 1952, in Hiawatha, Kansas, to Benjamin Jack and Sarah (Clark) Spalding. He grew up in Camdenton, Missouri, and attended elementary, junior and...
Patrick M. Patterson
Jan 18, 2012
Patrick M. Patterson, 57, of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away, Wednesday, January 18, 2012, at his home.
Pat was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He served in the Marine Corps for 20 years, retiring as a Gunnery Sgt. in 1993. He was a founding member of the Rogue’s Gallery of...
James D. Brown
Jan 17, 2012
James D. Brown, 85, of Merriam, Kansas, passed away, Tuesday, January 17, 2012, at his home.
Jim was born August 28, 1926, in Kismet, Kansas, to James V. and Annis J. Carter Brown. He was a Navy veteran of WWII. Jim had been a member of Legacy Christian Church...
Theda D. Lewis
Jan 16, 2012
Theda D. Lewis, 93, of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on January 16, 2012.
Theda was born on December 20, 1918, in Great Bend, Kansas, to Clarence Downey and Ida Mae McDonald-Downey. Theda graduated from Great Bend High School, class of 1938. At the age of...
Blanche Swenson Burch
Jan 15, 2012
Blanche Swenson Burch, 92, of Charlotte, North Carolina, passed away on January 15, 2012, at Sardis Oaks Nursing Home.
Blanche was born on April 18, 1919, in Bucklin, Missouri, a daughter of Louis J. and Ella Oneida Swenson. Blanche was raised on a farm in rural Marceline, Missouri, and...
Emil Joseph Nunnink
Jan 14, 2012
Joe Nunnink, 91, of Shawnee, Kansas, died January 14, 2012, at his home.
Joe was born June 26, 1920 in Shawnee, Kansas. He served with the Army Air Corp in Italy during WWII. Following the war he was united in marriage to Betty Pflumm on May 18th 1946. Together...
Barbara Jean Mardis
Jan 14, 2012
Barbara Jean Mardis, 74, Shawnee, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2012, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas.
Barbara was born May 17, 1937 in Kansas City, Missouri. She attended Shawnee Mission North High School. She enjoyed her work in the cafeteria at Trailridge Middle...
Blanche B. Caldwell
Jan 13, 2012
Blanche Caldwell, 95, Overland Park, Kansas, (formerly of Russell, Kansas) passed away Friday, January 13, 2012, at the Bickford Assisted Living, Overland Park, Kansas.
Blanche was born November 30, 1916, in Chanute, Kansas, to Samuel J. and Emily J. Beamer. She attended school in Enid, Oklahoma, graduating in 1934....
Amy Suzanne Thimmesch
Jan 12, 2012
Amy Suzanne Thimmesch, of Mission, Kansas, passed away on January 12, 2012. Amy was born in Merriam, Kansas, on December 19, 1976, to Carl and Barbara Thimmesch.
Amy was preceded in death by her grandparents, Ida and Carl Thimmmesch and her grandfather, William Brohl.
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Joseph B. Jansen
Jan 11, 2012
Joseph B. Jansen, 89, Lenexa, KS (formerly of Fordyce, NE) passed away Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, MO. Joseph was born March 27, 1922 inFordyce, NE to Anna and Henry Jansen. He was a lifelong farmer in Fordyce, NE. Joseph was a member of Catholic Forester's and Holy Name Society...
Robert W. Kerr
Jan 10, 2012
Bob, age 84, passed away at home on January 10, 2012, after courageously battling Parkinson's with dignity and grace.
Bob was born on July 13, 1927, in Kansas City, Kansas, of Estella Mae Kerr (Ennis) and Robert Ward Kerr. Bob was devoted to his family. He was a beloved...






