Category: Obituaries

Lyle Wayne Whitworth, Sr., 77, Gardner, passed away peacefully Dec. 10, 2021 at KU Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo.  Visitation will be at Bruce Funeral Home, 106 S. Center, Gardner, Kansas 66030 (913) 856-7111.  Graveside...

William J. “Bill” Stoss, Jr., 94, passed away Jan. 12, 2022, at Azria Health in Great Bend. He was born on Aug. 20, 1927, in Great Bend, the son of William and Marie (Pundsack) Stoss. He married Dorothy Oberle on May 16, 1956,...

Harold Chester Hoffine, 91, went home from this earth on Dec. 17, 2021.  Visitation will be held at 11:00 am Sat., Jan. 15, 2022 at Bruce Funeral Home, 106 S. Center, Gardner, KS (913) 856-7111.  Celebration of Life follows at...

  Clarence “Hooter” Houdashelt, Jr., 79, of Gardner, KS, passed away Dec. 26, 2021 at his home. Cremation. No services. Arrangements: Bruce Funeral Home, Gardner, KS (913) 856-7111. Condolences may be left at...

Donald Henry Forck, 82, of Jefferson City, passed away Dec. 31, 2021. He was born June 5, 1939, in Jefferson City, the son of Otto and Mildred (McDowell) Forck (deceased).   He was a 1957 graduate of Helias High School and...

    John “LeRoy” Sweat, 81, Olathe, passed away Dec. 25, 2021 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Visitation was Jan. 4, 2022 with the funeral service following, both at Bruce Funeral Home, 712 S. Webster, Spring...

Robert LeRoy Harsh   Robert LeRoy Harsh, 83, of Overland Park, passed away Dec. 21, 2021. A visitation was held Jan. 3, 2022 at Bruce Funeral Home, 106 S. Center, Gardner KS with a graveside service at Pleasant Valley...

John “LeRoy” Sweat, 81, Olathe, Kan. passed away Saturday, December 25, 2021 at Overland Park Regional Medical Center, Overland Park, Kansas. Leroy was born on July 25, 1940 in Pattonsburg, Mo.. His parents were Lewis Wesley and...

  David Eugene Polson David Eugene Polson, 53, Gardner,  passed away Dec. 16, 2021 at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe.  He will lie in state 1 – 3 p.m. Dec. 21, 2021 at Bruce Funeral Home, 106 S. Center, Gardner, (913)...

    Cara Carpenter, 51, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, December 18, 2021, at her home in Gardner, Kansas.  Cara was born on December 24, 1969, in Ottawa, Kansas, the beloved daughter of Bob & Barbara Carpenter...

  Robert Joe Baugh, age 82, Mound City, Kansas went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, December 17, 2021.  He was born on January 23, 1939 in Pleasanton, Kansas the son of Owen Wesley and Mary Ellen Peterson Baugh....