Obituaries
Local Obituaries for families in Shawnee, Kansas and surrounding communities of Johnson County, Shawnee Mission, and the greater Kansas City area.
Herman “Gene” Burns
Jul 9, 2010
Herman "Gene" Burns, 74, Kansas City, Kansas, passed away at home on Friday, July 9, 2010.
Gene was employed by Kansas City Power & Light for 40 years until his retirement in 1994. Gene was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and the Odd Fellows. His hobbies...
Anna Louise Shughart Tripkos
Jul 7, 2010
Anna L. Tripkos, age 89, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away July 7, 2010, at Brighton Gardens Nursing Home in Prairie Village, Kansas.
Anna was born January 19, 1921, in Lowemont, Kansas, to Henry and Mabel (Schindling) Roach. She graduated from Cushing Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in 1941....
Dorla A. Chambers
Jul 5, 2010
Dorla A. Chambers, 79, Shawnee, Kansas, passed away Monday, July 5, 2010 at her home.
Mrs. Chambers was an antique dealer and a member the Antique Appraiser's Association.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Chambers, November 18, 1997....
Jason Kyle Adam
Jul 3, 2010
Jason Kyle Adam of Shawnee, Kansas, died July 3, 2010, at the age of 30 at the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri.
He was the devoted husband of Laura Adam, and loving father to nine-month-old, Lydia Rose Adam. He was the son of Chuck and Karen Adam, brother of...
Charlene May Davidson
Jul 3, 2010
Charlene May Davidson, 84, of Shawnee passed away Saturday, July 3, 2010 at Lakeview Village in Lenexa.
Charlene was born July 8, 1925 in Kansas City, Kansas. She graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1943. On March 17, 1946 Charlene married Robert Davidson. He preceded her in death in...
Margaret A. Hall
Jul 3, 2010
Margaret A. Hall, 88, of Westwood, Kansas, passed away Saturday, July 3, 2010.
She was born August 27, 1921 in Kansas City, Missouri, to Thomas J. and Minnie Eda (Hughes) Hall. She graduated from Rosedale High School and then attended Kansas City Business College. She worked for Sinclair Oil...
Dana Ann Hild
Jul 2, 2010
Dana Ann Hild, 79, of Shawnee, passed away Friday, July 2, 2010 at her home. Dana was born August 24, 1930 to John and Freda Durfee in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Dana attended the University of Kansas. She married F. Wayne Hild, who preceded her in death in September 2007. Dana...
Bessie Riggs
Jul 1, 2010
Bessie Riggs, 93, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away July 1, 2010.
Visitation and Funeral Service
A visitation will be held Tuesday, July 6, 2010, from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon at the Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee. A funeral service...
Carl W. Ison
Jun 30, 2010
Carl W. Ison, 100, of Lenexa, Kansas, passed away June 30, 2010.
He was born the first of ten on October 5, 1909, in Pleasanton, Kansas, where he grew up on a farm outside town. He married Vivian Castle and they attended Kansas State College in Pittsburg where he...
Shirley J. Zeller
Jun 29, 2010
Shirley J. Zeller, 86, Shawnee, Kansas, passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2010, at Pinnacle Care Nursing Center in Olathe, Kansas.
Shirley was preceded in death by her husband Lawrence M. Zeller and a son Reverend Lawrence M. Zeller, Jr. Survivors include a daughter Janet (Kevin) Jordan Lenexa, Kansas; three...
Joe J. Carl
Jun 29, 2010
Joe J. Carl, 82, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away June 29, 2010.
He was born October 25, 1927 in Springfield, Missouri to Calvin and Velma (Jennings) Carl. He served in the US Navy during WWII and then received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri,...
Mary Lillian Betz Callaghan
Jun 28, 2010
Mary Lillian Betz Callaghan, 87, Shawnee, Kansas, passed away Monday, June 28, 2010 at the Sweet Life of Shawnee.
Mary Lillian is survived by four daughters, Mary Frances (Ricardo) Martinez, North Kansas City, Missouri, Linda Sue (Kirk) Augustine, Springfield, Missouri, Beverly Anne (John) Schuepbach, Lenexa Kansas, Karen Jean (Stan)...
Cleadus I. Teeters
Jun 28, 2010
Cleadus I. Teeters, 81, of Shawnee, Kansas,, passed away, Monday, June 28, 2010 at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.
Cleadus was born in Trail, Missouri, to Vol and Elsie Leek Estes. She married Leon Teeters on January 18, 1947 in Kansas City, Kansas. She was an active member of the...
Orville F. Crane
Jun 27, 2010
Orville F. Crane, 90, Shawnee, Kansas, passed away on Sunday, June 27, 2010 at home.
Orville was born on a farm near Eudora, Kansas and graduated from Eudora High School. He later worked at North American building B-25s where he met his wife, Norma. Orville served in the Army...
Donald E. Masinando
Jun 26, 2010
Donald E. Masinando, 62, Shawnee, Kansas, passed away Saturday, June 26, 2010, at the VA Hospital, Leavenworth, Kansas.
Memorial Visitation
A memorial visitation will be from 5-8 pm, Wednesday, June 30, 2010, at the Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee. Cremation.
Carol Wyrick
Jun 26, 2010
Carol Wyrick, 66, Shawnee, Kansas, passed away Saturday, June 26, 2010, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center.
She was a wonderful friend, sister, aunt and role model, as well as a mama to her dogs Bandit and Jessie. She took all those roles seriously and everyone that met her loved...
Lucille Frances Raley
Jun 26, 2010
Lucille Frances Raley, 90, of Shawnee, Kansas, died Saturday, June 26, 2010 at the Manor Care of Overland Park, Kansas. She was born May 20, 1920 in Shawnee, Kansas to Frank and Catherine VanDerhagen and had 10 siblings.
She is survived by her son, Kenneth A. Raley and his...
Billy Joe Ford
Jun 25, 2010
Billy Joe Ford of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away in his home June 25, 2010.
He was a veteran of the Korean War, served in the Johnson County Kansas area Firefighter Association in many different capacities, where he retired as Fire Chief of Shawnee, Kansas in 1982 after thirty-eight...
Orville Ray Ashbrook
Jun 22, 2010
Orville Ray Ashbrook 84, Shawnee, Kansas passed away June 22, 2010. He was born February 16, 1926 in Waterloo, Iowa, the son of James and Lois Ashbrook of Caney, Kansas. Orville attended school and graduated from the Caney High School in 1944.
He served in the US Navy from...
Nickola Jo “Jody” Sullivan
Jun 20, 2010
Nickola Jo “Jody” Sullivan, 64, Shawnee, Kansas, passed away Sunday, June 20, 2010 at St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri.
Jody was born July 6, 1945 in Leroy, Kansas. She was an active member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Women's Auxiliary and was a past president of the...






