All Obituaries

Suzanne “Pinky” Powell was born in 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri to a close-knit family. She was given the nickname Pinky by her father for her pinkish complexion. As kind of a tomboy, she had extremely fond memories of family wagon outings with her mother and father and her two older siblings. Suzanne was always a feisty character, with a lively, ornery attitude and fierce passion for cooking. She was proud of being a “hugger.”   During World War II,...

Helen was the 7th of 13 children born to Anton and Eva Kolich, immigrants from Croatia who settled on Strawberry Hill in Kansas City Kansas in 1910.  The birth home of Helen and her siblings still belongs to the Kolich family.  Helen married Robert Ernest Wells “Bob” in 1944 and had two children, Susan and Robert Ernest Jr., “Ernie.”  Helen and Bob moved to Bakersfield California in 1960, and remained until the early 70’s when they returned to...

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Phyllis E. Hamilton, age 72, passed away October 28, 2018. Phyllis was born in Kansas City to Ed and Margaret Daniels. She is preceded in death by her parents and brother Edward. Phyllis was retired as a police dispatcher for the Wyandotte County Unified Government. She is survived by her children, Kendra McKinley, Shelley Hiegert (Allen), Deborah Hamilton, Kelly Hamilton and Michael Hamilton (Kris). Her sisters, Patricia Pacheco, Peggy Holton and Barbara Estes. 15 granchildren and 6...

On Saturday, September 22, 2018 Clifford Wayne Agee, Sr. loving father of six children, passed away at the age of 76.  Wayne was born on July 20, 1942 to Clifford D. and Mona Gwendolyne Agee.  Wayne was admired by not only family, but his friends and neighbors in Kansas City, Kansas.  While he frequently visited several local places in the Dotte, you could always stop by his house and have a cold beer with him on his front porch followed by a shot of rot gut whiskey.  He...

On Monday September 17th, 2018 Michael Olander Estell peacefully went home to heaven with his family by his side. “Big Mike” as he was affectionately known, was born to Amos and Marguerite Estell (both of whom preceded him in death.) Michael was one of four children to Amos and Marguerite, his brother Valray “Joe” (Preceded him in death), Crystal (Preceded him in death) and Paula. Michael Joined the United States Army and served his county during the Vietnam war...

  Letha was born on March 18,1925 in Ogden, Ks to Hazel Katherine (Allen) Anderson and Hallie Earl Anderson. She was their second child, their first being her older sister, Lois  (Prince). She also has three younger brothers, Ernest  Anderson,(Lou) Earl A. Anderson and Ronald Anderson  and a younger sister, Sharon K. Sigman (John).  Letha lived her early life in Ogden and Manhattan, but moved to a few smaller towns in Kansas as her Father's work for the Union...

Bernice Ruth Stone passed away at age 91 on August 7th, 2018 surrounded by her loving family and caregivers. She was a lifelong resident of Kansas City ,Ks and graduated from Bishop Ward High School in 1945. She was born April 21st, 1927 to Alvin and Selma (Hansel) Giltner.  She met her husband, Donald Stone and married on March 31st, 1948 in Oceanside, CA where he was in the military.  Bernice loved all types of music and worked at Jenkins Music Company for many years.  She...

RICHARD SAVNER Richard Savner, age 88, passed away on July 19, 2018 at Providence Place. He was preceded in death by his loving wife, Anna, of 65 years and his son, Ray. He is survived by his daughters, Linda Brown-(husband Ray), Lorraine Lee-(husband Richard), son, Steve-(wife Tammy), six grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren, brothers, Jerry Savner, Bob Savner-(wife Audrey) and goddaughter, Shelly. The visitation will be at 9:30-11:00 P.M., Monday, July 23, 2018 at Christ the...