Obituaries

Three men from Johnson County were among the skydivers killed in Sunday's plane crash in Butler, Missouri. Eleven skydivers and one pilot were on board on flight, which crashed at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, just after takeoff from Butler Memorial...

James Tinsley; Jeffrey Wayne Foulds; James Herbert Vaughn; Alexander Julius Leibold; Florence Elaine DeGrande; Vikki Beckner; Ruth Ann Jenkins; Gary Lamar Christensen; Jeffrey W Cutshall; Donald Keith Pflumm; Annette Marie Swearingen; Jacqueline Sue Layton; Robert C. Wilson; Rosemarie...

William Z. “Bill” Phillips; Ronald D. Edwards; Donald Ray Dibble; Douglas Spencer Brown; John Roberts King; Stavroula Del Mastro; Karen Sue Maupin; Kenneth Lee Meyer; Jacob Garrett Hunsperger; Judith “Judy” Kay (Wagner) Owen; Zhenglian Jiang; John Andrew Orser...

Dolores Mae Gilliland (Soetaert); Donna R. Wakefield (Robbins); Mary Frances Rowell; Ira B “Rusty” Taylor; Nola Marlene (Swenson) Boline; Nancy Jane Leu; Larry Bruce; Ralph L. Riemer; Bruce Barton; Ryleigh Alaura Dison; Bradford Hobart Lewis; Clarence Edward Cooper; ...

Rolly Clayton Hayward; Ruth E. Gould; Joseph “Joe” Bortka; Anita Marie McDermed; Naol Gemeda; Joan Lois Wilson; Toni Denise Weyand; Elsworth McMichael; William J. Johnston; Bryan Douglas Riffel; Blake David Moore; Paula Holmgren Silvey; Candace Stafford-Whitman; Sandra Kay...

Even if you don’t recognize his name, chances are you’ve heard Tom Kane’s voice. The prolific voice actor and narrator died May 18 at age 64. Kane, an Overland Park native and Shawnee Mission South High School graduate, had a...

David Curtis Meade; Norma Ellen Rains; Jack Fleischaker; Michael ‘Mike’ M. Benson; Malinda Ann Baird; LaSheta Rose Jemison; Mary Ann Files; Steven Kent Thompson; Barbara Jane Molz; Evelyn C Ewing; William “Bill” Dean Seidl; Carol “Sue” Suzanne (Stupka)...

Marilyn Teague Tromans; Suzanne Mary Davis; Ruth “Ruthie” Zimmerman; Joyce Shafer; Doris Gilgus; Sandra Lynn Geoffrion; Henry Raymond Wagner; Ishmeet Cheema; James Michael Smith; Gary Lee Winters; Teri Lea Carriker Bernal Olmos; Larry W. Kirby; Tammy Lynn Trame; ...

Melvin Glazer; Larry Wayne Chadwick; Loretta Frances Duffy; Tony L. Gaither; Fareda Saba Eddy; Mary Holle Miguel; Kimberly Sue Madrigal; Mary Ann Newsom; Patricia Ann O’Gara; Loretta Stotts; Laura Anne Giblin; Elmore “Gil” G. Collins; Dennis “Denny” Hale; ...

Philip Richard Patterson; Margaret Louise Nichols; Mary Louise Crouch; Lakwana D Hope; Lois Ann Case; Cristina Ann Molina; Richard D. Hankins; James (Kenny) Kenneth Belcher; John Delbert Hull; Cindy Kay Gray; Cary Robert “Bob” Guild; Roberta Louise Vaughn; ...

Olathe’s first elected mayor John Raymond "Ray" Barmby died March 20 at age 91. Barmby served as mayor from 1987 to 1988 and as a city councilmember from 1993 to 1997. Councilmember LeEtta Felter said Barmby’s leadership came at a pivotal...

Imagine for a moment your favorite teacher. Whether that teacher remains in your life or resides in your memory, think of that teacher now. Gratefully receive the blessings that teacher brought to your life. If you were ever taught...