Lorraine Hontz
Nov 5, 2021
Lorraine E. Hontz, 82, of North Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on November 5th, 2021. Lorraine was born on April 12th, 1939 and was the daughter of Dorothy Woods and Clifford Sulzner. She preceded her brother, Clifford Sulzner Jr and her daughter, Debra Miller in death. She was survived by her sister, Sharon Lewis, daughter Sandra Richardson, her grandchildren, James...
Joshua Kevin Dirks
Nov 4, 2021
Josh (Joshua) Kevin Dirks finished his ultimate race when he entered into heaven on Thursday November 4, 2021. Josh spent 43 days in the ICU at KU Med Center, fighting each day to come home to his wife and his children. Josh never quit. He never gave up. Throughout this battle he demonstrated to his children what the spirit of...
Lynn Sopko
Nov 3, 2021
Linda “Lynn” K Sopko, 74, of Shawnee, KS, passed away on Nov. 3, 2021. She was born on April 28, 1947 in Independence, MO. She was a graduate of Shawnee Mission North High School 1965. She was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Michael S. Sopko, daughter, Melissa Mac Donald, parents, Genna Lubbe, James E Griffin, Norman...
Ronald Raymond Kasten
Nov 2, 2021
Ronald R. Kasten, 73, passed away unexpectedly November 2nd, 2021. A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, November 4th, 2021 at Calvary Lutheran Church, 7500 Oak St, Kansas City, Missouri 64114. A service will be held Friday, November 5th, 2021 11 a.m. also at Calvary Lutheran Church. Ronald was born May 21st, 1948 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin...
Vivian Kay Wertjes
Nov 2, 2021
Vivian Kay (Johnson) Wertjes, age 69, passed away peacefully at Northcare Hospice House in North Kansas City on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. Vivian was born on December 21, 1951 to Bobbie D. and Alice S. Johnson in Pattonsburg, Missouri. She attended Cedar Falls High School in Cedar Falls, Iowa, graduating in the class of 1970. She married her high school...
Mary Ann Jackson
Oct 31, 2021
Mary Ann Jackson, 89, passed away on Sunday, October 31, 2021, in Overland Park, Kansas. Mary was a woman of faith who loved the Lord. She was a dedicated wife, mother, grandma, granny, and friend. Mary was born in Rochester, Minnesota, on January 17, 1932, to Lawrence and Catherine Leonard. Mary and Charles Jackson were married in Rochester on...
Anita Ray Dean
Oct 31, 2021
Anita Ray Dean, 53, Shawnee, KS (formerly of Crocker, MO) passed away Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021 in Miami, OK. Anita was born in Charleston, IL Feb. 6, 1968 to James and Wilma Row-land. She was a 1986 graduate of Crocker High School. She had recently started her career in cosmetology as a traveling esthetician. Anita was preceded in death by...
Lila J. Collette
Oct 31, 2021
Lila J. (Shamburg) Collette passed away on October 31, 2021 at the age of 90 in Shawnee, Kansas, Born July 5, 1931 in Scottsville, Kansas, to Virgil Shamburg and Velma (Sadler) Shamburg, third in a family of 11 children. After graduating from Scottsville High School, she moved to Concordia, Kansas, where she met her future husband. She married Leland M....
Thea Ann Carter
Oct 29, 2021
Thea Ann Carter, daughter of Theadore and Joan Shafer, was born October 12, 1965 in Kansas City, Missouri. She departed this life, Friday, October 29, 2021 at home under the comfort and care of her family, at the age of fifty-six years, and 17 days. On December 14, 1985 in Linn Creek, Missouri, she was united in marriage to Michael...
Doris Fay Taylor
Oct 28, 2021
Doris Taylor, 82, of Merriam, KS passed away on October 28th, 2021. She was born on May 11th, 1939 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to Loys & Gladys Gardner. Doris was employed as a nurse at Advent Health Shawnee Mission for over 20 years. After her retirement, she enjoyed spending time with her family. Doris is survived by her four children, seven...
Ruan Kay Hartis
Oct 27, 2021
Ruan Hartis, 70, of Eudora, Kansas passed away October 27th, 2021 after a three and a half year battle with cancer. A visitation will be held from 10 to 11 am Thursday, November 4th, 2021 at the Amos Family Funeral Home, followed by a Celebration of Life at 11 am. Ruan was born October 22, 1951 in Marceline, Missouri to...
Nancy Keleher Banks
Oct 26, 2021
Nancy K. Banks, 64, of Shawnee, Kansas passed away unexpectedly October 26th, 2021. A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, November 4th, 2021 at the Amos Family Funeral Home. A rosary will beginning at 11 a.m. Friday, November 5th at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church followed by Mass of Christian burial at 11:30. She will...
Thomas E. Clark, Sr.
Oct 26, 2021
Thomas E. Clark, Sr. (Tom), 87 of Lenexa, Kansas died October 26, 2021 at Lakeview Care Center, just one day shy of his 65th wedding anniversary. The rosary will be said at 9:50 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian burial at 10:00 a.m., Monday, November 1st at St. Joseph Catholic Church 11301 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS 66203 (live-streamed at...
Diane Louise Brosnan
Oct 24, 2021
Diane Louise Brosnan entered into Eternal life on Sunday, October 24th, 2021. Diane was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Nov 24th, (Thanksgiving Day) 1949 to parents Robert & Hazel Martin. In 1966 she and her family moved to Shawnee, Kansas where she finished high school and went on to study Nursing. She met the love of her life, Neal Brosnan...
Max Murray
Oct 24, 2021
Max Richard Murray 97 of Merriam, KS passed away peacefully October 24, 2021 at Brookdale Rosehill in Shawnee, Kansas. Max was born in Shawnee, Kansas on February 15, 1924 to the late Maggielee Bookter and Robert Sheldon Murray. Max is a veteran of World War II, he served honorably in the Army Air Corp as an airplane mechanic with Air...
Mary B. Duncan
Oct 23, 2021
Mary B. Duncan, 101, Shawnee died October 23, 2021, at The Village at Mission Assisted Living in Prairie Village. She was born in Valley Falls, Kansas, to Henry and Mary Bodde. She worked for the Internal Revenue Service for 27 years, retiring in 1991. Previously, she had worked for Providence Hospital, Hallmark Cards, and other employers. She was an active...
William George Dexter
Oct 22, 2021
William G. Dexter of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on October 22, 2021. Bill was born July 23, 1933 in Atkinson, Nebraska, the son of William Paul Dexter and Henrietta (Ries) Dexter. On September 21, 1957, he and Nancy Ann Martin married in El Dorado, Kansas. They became the parents of four children: Stuart, Stephen, Susan, and Sharon. Growing up,...
Merten A. Bevitt
Oct 21, 2021
Merten “Mert” A. Bevitt passed away October 21, 2021, at his home in Shawnee, KS. Mert was born November 27, 1937, in Morganville, Ks, son of Kenneth and Edna Bevitt. Mert was a 1956 graduate of Barnes High School. He then served in the Army National Guard and farmed until he found his passion for Trucking. On December 14, 1958,...
James "Jim" F. Curtice
Oct 19, 2021
Jim Curtice, 61, of Olathe, KS, passed away on October 19, 2021. He was born on August 3, 1960, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Ron and Pat Curtice. Jim is preceded in death by his father, Ron Curtice along with many loving grandparents. He is survived by his wife of 34 years, Sandy Curtice, his three children, Kate (Scott) Johnson, Jake...
Foun Manirath
Oct 19, 2021
Foun Manirath, 82, of Overland Park, KS, passed away peacefully on October 19, 2021, with her family by her side. Foun was born on December 7, 1938, in Thailand, one of nine children to Houn and Jun Phetyim. Foun is survived by her husband, Nom; their 10 children- Phetmany Noravong, Pavee Manirath, Pavone Manirath, Somphong Khongmaly, Somphon Luangamath, Phitsamai Singharaj,...