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Obituaries

The Blue Valley School District has said a final goodbye to one of its most influential leaders. Driving the news: Former Blue Valley Superintendent Jim Thompson, who led the district during a pivotal and rapid period of growth between 1974...
Below is a list of obituaries from the Shawnee Mission and Blue Valley areas that were posted Oct. 7-9, 2022, to Legacy.com. Mary Ruth (Rittenhouse) Foley Baier, 96, Shawnee Mary Ruth (Rittenhouse) Foley Baier, 96, passed away on Oct. 5, 2022....
Candace Louise "Candy" (Peak) Lafferty, 73, of Overland Park, passed away peacefully while surrounded by family on September 22, 2022, after a brief but valiant battle with glioblastoma. Candy was born on August 5, 1949, to F.W. "Bud" and Margaret...
Karen Melissa Tetzlaff, 87, passed peacefully on the morning of July 23, 2022 in Kansas City, Missouri. Karen’s strong spirit had been tested across the preceding three-and-a-half years as she had confronted health challenges. With the strong support of those...
Olivia Paige Bloomfield passed away July 5, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, surrounded by the family she loved and who loved her dearly. Born January 19, 2012, in Rochester, Minnesota, to Sara and Matt Bloomfield, Olivia lived in Chicago for...
Robert L. McKnight, “Rob,” never a baseball fan, slid into home base after a poor start to the season, with his family patiently waiting for the game to end on his terms. A proud son of Wichita, Rob was born...
Christine “Chris” (Jungbluth) Knuth died peacefully at home on April 28, 2022. Chris was born in Lacrosse, Wisconsin on December 27, 1949, the daughter of John and Alice Jungbluth. She lived a very full and beautiful life, moving many times...
Robert “Bob” Leroy Rush, Jr., 67, of Gardner, Kansas, passed away on April 29 at home surrounded by loved ones after a long battle with cancer. Bob was born August 31, 1954 in Boonville, Missouri, to Robert (Bob) and Carolyn...
Suzanne (Suzie) Greenlee Barnhart Gibbs — Born February 22, 1935 — Died April 26, 2022. She was preceded in death by her late husband, Scott Barnhart. Suzie is survived by her husband, Jack Gibbs and his granddaughter Kelsey Gibbs; her eldest...
Tiffany Ann Meireis of Lenexa, 39, lost her heroic, year-long battle with cancer and passed peacefully on April 19, 2022, surrounded in love by her family. The daughter of Johnson County Commission Vice Chair Shirley Allenbrand, Tiffany brought much light...
Susan Selby Pepperdine, 74, a longtime independent public relations executive in the Kansas City area, died unexpectedly Saturday, March 26, at home in Fairway, Kansas. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Unity Temple on the County...
To have known Matilda Laura Rosenberg was to be splashed with Mediterranean sunshine. She was incredibly loved by those she held dear — family, close friends, colleagues and the hundreds of families she served in a distinguished career as a...