Johnson County Obituaries

Barbara Maxine Boyce, 74, of Kansas City, Kansas died at her home on Monday, September 21, 2015. She was born August 1, 1941 in Kansas City, KS to the late Hansel Howard Harold Boyce and Burley Maxine Woods Boyce. Barbara...

Benny James “Ben” Wattelet, 79, of Shawnee Mission, KS died at 5:55 pm Saturday, September 12, at Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Merriam, KS following a long and brave battle against Alzheimer’s disease.  He was born May 27, 1936...

Lawrence G. Wise, 81, Fairway, Kansas passed away September 16, 2015. He is survived by his companion, Louise Weller; son, Donald Wise, and granddaughter, Devon Wise. Larry served proudly in the United States Army and was a veteran of the...

Jeffrey Piehler, MD, the Prairie Village surgeon whose battle with prostate cancer became the focal point of national end-of-life discussions when he published an essay in the New York Times about his decision to build his own coffin, died...

People throughout the Kansas City metro and beyond this week are remembering William C. Nelson, a civic leader and Mission Hills resident who died last Thursday at the age of 77. Born in 1937, Nelson was a well-known banker who...

Northeast Johnson County residents this week are remembering longtime SM East coach and teacher Glenn Percy, who passed away at his home in Iola, Kan., last Monday. He was 85. Percy was born on a farm outside Carlyle, Kan., the...

The Shawnee Mission West community is again today coping with the loss of a talented student. Houston St. John, a 17-year-old junior at the school, died Tuesday afternoon in a car accident on I-435 in Lenexa. The driver of the...