Obituaries
Local Obituaries for families in Shawnee, Kansas and surrounding communities of Johnson County, Shawnee Mission, and the greater Kansas City area.
Marie M. Budenbender
Sep 1, 2010
Marie M. Budenbender, 72, of Shawnee, Kansas, went home to be with the Lord on September 1, 2010.
Marie was born February 7, 1938 in Broken Bow, Nebraska, to Charles and Mabel (Booth) Land. She was united in marriage December 28, 1956, to Bernard A. Budenbender and they made...
Loretta M. Turner
Aug 29, 2010
Loretta M. Turner, 89, Shawnee, passed away at home on Sunday, August 29, 2010.
Visitation and Graveside Service
Visitation will be 6-8 p.m., Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at the Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee. The rosary will be prayed at 7:00...
Sally Jean Kohlhase
Aug 29, 2010
Sally Jean (Wood) Kohlhase, 76, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on August 29, 2010, surrounded by family after a courageous battle with Alzheimer's.
Sally was born in Wellington, Kansas, on February 24, 1934. Sally was raised in Kiowa, Kansas, by Harry Allen and Lena Wood. She is the...
Wade H. Martin, Jr.
Aug 28, 2010
Wade H. Martin, Jr. 92, Roeland Park, KS passed away Saturday, August 28, 2010 at the Sweet Life at Rosehill, Shawnee, KS. Mr. Martin was born April 12, 1918 in Joplin, MO to Wade H. and Matilda Martin. He was a graduate of the University of Chicago. During WWII, Wade was stationed in China as a meteorologist....
Keith U. Martin
Aug 27, 2010
Keith Martin, area lawyer, age, 89, passed away on Friday, August 27, 2010, of a heart attack. Keith donated his body to the University of Kansas Medical Center. He is survived by Hulda, his beloved wife of 68 years; his sister Helen Gilles, MD, of Lawrence, his sons Alson Martin, Lenexa, David Martin, Overland Park, lawyers, daughter...
Deborah Sue Coover Price
Aug 26, 2010
Deborah Sue (Coover) Price, 49, Shawnee, Kansas, passed away Thursday, August 26, 2010, at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Deborah was born October 2, 1960, in Kansas City, Missouri, to William and Jane (Reeder) Coover. She was a 1978 graduate of Shawnee Mission South High. Deborah attended Johnson...
Monique Schooler
Aug 25, 2010
Monique Schooler, 47, Gardner, Kansas, passed away Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at her home.
Monique was born June 29, 1963 in Princeton, Missouri, to Jim and Donna Schooler. She attended Princeton School and got a certificate in graphic arts at Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, Missouri. She worked at...
Iva Ann Lutjen
Aug 25, 2010
Iva Ann Lutjen, age 75, joined our Lord on August 25, 2010.
Ann lived in Merriam, Kansas, and was born in 1934 in St. Charles, Virginia, to Starling and Kate West.
Ann was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary for...
George H. Negley
Aug 24, 2010
George H. Negley 82, who moved to Mission, Kansas from New Jersey in 2005 , died of acute respiratory failure on August 24, 2010 at the Kansas City Hospice House.
He was born on July 29, 1928, the son of Scott Negley and Maria Dikeman Negley. After serving in...
Joseph A. Weber
Aug 24, 2010
Joseph A. Weber, 88, passed away on August 24, 2010. Joe was born on December 15, 1921 in Sedalia, Missouri to Frank and Emma (Dove) Weber. He was a member of the "Great Generation" along with his brothers, Bernard, John and Leo, and served in the Pacific during World War II on the USS Cascade as a...
Wanda Jo Evans
Aug 23, 2010
Wanda Jo Evans, 88, of DeSoto, Kansas, went home to the Lord on August 23, 2010.
Wanda was born May 11, 1922, to Joseph and Sarah Burndage. Wanda was legally blind and was a member of the West Central Workers of the Blind. In August of 1994 she served...
Marilynn Brown Giltner
Aug 23, 2010
Marilynn Brown Giltner, 74, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away, Monday, August 23, 2010.
Marilynn was born October 12, 1935, in Hays, Kansas, to Claude Harold and Bernadine Reagan Brown. Marilynn received her Bachelors in music education from Central Missouri State College where she was a member of the...
Sergent Nicholas Scarpelli
Aug 20, 2010
Sergeant Nicholas Scarpelli, 29, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Friday, August 20, 2010, in Dade County, Missouri, due to injuries sustained in a traffic accident.
Nick is survived by his wife Jackie of the home, his parents Nicholas Joseph Scarpelli, Wichita, Kansas; and Dorothy Mohney, Wichita, Kansas; grandparents Bill...
Julia Ann Wilson
Aug 19, 2010
Julia Ann Wilson (Julie) age 77, passed away August 19, 2010 in her home located in Overland Park, Kansas.
Julie was born January 8, 1933, in Swains, New York, daughter of Ernest and Grace Morris. Julie was raised in Bath, New York, with her four brothers and one sisiter....
Regina L. Bates
Aug 17, 2010
Regina L. Bates, 85, Shawnee, Kansas passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2010 at the Wilshire at Lakewood Nursing Center, Lee's Summit, Missouri.
Regina was born March 25, 1925 in Kansas City, Kansas to Frank and Margaret (Devlin) Hashman. She was a 1943 graduate of Ward High School, Kansas City,...
Justin Taylor Brown
Aug 16, 2010
Justin Taylor Brown, 18, Merriam, Kansas, passed away at home on Monday, August 16, 2010.
Justin was preceded in death by his great grandfather Willard Andachter and is survived by his parents Kelly and Randy Baldwin, sister Abby and brother Ryan all of the home. Other survivors include his...
Nora Ann Merrell
Aug 16, 2010
Nora Ann (Swartz) Merrell, 75, Merriam, Kansas, passed away Monday, August 16, 2010, at the Shawnee Mission Medical Center, Merriam, Kansas.
Nora was born June 19, 1935, in Dwight, Kansas, the youngest of 10, to Harry and Birdie (Krute) Swartz. She was a 1953 graduate of Dwight High School....
Emily Margaret Allen Witham
Aug 16, 2010
Emily Margaret Allen Witham passed away August 16, 2010, at Indian Creek Healthcare Center.
She was a lifelong resident of Fairway, Kansas. She was born January 13, 1914, to Perry S. and Ola Allen in Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated from Rosedale High School and Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri....
Henry W. Brame, Sr.
Aug 15, 2010
Henry W Brame, Sr., 88, of Kansas City, Kansas, died peacefully at home on Sunday, August 15, 2010.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Virginia Hope McCorkle Brame, and sons Henry Jr. (Carol), Bill (Julie) and Chris and daughters Barbara (Jack) Wright,...
Cora Ruth Toevs
Aug 14, 2010
Cora Ruth (Adams) Toevs, 87, of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away at the home Saturday, August 14, 2010 with family present.
Ruth was born in Argentine, Kansas, August 7, 1923 to Fred C. and Iva L. Adams. She moved to Newton, Kansas where she married her high school sweetheart, Donald...






