Obituaries
Local Obituaries for families in Shawnee, Kansas and surrounding communities of Johnson County, Shawnee Mission, and the greater Kansas City area.
Thelma V. Murphy
Jul 14, 2011
Thelma V. Murphy of Lenexa, Kansas, passed away July 14, 2011.
Memorial Service
Memorial services will be held at a later date.
Robert Evans Coyle
Jul 12, 2011
Robert Evans Coyle, 84, of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away at Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, Missouri, on July 12, 2011.
Bob was born on February 20, 1927 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Clifford and Inez Coyle. He graduated from Sulfur Springs, Arkansas High School. Bob...
Louis Urban
Jul 12, 2011
Louis (Lefty) Urban, 81 of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away July 12, 2011.
Louis was preceded in death by his parents Alois and Dorothy Urban, a brother Elmo Urban, and a sister Lioba Sanders. He is survived by his wife of 54 years Mary Urban; daughters Patricia Dennis (Tom) and...
Russell Wallace
Jul 10, 2011
Russell Wallace, 68, of Shawnee, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2011, at his home.
Russell was born September 6, 1942, to the late Kenneth and Veta Wallace in Kansas City, Missouri. He graduated from Shawnee Mission North in 1960. Russell was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church where...
Dorothy Hovel
Jul 9, 2011
Dorothy is now at peace with the Lord, awaiting the day when death will be defeated, once and for all. Dorothy, age 90, entered her rest July 9, 2011.
Dorothy was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She spent the last 20 years of her working life as a Houseparent, with...
Linda Joyce Anderson
Jul 8, 2011
Linda Anderson, 59, Shawnee, Kansas, passed away Friday, July 8, 2011, at her home.
Linda Joyce Moore was born, September 9, 1951, in Kansas City, Missouri, to John V. and Emily (Miller) Moore. She grew up in Lawson, Missouri, and attended Lawson High School and Johnson County Community College....
Charles Ray Banister
Jul 8, 2011
Charles Ray Banister, 79, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Friday, July 8, 2011, at his home.
Ray was born August 17, 1931, in Shelbyville, Indiana, to Ivan O. and Ruby Mae (Taylor) Banister. In 1951, Ray joined the US Navy serving in both the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam...
Donna Potter Evans
Jul 6, 2011
Donna Potter Evans, 79, Mission, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at Sweet Life at Grand Court, Overland Park, Kansas.
Donna was born July 12, 1931, in Virginia, Illinois, to Willard E. and Hazel G. (Sanders) Potter. Donna married Donald L. Evans in Aurora, Illinois, and had celebrated...
Karen S. Moore
Jul 5, 2011
Karen S. Moore, 60, of Shawnee, Kansas, left us unexpectedly on July 5, 2011. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother "Mimi" and loving sister. All who knew her will miss her deeply.
Karen was preceded in death by her mother Lou Ellen Anderson and two brothers, Ronald and...
Robert G. Murray
Jul 1, 2011
July 20, 1925-July 1, 2011
A Guiding Light, Mentor, Friend, Husband, Father, Grandfather. Robert Gordon Murray was born July 20, 1925, in Polo, Missouri. He was one of eight children of John & Frances Murray. He left for Heaven on July 1, 2011, from complications of Dementia/Alzheimer’s.
Betty Lou Backus
Jun 30, 2011
Betty Lou Backus, 81, Olathe Kansas, passed away Thursday, June 30, 2011, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.
Betty was preceded in death by her Husband Walter Eugene, parents, Joe and Lida Hoover, brothers, Loyd Hoover, and Jerry Hoover. Survivors include her two brothers Jim (Mary) Hoover, Springfield, Missouri; Ed...
Robert J. Giltner
Jun 29, 2011
Robert J. Giltner, 91, loved father and grandfather passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2011, at his home in Shawnee, Kansas.
Robert was a veteran of WWII in the U.S. Army receiving a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. After the war he started his career in his home town of...
Gail A. Lembeck
Jun 28, 2011
Gail A. Lembeck passed away late Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at the age of 74.
Gail was a native of St. Louis, Missouri, where she graduated from Incarnate Word Academy. She was an active parishioner at Holy Trinity Catholic Church and School in Lenexa, Kansas, for many years. She...
Evelyn Maxine True
Jun 27, 2011
Evelyn M. True, age 88, of Lenexa, Kansas, went to be with the Lord on Monday, June 27, 2011, at Lakeview Village, after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.
Evelyn was born on July 28, 1922, in Osage City, Kansas, the daughter of William A. Johnson and Selma L. Johnson. She...
Margaret Ann “Peggy” Jewell
Jun 27, 2011
Margaret Ann Jewell, April 9, 1954 - June 27, 2011, passed away at the home of family early in the morning Monday, June 27, 2011, after a courageous battle with cancer. Margaret, a.k.a Peggy, 57, passed in Shawnee, Kansas, where she spent her childhood and much of her adulthood.
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Loretta Carol Burdiss
Jun 24, 2011
Loretta Carol Burdiss, age 58 a resident of Cleveland, Missouri, died Friday, June 24, 2011, at 2:15 pm at her daughter’s home in Tonganoxie, Kansas, of COPD complications.
Loretta was born August 19, 1952, in Kansas City, Kansas, to Sidney G. And Alice D. (née Lee) Watts. She grew...
Edward H. Ruder
Jun 24, 2011
Edward H. Ruder, 96, of Overland Park, passed away June 24, 2011. Mr. Ruder was born on April 7, 1915, in Venice, Illinois, to Joseph Ruder and Mary Geier, and lived in the St. Louis area until moving to Kansas City in 1951.
Mr. Ruder was a Missouri Registered...
Robert Joseph Keller
Jun 20, 2011
Robert J. "Bob" Keller, 46, of Prairie Village, KS passed away June 20th, 2011 at home. Robert was preceded in death by his father, Donald A. Keller in 2008. He is survived by his mother, Bev Keller; his siblings, Don (Paula) Keller, Sue (Chris) Thayer, and Mike (Rosemary) Keller; his nieces, Kristen, Ashley, and Michaela; his nephews,...
Leonard Bernhardt Mueller
Jun 19, 2011
Mr. Mueller passed away, Sunday, June 19, 2011, at his home. Leonard was born in Redwood County, Minnesota, to Bernhardt and Elsie (Marquardt) Mueller. He served in the US Army during WWII in the European Theater of Operations. He was a 2nd Lieutenant serving in the Field Artillery.
Leonard...
Russell Cloin Elliott
Jun 18, 2011
Russell Cloin Elliott of Merriam, Kansas, peacefully passed away June 18, 2011, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center in Overland Park, Kansas.
Russell was born July 12, 1934, in Douglas County Missouri, to Glen and Florence Elliott. Russell was a machinist for Kansas City Screw Products for many years....






