Obituaries
Local Obituaries for families in Shawnee, Kansas and surrounding communities of Johnson County, Shawnee Mission, and the greater Kansas City area.
Earnest Spillman Ford
Mar 15, 2011
Earnest S. Ford passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2011, with his family at his side.
Earnie was preceded in death by his wife Genevieve, parents Roy and Flossie Ford, four brothers and one sister. He is survived by two sons, Roger H. Ford and Richard S. Ford; daughters Cynthia...
Richard Lee “Rick” Carlson
Mar 13, 2011
Richard Lee "Rick" Carlson, 57, Merriam, Kansas, died March 13, 2011, at Kansas City Hospice House.
Rick was born January 28, 1954, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, to Harold R. Carlson and Anna D. (Sanders) Carpenter. Richard was a loving father, husband and son. He was loved by his family and...
Daniel Edward Mayo
Mar 13, 2011
Daniel Edward Mayo, 59, passed away March 13, 2011. Danny was born at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, on February 20, 1952 to Mildred JoAnn (Borland) and Joseph Lloyd Mayo. He attended elementary and high school in Webster Groves, Missouri, and graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School with the class of 1970. He was awarded the Order of...
Alice G. Wickersham
Mar 13, 2011
Alice G. Wickersham, 87, of Fairway, Kansas passed away Sunday morning, March 13, 2011, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City.
Alice was born October 10, 1923, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Dr. Axel I. and Elizabeth E. (Shoemaker-Heckert) Anderson. She grew up in a family of eight children...
Jane L. Dickerson
Mar 12, 2011
Jane Louise Dickerson died Saturday morning, March 12, 2011, in Kansas City, Missouri.
Jane was born December 18, 1951, in St. Louis, Missouri, to the late William C. and Alice L. Allen. She moved with her family to Kansas City at age 12 and attended Shawnee Mission North High...
Ruth J. Raw
Mar 10, 2011
Ruth J. Raw, of Shawnee, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2011, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.
Ruth was born July 11, 1933, in Denver, Colorado, to the late John R. and Olive M. Barber. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Sterling College with a degree...
Helen Lichtenauer
Mar 9, 2011
Helen Lichtenauer, 87, of Shawnee, Kansas, died March 9, 2011, at Shawnee Gardens Nursing Center.
Helen was born February 23, 1924, in Kansas City, Kansas, to Mathew and Mary (Gasperac) Malnar. Helen grew up on Strawberry Hill in Kansas City, Kansas. On May 26, 1951, Helen married George M....
Lucille E. True
Mar 8, 2011
Lucille E. True, 83, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away March 8, 2011.
Lucille was born November 13, 1927 in Kansas City, Kansas, to Edwin and Elsie (Botham) Leach. She retired from the Johnson County Library System, and was a life long area resident. She enjoyed genealogy and china painting....
John Boag Bloom
Mar 8, 2011
John Boag Bloom, formerly of Dune Acres, Indiana, passed away March 8, 2011, in Overland Park, Kansas.
Mr. Bloom was born September 7, 1925, in New Millport, Pennsylvania, a son of Adlai and Margaretta Boag Bloom. He married Veralda ("B") Bland on December 24, 1950, in New Millport. She...
Jeremiah Timothy Dull
Mar 5, 2011
J. T. Dull, 31, of Merriam, Kansas, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2011.
J.T. was born August 24, 1979, in Warren, Ohio. He was a proud and devoted father. J.T. served in the US National Guard and was a talented artist and writer, as well as an accomplished athlete...
Erna Sarapuu
Mar 4, 2011
Erna Sarapuu, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Friday, March 4, 2011, at Delmar Gardens of Lenexa.
Mrs. Sarapuu was born February 21, 1918, in Tallinn Estonia. She was preceded in death by her husband, Erich Sarapuu on December 15, 2004 and son, Peeter Sarapuu.
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Sam Fletcher
Mar 3, 2011
Sam Fletcher, 17, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2011.
Sam was born on September 16, 1993, in Kansas City, Missouri, to William and Rosie (Hayner) Fletcher. He was sophomore at Shawnee Mission North High School and was attending IQ Academy online. Sam was a gifted guitarist,...
Delores R. Rynard
Mar 3, 2011
Delores R. Rynard, 81, Olathe, Kansas, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2011.
Visitation and Funeral Service
Funeral services will be 11:00 am, Monday, March 7, 2011, at the Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee; burial in the Resurrection Cemetery. Visitation will be...
Larry Wayne Reynolds
Mar 1, 2011
Larry Wayne Reynolds, beloved father, grandfather, and friend, passed away on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, following a brief illness.
Larry was born in Kansas City, Kansas, in 1942, attended Rosedale High School, and Holy Name Catholic Church. An avid sportsman, he loved to play golf and most team sports,...
Sheila E. Lucas
Feb 28, 2011
Sheila E. Lucas of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away February 28, 2011, after a brief illness.
She is survived by her son Kurt (his wife Teri); daughters, Kimberly Maher (her husband, Kevin), Kathleen Flack (her husband, Paul), Korinne Harriman (her husband, Dan); 15 grandchildren, Kyle (his wife Michelle), Kevin (his...
Geraldine “Jerry” Maude Ayers
Feb 27, 2011
Geraldine "Jerry" Maude Ayers, 83, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2011, at Sunrise Assisted Living, Lenexa, Kansas.
Jerry was born May 12, 1927, in Redfield, Kansas to William and Carolyn (Turner) Bilyew. On July 2, 1949, Jerry married Maurice F. Ayers, Jr., in Fort Scott, Kansas....
Mary Bartkoski
Feb 26, 2011
Mary L. Bartkoski, 84, Overland Park, died February 26, 2011.
She was born December 25, 1926, in Kansas City, Kansas, where she attended St. Benedict's School and Church and Ward High School. She worked at Southwestern Bell and Riley's Jewelry. She began singing as a child and was a...
Frank Verdict, Jr.
Feb 25, 2011
Frank Verdict, Jr. 70, of Bonner Springs, Kansas, passed away February 25, 2011.
Frank was born June 20, 1940, in Tuckerman, Arkansas, to Frank and Beulah Verdict. Frank retired from General Motors after 30+ years of service.
He was preceded in...
Raymond “Ray” Arneson
Feb 25, 2011
Raymond “Ray” Arneson, 72, Shawnee, Kansas, passed away Friday, February 25, 2011, at Kansas City Hospice House.
Visitation and Prayer Service
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at the Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee, where a Rosary will...
Paul J. Schubert, Sr.
Feb 24, 2011
Paul J. Schubert, Sr., Shawnee, Kansas, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2011.
Paul was born May 11, 1923, in Henley, Missouri. He married the “pretty girl in the pink dress,” Ellen Robinett, on September 5, 1942, and she survives him of the home. Paul was a hard-working family...






