Obituaries
Local Obituaries for families in Shawnee, Kansas and surrounding communities of Johnson County, Shawnee Mission, and the greater Kansas City area.
Bhogilal Parbhubhai Patel
May 16, 2010
Bhogilal Parbhubhai Patel, 85, Overland Park, Kansas, passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010, at the Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas.
Mr. Patel was born in Surat, India. He graduated with a BS degree from the University of Bombay. Mr. Patel worked in the pharmaceutical industry, retiring...
Walter Eugene Backus
May 15, 2010
Walter Eugene Backus, 79, Olathe, Kansas, passed away Saturday, May 15, 2010, at the Select Specialty Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas.
Walter was born September 19, 1930, Meridan, Kansas, to Raymond Frank and Minnie (Riddle) Backus. He was a 1948 graduate of Seaman High School in Topeka. Walter was employed...
Javier Antonio Reyes
May 13, 2010
Javier Antonio Reyes, 58, Shawnee, Kansas, passed away Thursday, May 13, 2010, at the Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas.
Javier was born March 11, 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, to Tony and Mary (Zuniga) Reyes who survive him. He was a veteran of the US...
Edith L. Mangun
May 12, 2010
Edith L. Mangun, 91, of Lenexa, Kansas, passed away May 12, 2010, surrounded by her loving family.
Edith was born March 2, 1919 in Cabool, Missouri, to Edwin Ainsworth and Edith Racine (Collins) DuBois. She attended school in Springfield, Missouri, graduating from high school in 1936. She earned her...
Phyllis J. Di Maio
May 12, 2010
Longtime resident of Redondo Beach, formerly of Shawnee, Phyllis J. Di Maio, 63, lost her long battle with cancer on May 12, 2010.
Phyllis was the eldest daughter born to Anthony and Beatrice Di Maio of Shawnee Mission, Kansas on October 22, 1946. She spent her formative years in...
George W. Cooke
May 11, 2010
George W. Cooke, 82, of Fairway, KS passed away May 11, 2010. George was born Dec. 8, 1927, in St. Joseph, MO, to Harry & Florence (Waddell) Cooke. He worked for many years in the food management business in the Kansas City area. George was preceded in death by his parents, and a sister Marian...
The Rev. Arleigh W. Lassiter
May 11, 2010
The Rev. Arleigh W. Lassiter passed away May 11, 2010 at the age of 89.
The Reverend Arleigh W. Lassiter was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on November 20, 1920. Later his family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and he graduated from Northeast High School. He went on to attend...
Andy C. Gensch, Jr.
May 9, 2010
Andy C. Gensch, Jr., 67 of Shawnee, Kansas, died May 9, 2010, at St. Lukes Hospital after a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather.
Andy was born February 12, 1943 in Torrington, Connecticut, to Andy, Sr. and Mary Gensch. He earned a...
Brian Michael Starnes
May 8, 2010
Brian Michael Starnes, 37, of Flemington, Missouri, died Saturday, May 8, 2010, in Bolivar, Missouri.
He was born June 26, 1972, in Kansas City, Kansas, the son of Michael L. Starnes and Diana L. Wade "Jones".
He was preceded in death...
John Louis Schuberth
May 7, 2010
John Louis Schuberth, 90, died Friday, May 7,, 2010, at The Forum Healthcare in Overland Park, Kansas.
John was born July 11, 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, and attended high schools in Chicago and Memphis, Tennessee, before enlisting in the Army Air Corp. In WWII he served in the 305th...
James R. Sands
May 6, 2010
James R. Sands died on May 6, 2010 at home from complications of lifelong diabetes.
Jim was born on March 19, 1940 in Ottawa, Kansas, to Mamie and Goldie Sands. He received an accounting degree from Rockhurst College, and was a self-employed CPA. Jim was an avid outdoorsman who...
Carol Velky Piper
May 4, 2010
Carol Velky Piper, 85 of Shawnee, Kansas, passed away May 4, 2010.
Carol was born January 26, 1925 in Densmore, Kansas, to Lionel and Elsa (Shimonek) Hotaling. Carol retired from TWA after working over 25 years. She was a member of Shawnee United Methodist Church.
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Edna B. Marx Garrett
May 2, 2010
Edna B. Marx Garrett, Lenexa, Kansas, passed away peacefully May 2, 2010 after a long battle with rheumatoid arthritis.
Born April 6, 1929 to Joseph and Edna (Gangel) Marx, she was second of eleven children. She was a 1946 graduate of Shawnee Mission Rural High School. Edna loved her...
Mary L. Ray
May 2, 2010
Mary L. Ray, 59, Rock Springs, Wyoming, passed away Sunday, May 2, 2010 in Overland Park, Kansas.
Mary was born February 10, 1951, to Richard and Doris Bell in Kansas City, Kansas.
Mary is survived by her loving husband John; her...
George E. Parkhurst
May 1, 2010
George E. Parkhurst, 80, Lake Winnebago, Missouri, went up to be with God on May 1, 2010, at noon after a long courageous battle with cancer. He died peacefully and with loved ones around him at Kansas City Hospice House.
He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed photographing flowers...
Anthony Scholler
May 1, 2010
Anthony Scholler, stillbirth, went to be with the Angels in Heaven on May 1, 2010.
Anthony is survived by his loving parents, Sue Burks and Richard Scholle; a sister Yetta Scholler; brother Andrew Scholler; and grandparents Joseph and Yecha Burks and Andrew and Susan Scholler and Kathy Vogan.
...William Paul Johnson
May 1, 2010
William Paul Johnson, born September 1, 2000, passed away on May 1, 2010, at home.
Paul thrived on his involvement in Cub Scout Pack 3400, his soccer and baseball teams and karate. He was a budding carpenter, engineer and a video game enthusiast. He attended Rosehill Elementary and enjoyed...
Mattie Belle Loveless
Apr 27, 2010
Mattie Belle Loveless, 89, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away April 27, 2010.
Mattie was preceded in death by her husband Charles P. "Buddy" Loveless and a son Stanley W. "Bill" Loveless. She is survived by a son Steve and his wife Connie and wonderful granddaughters, Molly, Becky, Amy,...
Elizabeth “Ann” Glover
Apr 25, 2010
Elizabeth “Ann” (Gilman) Glover, 82, passed away at home with her husband, Jerry, by her side, April 25, 2010.
Born July 21, 1927, in Kansas City, Kansas, the only child of Carl and Gladys (Wilson) Gilman. Ann and Gerald Lewis Glover were married October 8, 1949 at her parents...
Daniel P. Miller
Apr 25, 2010
Daniel P. (Danny) Miller, 65, Edgerton, Kansas, passed away April 25, 2010.
Daniel was born February 28, 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri, to Albert and Agnes (Crowley) Miller. Daniel was raised in Shawnee, Kansas. He served in the National Guard from 1966-1971. He was an avid Chiefs fan, enjoyed...






