Anthony “Tony” B. Arnold

Anthony "Tony" B. Arnold, 65, passed away on Dec.6, 2017. Tony was born August 17, 1952 to Kenneth and Flavel Arnold. He attended Shawnee Mission North and joined the Navy after high school. He was a Vietnam War Veteran. He also was a truck driver and worked at Godfather's and Rosetti's Pizza in Shawnee, Kansas. Tony attended...

Frank Michael Catania

Frank M. Catania died peacefully, surrounded by family and friends on December 3rd. He was born July 31, 1942 in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. He is preceded in death by his mother Mary and father Tom Turner. He is survived by Rosemary Ryan, his constant companion and the love of his life; his brother Dr....

Mark James Griffin

Mark James Griffin, Shawnee, KS, died Nov. 27. He was born Ocober16, 1949 in Kansas City, MO to Paul Griffin, Jr. and Helen Schweiger Griffin. He attended Visitation School, St. John's Seminary and Rockhurst High School. He graduated from Rockhurst University in 1971 with a B.S. in Physics. After graduation Mark began his career in information technology...

Frank Harold Eastwood

Frank Eastwood, 94, of Kansas City, KS passed away Wednesday June 10, 15 at his residence surrounded by his family.

Frank retired from Faultless Starch as a manager after many years.

Service times will be announced at a later date.

John William Louis Coy

John Coy, of Shawnee, died on Tuesday, August 1st at the Kansas City Hospice after a short illness. He was born in Kansas City on November 22, 1928, son of John Gaston and Marie (Samuelson) Coy. John worked for the Santa Fe Railroad for 54 years mostly as an engineer. He was honored by the railroad for his long...

Charles W. Glenn

Charles W. Glenn died Friday morning in his home in Lawrence. He was born in Holton, KS on October 15, 1923, the only child of Carl G. Glenn and Clara Kaul Glenn. After graduating from Holton High School in 1941, he attended Kansas State University. His education was interrupted as he served with the Merchant Marine's during...

Phyllis Ann Braet

Phyllis A. Braet, 84, of Pittsburg, KS passed away Friday, December 23 at Guest Home Estates in Pittsburg, KS.

Phyllis was born June 29, 1932 to the late George Fogelsong and Lola Cox in Kansas City, KS. She is preceded in death by her husband Charles Braet, her brothers, Frank Fogelsong and Delbert Cox. Phyllis...

John R. Cochran

John was born in Johnson County, Kansas on 2/15/33 to Katherine and G.D. Cochran and was raised with his older sister Virginia.

He excelled at Shawnee Mission High School as class president and participated in track and football. He later married the love of his life Marlene a former cheerleader and future Mrs....

Donna Lou Walker Branston

Donna Lou Walker Branston, 72, of Overland Park, formerly of Scottsdale, Arizona and San Francisco, California, passed away May 25th.

Donna was born July 6, 1939, to the late Don and Laura Lou Walker in Joplin, Missouri. Donna was an avid San Francisco 49ers fan. She was a team...

Albert Henke

Albert C. Henke, 88, of Overland Park (formerly of Shawnee), completed his "final mission" on March 19, 2009. Albert was born on July 1, 1920 in Brunswick, Missouri. Mr. Henke is survived by Mary (Haas) Henke, his wife of 61 years, and his son, Don (Kim) Henke, and daughters, Nancy Henke-Konopasek, Marsha (Pete) Cahill, and Sharon (Paul)...

Marvin Russell Barden

Marvin R. Barden, 78, of Lenexa, passed away Saturday, December 26, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center.

Marvin was born July 4, 1937 in St. Louis, Mo. Marvin graduated from Ruskin High School in 1955. He learned to be an Architect and worked for several firms in the Kansas City area for over 50 years....

Helen Evelyn Allison

Helen E. Allison, 97, of Shawnee, passed away Saturday, December 26, at Menorah Medical Center.

Helen was born September 11, 1918 in Kansas City, Kansas to the late Ansel and Anna Theresa Stubbs. A lifelong Kansas City area resident, Helen graduated from Northeast High School. During WWII, Helen served the war effort by working for...

Steven Richard Cansler

Steven Richard Cansler, 65, lifelong resident of Shawnee, passed away Sunday, December 24 at home surrounded by his loving family.  Steven was born May 30, 1952 to the late Finis Richard and Betty Ruth Cansler in Shawnee, Kansas. Steve graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest in 1970.  On May 16, 1981 he married his best friend, Kimberly Jo Cress.  Steve...

Deborah L. Close

Deborah Close, 59, of Shawnee passed away at her home.  Deb was born January 28, 1959 to the late Donald and Wanda May Satterfield in Kansas City, MO.  A lifetime Kansas City area resident, Debbie graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest in 1977.  She worked for various federal government agencies for over 40 years, most recently she served as a...

Mary Elizabeth Fanska

Mary E. Fanska, 83, Overland Park, Kansas passed away May 29th at Garden Terrace.  Mary was born on April 28,1937 in Kansas City, Mo and lived her life in and around surrounding areas.  Mary was a kindhearted. loving and caring wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to many.  She had a passion for bowling and showed it by bowling 2-3...

Cynthia Gilbert

On Wednesday, January 23rd, Cindy (Grisham) Gilbert left this earth after a 6-month battle with brain cancer. During her final moments, she was surrounded with immeasurable love and support of family and friends. Preceded in death by her cherished husband Allen in August of 2002, she is survived by her loving daughters Betsy Gilbert, Overland Park, KS ...

Irene E. Amick

Irene E. Amick, 96, of Kansas City, MO passed away on January 30th. She was born on May 6, 1917 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Irene is survived by her husband of 65 years, Charles B. Amick; daughter, Lois A. Mead of Lawrence, KS; two grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.

Irene will...

Leslie Fulenwider Iii

Leslie Fulenwider III., 67, of Overland Park, KS passed away Friday 28, 2018 at his home. Leslie was born on November 8, 1950 to Leslie Jr. and Georgia (James) Fulenwider. He was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife, Debra Fulenwider; daughters, Sandra Stewart, Melissa Straub, and Paige Fulenwider; and son, John...

Norman Leroy Eckard

Norman "Norm" Leroy Eckard, 77, of Shawnee, Kansas, left us, surrounded by his wife and children on January 29th due to complications of the heart.

Norm was preceded in death by his parents, Marion and Chrystal Eckard, nieces Kim Manthei, Sommer Eckard, and grandson Albert "Don Don" Taylor. He is survived by his sister Diane (Ron) Manthei,...

Elizabeth “Beth” Dorothy Coleman

Elizabeth "Beth" Dorothy Coleman, 84, of Mission, KS passed away at home with her family by her side.

Beth was born June 1, 1935 to the late Ortis and Dorothy Howes in Greeley, CO. She graduated from College High School at the young age of 16 in 1951. Beth loved to dance and used her talents entertaining...