Source: Ancestry Database Kansas City Star, Obituaries, 1991-1999 Publication Date: June 20, 1991 Source: The Kansas City Star Page: C4 Subjects: Region: Missouri Obituary: FRANCIS E. KEARNEY Francis E. Kearney, 68, Olathe, died June 18, 1991, at the Olathe Medical Center. He was a lifelong area resident. Mr. Kearney worked for Chicago-Kansas City Freight Lines for 26 years, retiring as a general sales manager in 1981. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Olathe and the Westport Historical Society. Survivors include his wife, Ruth M. Kearney of the home; two daughters, Karen Dover, Bellevue, Neb., and Roxanne K. Mitchell, Shawnee; a stepson, Neil Jones, Palmdale, Calif.; a stepdaughter, Shayne Keleti, Kansas City; a brother, the Rev. Robert E. Kearney, Olathe; and six grandchildren. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the church; burial in White Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Frye Chapel, Olathe. The family suggests contributions to the church's building fund. ============== Publication Date: June 30, 1992 Source: The Kansas City Star Page: B2; B3 Subjects: Obituary Region: Missouri Obituary: ESTHER DOVER Esther Westhoff Dover, 87, died June 29, 1992, in the Shalom Geriatric Center, where she lived. Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Stanley in Overland Park. The family suggests contributions to the Meyer Boulevard United Methodist Church or the Shalom Plaza. Mrs. Dover was a lifelong area resident. She formerly was a receptionist and saleswoman at the Glass & China House in Kansas City. She was a member of the church. She was a member of the U.S. Post Office Auxiliary. Survivors include a brother, Homer Westhoff, Spring Hill in Johnson County. ============== Gertrude ``Gertie'' E. Bartlett, 84, died March 3, 1997, at Cameron Manor Nursing Home, where she had resided since July of 1990. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Friday, March 7, at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Floral Hills Chapel; burial in Floral Hills Cemetery. Visitation will be 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, at the chapel. The family suggests contributions to Cameron Manor Nursing Home for new patio furniture or to your favorite charity. Mrs. Bartlett was born October 18, 1912, in Kansas City, KS, to Lula and August Wright. She lived in Kansas City, MO, until her retirement in 1975, after 28 years with the Kansas City, MO, Police Department. She then moved to Gravois Mills, MO. She was a member of Gravois Mills United Methodist Church; Golden Gate Chapter 58 Order of the Eastern Star; City Wide Past Matrons and Patrons Club of Kansas City, MO; Scottish Rite Free Masonry Ladies; Kansas City, MO, Police Benefit Association; and Retired Centurions Association. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Harold E. Bartlett, Sr., in December of 1988; and two brothers, Truman A. and Joseph S. Wright. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Joanne and Robert Knight, Cameron, MO; son and daughter-in-law, Harold E., Jr. and Betty Bartlett, Joplin, MO; brother, Charles E. Dover, Kansas City, MO; grandchildren, Michael Pittman, St. Louis, MO, Christopher Pittman, Olathe, KS, Meredith Curtis, Weatherby, MO, April Switzer, Woodstock, GA, Loretta Eckenroth, Joplin, MO, and Paul Bartlett, Springfield, MO; 12 great-grandchildren; & 3 great-great-grandchildren. (Arrangements: D.W. Newcomer's Sons Floral Hills Chapel) ============ Publication Date: March 21, 1996 Source: The Kansas City Star Page: C5; C4 Subjects: Obituary Region: Missouri Obituary: Kenneth D. Crawford, 57, Blue Springs, MO, died Tuesday, March 19, 1996, at St. Mary's Hospital, Blue Springs, MO. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 23, at Catholic Church of the Santa Fe, Buckner, MO; burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Friends may call 7-8:30 p.m. Friday, March 22, at Speaks Suburban Chapel, with Rosary at 8 p.m. Contributions may be made to a memorial fund at the church. Mr. Crawford was born January 6, 1939, in Powersville, MO, and had lived in this area for 34 years. He had been a truck driver with Yellow Freight. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and a member of Teamsters Local 41. He had been a member of the Catholic Church of the Santa Fe, Buckner, MO. Survivors include his wife, Louise M. Crawford, of the home; four daughters, Stephanie Richardson, Blue Springs, MO, Lisa Willms, Grain Valley, MO, Stacey Kessler, Lee's Summit, MO, and Kelli McSwain, Buckner, MO; six grandchildren, Amy, Kyle, Cameron, Jake, Reece and Zachary; two brothers, Gene Crawford, Unionville, MO, and Leland Crawford, Achsnut, MA; four sisters, Margrett Mallinger, Davenport, IA, Dorothy Lawter, O'Fallon, IL, Berneice Dover, Unionville, MO, and Beverly Johnston, Granite City, IL. ============================================== SHARE'D Got Any Dover You Haven't Posted, Please Do Researching: Kirksey, Dover, Shrader, Tyner,McNabb romanek@cybertrails.com Sept 30-May 10 romanek@salisbury.net June 1-Sept 30 sromanek@hotmail.com Year Round BACK UP ONLY