Donna Marie Lenihan Luna
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Donna Marie Lenihan Luna, 67, died at home in Roeland Park, KS, on June 20, 2022. The mass will be at 10:00 at St. Agnes Catholic Church on June 28, 2022.
Donna was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur D. Luna, her father, William P. Lenihan, and her mother Gertrude Elizabeth Kennedy. She is survived by her loving daughter, Maria, her beloved grandson, Julian, her sisters, Judy (Larry) Hare, Kathy Rooney, and her brothers, Mike (Janie) Lenihan, and Patrick (Linda) Lenihan. Donna worked at KU Medical Center and at Mid-America Cardiology Dept.
Donna was devoted to her family and friends. She loved socializing and having parties and celebrating the Chiefs and Royals.
Donna had many strokes which eventually led to dementia. Her daughter cared for her with great love and patience.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Maria Luna.
Todd Her
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Txooj Kaus Aiv Hawj yug lub 1/18/1962 nyob lus zog Phav Laav, xeev Xieng Khouang, tebchaws Lostsuas. Nwg yug lug rua Txaj Nchai Hawj Txaj Tswb tsev tuabneeg kaws lawb dlaab qhuas lawm. Txooj Kaus Aiv muaj ib tug muam npe hu ua Nub. Xyoo 1964, Txaj Nchai coj tsev tuabneeg nrug Txooj Kaus Aiv lug nyob lub zog Puj Koob, xyoo 1966 lug nyob lub zog Xaas Thoos, xyoo 1969 lug nyob lub zog Nas Xus. Xyoo 1975 tom qaab lub tebchaws tawg hab pauv num tswv, Txaj Nchai cov tsev neeg nrug Txooj Kaus Aiv lug nyob lub zog Roob Yag. Nyob lub zog Roob Yag txug xyoo 1979 ib tssom kwvtij neej tsaa nyob tsi tau lawm, Txooj Kaus Aiv tseem yog hluas, txhaj txajtxim sab nrug Yawm Tsaav Txhaj Hawj Nxhoo Tuam txiv hlaa rua saab Thaib. Nyob huv lub yeej thoj nam Vibnais txug xyoo 1980, Txooj Kaus Aiv txhaj sau npe ua Yawm Tsaav Txhaj ib tug tub tuaj rua lub nroog Kansas City, Ks nuav. Tom qaab nuav Txaj Nchai kws yog Txooj Kaus Aiv tau tso nplejteb tsem tim Nplog Teb hab tsegtug muam Nub nyob tim nplog. Txooj Kaus Aiv nrug Yawm Tsaav Txhaj nyob huv Kansas City, Ks, zwm ua tswvcuab rua huv First Hmong C&MA Church of Kansas City. Nwg moog kawm ntawv huv Wyandotte High School. Xyoo 1981 Txooj Kaus Aiv hab Sua Vaaj, kws yog Paaj Yeeb Vaaj tug ntxhais, sob sua ua txwj nkawm. Xyoo 1984 txhaj coj nwg tsev tuabneej tsiv moog caum nam tais yawm txiv Paaj Yeeb Vaaj rua California awm. Nyob California txug 1996 Txooj Kaus Aiv tsiv rov lug caum Yawm Tsaav Txhaj huv Kansas City, Ks hab rov lug ua tsw-cuab rua huv First Hmong C&MA Church. Nwg ua haujlwm rua huv lub chaw ua num Koch Equipments nyob Kansas Cuty, Mo. Ua haujlwm ntau xyoo. Nyob lug txub rua lub May 26, 2022 nwg txhaj tso nwg cov nam tub hab ib tsoom kwvtij neejtsaa tseg lawm. Qhov nwg tso peb suavdlawg tseg yog nyob huv lub tsev khu mob KU Medical Center. Vim nwg ua tsi taug paa moog paab nwg lub cev lawm nwg txhaj tau tso peb suavdlawg tseg. Txooj Kaus Aiv muaj 5 tug tub, 4 Tug ntxhais, 3 tug vauv hab 4 nyaab. 10 tug xeebntxwv habhab 2 tug grand kids.
Todd's funeral service will be from 2:00 PM ~ 8:00 PM on Sunday, June 26, 2022 at Faith Deliverance Family Worship Center, 3043 State Ave, Kansas City, Kansas. Graveside service will be at 1:00 PM on Monday June 27, 2022 at Maple Hill Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas.
JINNY LYNN (PICKERING) FRATIELLO
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Jinny Lynn (Pickering) Fratiello died Friday, June 17, 2022. She was born September 2, 1989, to Randy L. Pickering and Kristina A. (Eicholtz) Pickering in Topeka, KS.
She spent her younger years in Topeka and then moved to Lawrence, where she attended Lawrence Free State High School. She had attended Lawrence Free Methodist Church.
Survivors include her four daughters, Lacelynn Fratiello, Emily Fratiello, McKenzie Nelson and Audrey Rupe; mother Kristina (Kevin) Pearce of Lawrence; father Randy (Lisa Robel) Pickering of Splendora, TX; two brothers, Andrew (Ashley) Eicholtz and George Pickering; grandmothers Ann Price and Shirley Felman. She is also survived by several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Donations in Jinny’s memory may be made to organizations serving parents of stillborn children.
A Celebration of Life will be held at River City Church, 3001 Lawrence Avenue, Lawrence, KS on July 2 from 1-5 p.m., which will include a time of remembrance and a potluck meal.
Phoua Her
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Phoua Her was born on June 13, 1953 to the late (father) Npuag Kuam Yaaj and (mom) Mais Hawj in Laos. She married the love of her life, Chong Tou Hawj and had 10 children, 9 sons, Txawj Pha & Kalee (girls and 2 boys), Xa & Pang (1 girl), Solo & Mai (1 son and 1 girl) Lee & JoAnn (1 son and 2 girls), Isaac & Bao (3 sons) Vee & Rebecca, Ger & True, Vang & Mai Nub (2 sons and 1 girl) and 1 daughter, PangChue
& Tria (1 son and 3 girls).
She dedicated her life to her family and her community. Her big smile and her positive and kind
conversations will be greatly missed by all. She was caring and loved mother, grandmother, aunt, sister
and daughter.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The family wishes to acknowledge with deep appreciation and would like to thank you for the cards,
flowers, your prayer’s & kind expression of sympathy and support during this time of bereavement. Your
support at this difficult time was very much appreciated and a great comfort to all of the family.
Funeral services will be held from 2:00 ~ 8:00 PM at Faith Deliverance Family Worship Center, 3043 State Ave, Kansas City, Kansas on Friday, June 24, 2022. On Saturday, June 25, 2022 her final service will be 8:30 AM ~ 11:00 AM at the church with burial to follow at Maple Hill Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas.
LORETTA JEAN (POWELL) KLINE
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Loretta Jean (Powell) Kline, 81, of Kansas City, KS, passed away on
6/16/2022. She was surrounded by loved ones at her home.
She is survived by her significant other, John “Jay” Enright; her children Lynette (Stacy) Chowning, Keith (Terri) Kline, and Daughter-in-law Karen Kline; Grandchildren Tracy Chowning, Melissa Kline, Carl (Melanie) Kline, Brandi (Jarred) Good, Mark Kline, Brandon (Vanessa) Kline, Nicholas (Amanda) Kline, and Patricia (Mitch) Fowler; her 16 sweet Great Grandchildren; Sister-in-laws Betty Powell and Josie Powell.
She is preceded in death by her husband Burl Kline, son Larry Kline, as well as many siblings.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Breast Cancer Society. fundraise.nbcf.org
(National Breast Cancer Foundation)
Private service at a later date.
Deborah Ann Mendez
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DEBORAH ANN MENDEZ
Deborah Ann Mendez, 65 of Kansas City, Ks. passed away on June 14th, 2022 after a hard-fought battle with Pancreatic cancer. Her family called her Debbie. Her long-term friends she went by "Mendez". Debbie worked at gear for sports as a printer for over 20 years. In retirement, she worked shortly at Lowes in the lawn and garden section. Debbie loved to do home projects, work in the yard, was a huge wrestling fan, loved the Chiefs and Royals and was a great fur baby mama for Coco and Sasha. In her younger days, she enjoyed playing softball and made several friends. She also enjoyed bowling in leagues and going to the lake to fish and riding sea-doos.
Deborah Ann Mendez, 65 of Kansas City, Ks. passed away on June 14th, 2022 after a hard-fought battle with Pancreatic cancer. Her family called her Debbie. Her long-term friends she went by "Mendez". Debbie worked at gear for sports as a printer for over 20 years. In retirement, she worked shortly at Lowes in the lawn and garden section. Debbie loved to do home projects, work in the yard, was a huge wrestling fan, loved the Chiefs and Royals and was a great fur baby mama for Coco and Sasha. In her younger days, she enjoyed playing softball and made several friends. She also enjoyed bowling in leagues and going to the lake to fish and riding sea-doos.
Debbie was preceded by her mother, Margaret "Peggi" Dykes. Grandparents Richard and Pearl Anderton.
With heavy hearts, she leaves behind her best friend Jacinta Lopez, sister Alicia Sickman, nephew Ashton Sickman (boi), niece Jade Sickman (little buddy), aunts/uncles Kathleen & Ralph Shaw and Gaynel & Bill Wald, cousins Laura, Kara, Amanda, brothers Bobby & Tony Mendez
She will be remembered by her family/friends as a fighter, hard worker, stubborn, good storyteller, kid at heart, therapist, and someone that was always there when we needed her.
Memorial service will be held on Friday, June 24, 2022, from 6pm-8pm at Kansas City Funeral Directors, 4880 Shawnee Dr., KCK 66106
Camille Elizabeth Coopersmith
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Camille Elizabeth Coopersmith, 57, of Olathe, Kansas, passed away on June 10, 2022 after a year-long battle with cancer.
Camille was born to Jim and Toni Coopersmith in Quonset Point, Rhode Island. After Camille graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School, she worked in hospitality at the Overland Park Marriott and then in various lab positions at Quest Diagnostics for over 25 years.
Roller skating, sketching and painting were a few of her favorite pastimes during her childhood and she resumed drawing and painting in the last year while she was at home. Additionally, she loved all animals, especially dogs.
Camille enjoyed spending time with her family. She was a doting aunt to her nephews who called her “Aunt Cammie”. She also looked forward to trips to Louisiana to connect with her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, as well as annual vacations at the beach in Perdido Key, Florida.
In her final year, she was incredibly brave as she underwent multiple surgeries and cancer treatments. She always kept her hopes high and inspired everyone with her fortitude and faith in God.
Camille is survived by her parents, Jim and Toni Coopersmith, as well as her siblings, Michael, Gabrielle, Kelly (Mike), Conrad (Lucia) and her nephews, Charlie and Matty Markson.
Her celebration of life will be held at St. Agnes Catholic Church on Monday, June 20th. A rosary will be recited at 9:00am followed by a visitation at 9:15 and the funeral mass at 10:30am. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Great Plains SPCA or Gilda’s Club Kansas City.
Steve Neumann
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Steve Neumann
Steven D. Neumann was born in Omaha, Nebraska to Harold Leonard Malmberg and Lucile Ruth Andersen on 24 August 1947 and passed away on the 10th of June, 2022. He attended Concordia College in St. Paul, Minnesota and then enlisted in the Army in 1968. He joined the Seventh Army Soldiers Chorus in Heidelberg, Germany and married the mother of his children, Cathy Lawrenz, there in 1969. He and Cathy performed in many coffeehouses and the chorus was always in demand to sing “off duty” in local drinking establishments wherever they went at home in Heidelberg or on tour throughout Europe. He went on to study classical guitar in London, England and then Kansas City, Missouri. Steve taught guitar in Arkansas and in Kansas City. Steve and Cathy were well known entertainers in Kansas City, most notably at the Alameda Plaza, where they set forth to enhance many a birthday, anniversary and holiday seasons. A man of many talents, Steve owned and operated a landscaping and outside maintenance company in the Kansas City area. Steve had two kids – Fletcher and Erica. He is survived by Cathy, Fletcher and grandchildren Eli Cook, Paige Neumann and Alexander Bergin. His beautiful daughter, Erica, passed away in 2019. Burial will be at Leavenworth National Cemetery.
Darrell Ray Paxton
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Darrell Ray Paxton passed away on June 10, 2022 surrounded with love in Kansas City, MO. He was born in West Virginia to David and Charlotte Paxton. His battle with a serious medical condition in recent years showed his resilience facing life challenges with a smile.
As a child, Darrell spent many days with his friends and siblings on the river. Later in life he enjoyed grilling, summer days, the road and travel. And family meant everything to him.
Darrell will be honored in a celebration of life on August 6, 2022 at the Prospect Hill Cemetery in Blue Rapids, KS at 10am
