East High School Kansas Alumni Obituaries

June J. Hatfield was born in Kansas City Missouri on June 26 1943. She was the youngest child of John W Hatfield and Grace Ann Owens Hatfield. Junes oldest sibling Kathaleen was 15 years old when June was born. In between Kathaleen and June were "the boys" Johnny Gene and Virgil. June graduated from...

Deborah Kay Lowe 74 passed away on Tuesday December 16 2025 at Windsor Healthcare and Rehab Center in Windsor Missouri. Deborahs wishes were to be cremated. Services will be in the spring with burial in Vansant Road Cemetery Clinton Missouri. Deboarah was born and raised in the Kansas City area. She...

Michael Sheridan Sears arrived in this world in the middle of World War II and promptly spent the rest of his life advocating for peace curiosity and love. Born in Atlanta Georgia the eldest son of Robert William Sears and Iola Mae Graves Michael entered a world of motion and uncertaintyfitting as h...

Andrea J. Warren 74 of Winfield Kansas passed away Monday January 5 2026 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. Born April 7 1951 in Wichita she was the daughter of Eddie and Barbara Joette Holland Quinn. She was raised and received her education in Wichita graduating from East High School in 1969. Sh...

Sister Bridgette Yvette Daniels of Blue Springs Mo was peacefully mercifully called to glory on January 25 2026 at 549 pm in her home. Sister Bridgette was born on April 16 1962 in Shreveport La to her late dad JC Battle and mom Shirley Edwards. The Edwards relocated to Kansas City when sister Brid...

Sue Ann Young age 87 of Kansas City MO passed away peacefully into the presence of her Lord on January 15 2026 surrounded by her family and friends. She was born on December 11 1938 in Kansas City MO to Elby J. and Edith Chesser. As a young girl Sue enjoyed visiting her family in Arkansas and she be...

Later in life, Gail Stark, in comforting assurance of meeting again, ended each family farewell by saying, “Good bye for now!” What became her mantra actually serves as an apt metaphor for her eventful life of hellos and goodbyes. Gail said hello to the world in Arkansas City, Kansas on March 27, 1...

Dorothy Mae Sydnor, 96, of Phoenix, passed away on January 1, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona.Celebration of Life services will be held 11:00 am – 12:00 noon, Saturday, January 17, 2026 at The Terraces of Phoenix, 7550 N. 16th Street, Phoenix, Arizona in the ‘Gathering Place’ with the Chaplain Troy Epps of...

Connie Kay Baker 74 of Richmond passed away Monday February 2 2026 at home surrounded by her loving family. Connie was born on April 23 1951 in Oberlin KS the daughter of Melvin Steven and Ida Darlene Stephens Petrasek. She was united in marriage to Gary W. Baker of Stet on January 29 1973 he surviv...

Rayma Sue Pilkenton passed away on December 26 2025 at the age of 70 years. Nana as she was known to the younger generations that held a permanent place in her heart was born on September 27 1955 to Raymond Austin and Donna Sue Peck Severs in Stella Missouri. Rayma graduated from East Newton High Sc...

Gastonia, North CarolinaDr. Arthur "Bruce" Hartung, 87, of Gastonia passed away January 17, 2026. He was born in Emporia, Kansas on January 23, 1938, the only child of the late Dr. & Mrs. Arthur W. Hartung. Bruce was a graduate of Catawba College and held Masters and Doctorate degrees from Duke ...

After graduating high school she moved to Kansas City where she lived with her parents and her beloved maternal grandmother. From an early age Lela demonstrated a deep sense of compassion and responsibility qualities that were especially evident in the loving care she provided to her grandmother. me...

Kris was born June 13 1952 in Green Bay Wisconsin the second of fourteen children to Harvey Webster and Alice Jean ne McFarland. She graduated High School from Green Bay East High in 1970 then went on to Sacred Heart School of Practical Nursing graduating in 1974. Kris started working at St. Joseph ...

Donald Henry Kentzler 93 passed away on October 31 2025 at the Wathena Care Center with his beloved wife Beverly by his side. Don was born on September 20 1932 in Effingham Kansas to Walter Henry and Blanche Linck Kentzler. His parents were tenant farmers and he lived his early life attending countr...

Arlene Deloris (Shipley) Hill, 88, of Drexel, MO, passed away while residing at Foxwood Springs in Raymore, MO on October 3, 2025. A visitation will be held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at Mullinax Funeral Home, Drexel Chapel (816-657-4400). Funeral services will follow at 1...

Eva Dempsher, 102, of Northampton and formerly of Maryland, passed away on October 13, 2025, in Allentown. She was the beloved wife of the late Peter Dempsher, who preceded her in death in 2004. Born in Coaldale, Eva was the daughter of the late Andrew and Mary (Matika) Bybel. A 1940 graduate of Coa...

Pamela Ann Johnson passed away January 8 2024 in Lewiston ME after a hard fought battle with cancer. She was born in Manhattan KS on March 15 1958 to Henry Bill Johnson Jr and Elizabeth Betty L Johnson. Shortly after her parents moved back to Leavenworth where Pamela grew up and graduated from Leave...

Linda Kay Bearden Day passed away on January 27 2026 at the age of 78. Born in Ash Flat Arkansas to Bill and Estie Bearden she moved to Hutchinson Kansas as a child where she graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1965. In Hutchinson she met and married her husband of 52 years Benjamin Herschel Da...