Ashley Kirwan Donnelly (Rothenberger)
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On Friday, September 16th, Ashley Kirwan Donnelly (Rothenberger), loving mother, daughter, aunt and dear friend passed away at the age of 49.
Ashley had a long career in the Raytown, KCMO and KCK school districts as a special education teacher where she impacted the lives of countless children. Ashley was most passionate about her three boys and being a part of whatever they set their minds to; she was in awe of their talent and dedication. Her family and friends were the center of her world. Ashley’s presence never went unnoticed, whether you were lucky enough to receive a daily check in, a supportive text or hear her contagious laughter, she touched the lives and warmed the hearts of everyone who knew her.
Ashley was preceded in death by her husband, John Donnelly IV and mother, Kathy Rothenberger. She is survived by her three children, Micah Borghese (20), Sage Borghese (18) and Jack Donnelly (11), father, Bill Rothenberger, sisters, Carey Wilkerson and Michele (Shelley) Combs, brothers, Mike and Craig Wilkerson. Ashley leaves behind many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews and her close friends whom referred to as “sistas”.
A visitation will be held at Kansas City Funeral Directors, 4880 Shawnee Dr, Kansas City, KS 66106 on Tuesday, September 27th from 5:00 – 6:00, service immediately following.
In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to a fund for the boys.
Kristal Marie Benjamin
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Kristal Marie Benjamin, a 32-year-old resident of Kansas City, MO, passed away Tuesday, September 13th of Oral-Squamous Cell Carcinoma (cancer). Her family was by her side. Kristal was born to Cynthia Banda-Moreno and Javier Perez. She graduated from Northeast High School. Kristal went on to receive her Associates Degree from MCC and her bachelor’s degree at UMKC. She later earned her certification as a Yoga Instructor, specializing in Pregnancy Health and Wellness.
Kristal enjoyed outdoor activities, world travel, crafting, her role as a nurturing mom to her kids and spending time with her beloved husband and family.
She is in proceeded in death by her great grandmother, Teodosa Pena; and her Grandmother, Elizabeth Pena. She is survived by her husband, Ryan Benjamin, an army veteran; sons: Dany Jr. and Kai; daughter, Aiyana; mother, Cynthia Banda-Morena; Father, Javier Perez; Dad, Robert Yeakey; sisters: Esmeralda, Tania, Ruth, Lorena, Ceairra; step-sister, Berenice; Brothers: Leonides, Mateo, Jason, Robert Jr; step-brother Argenis.
Funeral service will be on Saturday, Sept. 24th from 11:00 AM ~ 2:00 PM at Argentina Asamblea de Dios, 1200 S. 42nd St., Kansas City, KS 66106.
There will be a celebration of life on 9/24, at 5pm at O’Hara Knights of Columbus, 5111 E. 112th Terr, Kansas City, Missouri 64137.
Donations may be given directly to the family to help with funeral and medical expenses.
Kimberly Kay Oropeza
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Kimberly Kay Oropeza, 60, of Kansas City, Kansas passed away unexpectedly at home on Tuesday, September 6, 2022. Visitation will be from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Friday, September 23, 2022 at Kansas City Funeral Directors, 4880 Shawnee Drive, Kansas City, KS 66106. Funeral service will begin at 6:00 PM.
Kimberly was born in 1962 in Kansas City, Kansas to Rowena & Robert Theno. She liked the Denver Broncos and was a huge fan for years. Kimberly had the most loving and kind soul. She loved animals and they loved her automatically knowing how kind and gentle she was. Anytime Kimberly came across someone in need she was there to help – even if they were complete strangers. But above all Kimberly loved her son Raymond, she truly enjoyed being his mother.
Kimberly is survived by her son, Raymond; grandchildren: Arayha, Jackson, & Lyric; sisters: Cindy & Teralain; brother, Kurt; ex-husband, Ray; and many more family members and friends.
Carlos Abraham Vargas
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Carlos Abraham Vargas, passed away at the age of 70, Thursday morning, September 15th, 2022.Carlos was born in Puebla, Mexico, and raised in Mexico City, Mexico. Later, as a young adult, Carlos immigrated to the Kansas City area with his family. Carlos had a lifelong passion for cars. He worked as an auto mechanic in Mexico and furthered his career as an auto body paint technician here in the US. Carlos received his Associate Degree at Donnelly College and went on to study mechanical engineering at UMKC. With Carlos' knowledge of cars, he was always willing to assist others in need.
One of Carlos' greatest honors was being a father to all his children. He influenced them and others with his love for rock and roll music and his fascination with Sci-fi. He was an avid fan of Stephen King books and the shows Star Trek and The X Files. He also had a notorious sweet tooth that he liked to satisfy with peach flavored candy. Carlos was passionate about going to church and calling home to his mother every week.
Carlos passed away due to cancer. Just like he dealt with all his experiences in life, Carlos managed his illness with strength and courage and wanted to spend as much time with his loved ones as possible. In his final days, he was surrounded by his family.
Carlos was preceded in death by his father, Juan, and stepson Nick. He is survived by his partner Christine, his children Jessica and Josh, his step-children Stacey and Amber, his grandchildren Nya, Carlos, Mila, Xavier, Thor, Santino, and Lylia, his mother Consuelo, his siblings Carmen, Francisco, Antonio, Patricia, Martin, and Ernesto, and the rest of his extended family here and in Mexico.
The family has elected to have a private service for Carlos. In lieu of flowers or gifts, the family requests that you please donate to your local animal shelter in his honor due to Carlos' profound love for animals.
Tyler Anthony Charles
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A lifelong resident of Kansas City, Kansas, passed away September 12, 2022.
The visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m - 11:00 a.m Friday, September 23rd, 2022 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church 2646 S. 34th St, Kansas City, KS 66106. Mass will begin at 11:00 a.m followed by the burial located at Maple Hill Cemetery, 3300 Shawnee Dr, Kansas City, KS 66106.
Tyler was born January 23rd, 1999 in Kansas City, KS and was a graduate of Turner High School in 2017. Tyler enjoyed spending time with family and taking vacations down at the lake. He also loved hanging out with his sisters watching movies, playing games, or going to McDonald's. Tyler loved soccer and played for Turner High School, he was also on the track team.
Tyler was the only son to Mary Ann and Joseph Macias. He left behind five sisters Machaela Macias, Ariana Macias, Marisa Macias, Marivelle Macias, and Sabrena Taylor. Grandparents Josephine Reyes, Louie Macias, Mark & Frances Reyes, Joe & Delia Sutton. Two Great Grandmothers Natalia Rivera and Rose Duran. His only puppy Mia, along with several aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.
He will be greatly missed and his love will live in our hearts forever and ever.
Frances E. McMahon
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FRANCES E. McMAHON
Frances E. McMahon, a lifelong resident of Kansas City, Kansas, and widow of Martin Robert ("Bob") McMahon, died peacefully at the conclusion of a brief stay at St. Luke's Kansas City Hospice House, in the early morning hours of Saturday, September 10, 2022.
The Funeral Mass for Frances will begin at 11 AM Friday, September 16, 2022, at Christ the King Catholic Church, 3024 Leavenworth Road, Kansas City, KS 66104. Visitation is scheduled for 10 - 11 AM the same day. Burial service shall immediately follow conclusion of the Mass and transport of the body to the gravesite, which is located in the southwest corner of Mt. Calvary Cemetery, 1150 N. 38th Street, KC, KS 66102.
Please meet at the cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations the parish, or to Mount St. Scholastica, Inc., 801 S. 8th Street, Atchison, KS, 66002.
Frances was the last of ten children born to her parents, Blaz and Gertrude Zager. As it turned out, she was also the last of the ten to die. She was the longest living Zager of them all but Ann, who nearly reached the age of 101.
To her credit, she was a devoted daughter to her parents for as long as they lived, and she did her best to stay just as close to each of her seven brothers (Joe, Frank, Tony, Pete, John, Louie and Fred Zager) and two sisters (Mary Zager Skovitch and Sister Ann Zager, O.S.B.) as well. She was most devoted overall, however, to her beloved husband "Bob", whose death, quite unexpectedly, left her a widow in 1981. He could almost always make her laugh if he wanted, and she would miss him hugely.
To many if not most, Frances was a great source of information on names and relationships of all the people she and the other members of the Zager/McMahon clan had known over the years, including the extended family members on each branch of her particular marital family tree. In addition, she could also tell some interesting stories about the way things were back in her day. One of the best this writer can recall involves herself, her brother Louie, and their forced attendance at, and attempted escape from, a so-called "fat camp" for kids that was run by well meaning Depression-era bureaucrats who limited most physical activities in favor of sedentary ones, in an effort to make the kids sit down, sit still, eat, and put on some poundage. Hmm... Just try to imagine that happening now! But I digress...
In her teens, Frances was an avid and well-regarded local athlete, competing as a starter for the Wyandotte High School girls' basketball team as well as a valued player on softball teams fielded by Holy Family parish and other groups. This scribe can truthfully attest that it was not, upon occasion, unusual for her own children to be told, by someone who knew her then, just how pleasing it had been to watch their mom play. Many years later, both they and members of her extended family were similarly pleased to learn that a photo of one of her softball teams had been deemed "cool" enough to have earned a spot on one of the walls of the renowned Chappell's Restaurant & Sports Museum, North Kansas City, MO (Word to the wise: If you ever attempt to locate said photo, and you qualify for peaceable entry thereto, check the walls of the ladies' room therein first). But , I digress...
By the time Fran reached end of her teens, most of the rest of the world was at war, and the United States was soon to follow. Not long after, five of her brothers were away in the U.S. armed services, along with nearly all the other boys on her block, and her husband-to-be Bob, to boot. Play days were pretty much done for a while. She spent the war years with her sister Mary and friends, at work in manufacturing plants assisting the defense effort.
It should be mentioned here that, for nearly all her life, and at all times she was physically able, Frances was a devout and devoted churchgoer. It's also notable that, in all her life she only belonged to one or the other of two parishes: Holy Family, and Christ the King. By the time the 50s arrived, she and Bob had been married quite a while and, in no particular order, had a new house, a new mortgage, and their first child (Karen) was well on the way. Next on the agenda was becoming new members of parish #2, Christ the King. Spring of '52, son Terence arrived. She may not have known it then, but the main features dictating the course of the next 70+ years had already been set.
From the outset and over those years, Frances was almost always active in one or another or more of the various organizations at Church. If it wasn't the Little Flower Circle, it was the Altar Society, or maybe the Legion of Mary, or the PTO, the school library, or the Parish Festival. But by far the biggest bulk of her efforts were devoted to only two: First, her multiple role as the CCD (Religious Education) Program Director and classroom teacher; and, Second, creator and multiple term President of the WyCo SOLOs, a support group she started in the early '80s for divorcees, widows, widowers, and others suffering from loss.
Apart from all that, she also made time for a little golf along the way. There was also a little slots action at the casinos from time to time. Her chili was always quite good. And she could always bake the meanest potica around.
She is survived by her only daughter, Karen McMahon, of Seabrook, TX, only son Terence R. McMahon, currently of the home, and grandson Kellen, of Denver, CO. Additional survivors include a number of nieces, nephews, grand nieces, grand nephews and a handful of great grand nieces and nephews, and beloved friends. May God bless and keep them all in his grace, for now and forever, Amen.
Elizabeth Linscott
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ELIZABETH LINSCOTTOn September 6th 2022 Elizabeth (Liz) Linscott passed away in the home she shared with her partner Will Lopez in Overland Park KS.
Born on November 5th 1987 in North Kansas City to her Mother Linda Linscott, and Father Todd Linscott. Also left behind was her son Sylas Pence, brother and his wife Elliott and Savannah Linscott, Grandparents Vern and Harriett Linscott and Russell and Mary Lou Penniston, along with several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Liz was preceded in death by her beloved brother Evan Linscott and Grandmother Wilma Penniston.
Liz attended North Kansas City High School and graduated from Devry University in 2015 with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.
Liz was a successful Property Manager with a keen eye for design and detail. She had an amazing flair for fashion and was quite beautiful. She loved butterflies, hummingbirds, spirituality, her cat Psykee, and nature.
Those closest to her knew how very intelligent, fun, and clever she was. Liz was very strong willed and opinionated, once she made up her mind that was it.
She was loved by Will and her family and will be forever missed by them.
A private family service will be held.
James Michael Sheeley
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JAMES MICHAEL SHEELEY
James Michael Sheeley, 85, of Shawnee, KS, passed away September 5th, 2022 at Golden Hearts Care Home.
James Michael Sheeley, 85, of Shawnee, KS, passed away September 5th, 2022 at Golden Hearts Care Home.
Visitation will be September 15, 2022 at 9:30am with Recitation of the Rosary at 10:00am at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Overland Park, KS. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30am at the church. Reception will follow the mass with entombment to follow at 1pm at Resurrection Cemetery in Lenexa, KS; all under the direction of Kansas City Funeral Directors.
James was born in Kansas City, MO and was a graduate of De La Salle Military Academy in 1955. He served as a Military Police Officer in the United States Army and went on to receive an undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas followed by a Law Degree from the University of Missouri Kansas City.
Jim practiced law in Kansas City, KS for more than forty years and raised a strikingly beautiful family with his wife Patricia before she died in 1990. They raised four children who went on to produce ten even more beautiful grandchildren and five great grandchildren that Jim adored. He lived a long and happy life. He will be missed by so many but more than anything, we will miss his laughter, his incredible gift for storytelling, the way he loved babies…especially crying babies, his never-ending passion for golf, his ability to make you question everything you thought about the world simply by looking over his glasses at you, his undying love of black coffee and danishes, how he could use one toothpick for two weeks, his generosity, the way he loved and cared for his family, the way he intentionally got everyone’s name wrong, the way he single-handedly kept Shasta soda in business during the 80’s, how he could enrage your soul with the words “what do you mean”, the way he insisted on annunciation, and of course, how much he enjoyed a good four letter word.
Jim battled Alzheimer's for the last eight years but never lost his sense of humor. His passion for curse words and ability to laugh made even the toughest of days more bearable. No matter how hazy or difficult things got you could always see his ornery personality shine through. The smile and laughter were constants.
The family would like to extend sincere thanks to all those who helped care for Jim over the last several years including the staff at Morningside Place, the staff at Golden Hearts especially George & Pauline, the team at Brighton Hospice, Susan Quarles, Maurine Gardner and John Sheeley, and Anne & Dennis Bengfort – all of whom without their support we would have been lost. We love you and appreciate all you did to care for Jim.
Jim was preceded in death by his wife Patricia Sheeley (VanKeirsbilck), Sheeley brothers; Richard, Patrick, Lawrence and Thomas, and brothers-in-law; Harry Harrison and Jerry Gardner.
He is survived by his siblings; Diane Harrison, John (Cathy) Sheeley, Maurine Gardner, Margaret (John) Psilopoulos. His children; Tom (Joanie) Sheeley, Mary (Tone) Sheeley, Shelly (Danny) Kelly and Leanne (Michael) Wier.
Ten grandchildren; Lauren (Joe), Patty, Ashley (Jake), Jamie, Hank, Michael, Jake, Molly, Max and Leo along with five great grandchildren; Fiona, Frances, Judson, Edith and Hank.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Shawnee Community Center (scsks.org) in his honor.
Reta Kaye Wilson
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Her family regrets to announce that Reta Kaye Wilson passed away on August 29, 2022. She died peacefully in her sleep at her nursing home. Reta was born in 1947 to her parents Verl and Retha Hickman in Atoka, Oklahoma. Her parents moved to the Kansas City area so that her father could attend seminary. Her father was a postal worker and a Baptist minister.
In 1974 Reta married Ray Wilson. Ray was the love of her life and they went on two have two children. Reta was a devoted wife and mother. She also worked as a claims adjuster for Travelers insurance company. When she was 44 years old she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and retired from Power Group Designs where she worked for many years.
Reta was preceded in death by her parents Verl and Retha Hickman, her mother and father-in-law Barbara and Francis Wilson, her brother-in-law Donald Hough and her nephew Todd Hough. She is survived by her husband Ray Wilson, son Richard Wilson, her daughter Rebecca Boehm, son-in-law Matthew Boehm and grandchildren William Francis, Samuel David Michael, and Joshua Theodore Boehm.
A memorial service will be held at Kansas City Funeral Directors at 4880 Shawnee Drive on September 8th. Visitation will begin at 5:00 pm with services starting around 5:30. Additional parking for the service will be located in the parking lot of the church next to the funeral home. The internment will be the following day at Leavenworth National Cemetery at 9:00 am. If you are so inclined the family requests donations be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society in Reta’s name in lieu of flowers.
