Johnson County Obituaries
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Obituaries published after 1923 will be abstracted to avoid copyright violations.
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MAHAFFIE --
J. B. Mahaffie, known thoughout the county as "Uncle Beattie," died at home in Olathe. He was 90 years old last April and had been a resident of Johnson County for 50 years. He was born in Ohio, but came from Renssalear, Indiana. He was one of the promotoers of the old Missouri, Fort Scott and Gulf railroad and was one of the original board of directors. He death leaves John T. Weaver of Olathe the only surviving member of the original board.
(Kansas City Star, October 19, 1907)
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MAHAFFIE --Sarah Jane Mahaffie died at her Kansas City home on December 8th. Services were December 10 at Olathe, with burial in the family plot in Olathe Cemetery. (Kansas City Star, Dec. 11, 1922)
See copy of death certificate here.
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MAHAFFIE --
Mrs. W. A. Mahaffie, a Johnson County pioneer, died at her home here yesterday following an operation. She had lived in this county since 1859, coming here when 3 years old. Her husband survives. A sister, Miss Ella Mahaffie, is principal of the Park school in Kansas City, Kas. Services will be in Olathe Friday afternoon.
(Kansas City Star, Sept. 30, 1920)
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MALL --
Gustave Mall / Moll, aged nineteen years,
shot himself at the residence of his
father, eight miles from Olathe, the
other day. He died instantly. His act
was supposed to have been the result of
insanity caused by an attack of la
grippe several months ago. (Globe-Republican, May 28, 1890)
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MANLOVE --James Manlove, age 90, died March 18 at the home of a daughter,
Mrs. Georgia Burton, in Kansas City. Born in Memphis, Tennessee on March
15, 1850, he came to Kansas at an early age. He formerly lived
in the Holliday, Kansas, community, coming to Olathe with his young family. His wife, Josephine, preceded him in death.
He is survived by his six children: Isaac, of Kansas City,
Kansas; Arthur, William and Joseph, all of Olathe; Mrs. Burton; and
Mrs. Florence Steemer, Lexington, Mo.; three grandchildren, Jerome Manlove and Mrs. Barbara Nelson of Kansas City, Mo. and Mrs. Margaret Cole of
Kansas City, Kansas. Funeral services were held March 21 at Olathe.
(abstract, Kansas City Plaindealer, April 5, 1940)
See copy of death certificate here.
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MARKS --
Mrs. Ida O. Marks, 61 years old, died yesterday at the home of her son, Roy Marks, 75th St. and Broadway. She is survived by her husband, W. C. Marks, Spring Hill,
Kas.; four sons, Dean Marks, Morris, Kas.; Fay Marks, Wilson, Kas.; George Marks, U. S. Naval Reserve, Key West, Fla.; and Roy Marks. Three daughters, Mrs. Madge Boone, Lenexa, Kas.; Mrs. Mary Reynolds, Caney, Kas.; and Miss Mabel Marks, Lenexa, Kas. Services tomorrow from Lindsey's Chapel, with burial in Spring Hill Cemetery.
(Kansas City Star, Dec. 9, 1918)
See copy of death certificate here.
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McCULLEY --Oscar A. McCulley died last night at his home seven miles SE of Olathe. The cuase of death was pneumonia. He
was 55 years of age and had farmed in Johnson County since 1907. He is survived by his wife, Zora, daughter Maxine, and son, Charles, all of the home; two other daughters, Mrs. Virginia Boehm, Olathe and Mrs. Ruth Bacon, Spring Hill; his father, S. E. McCulley, and two sisters, Mrs. Clarence Carver and Mrs. Frank
Caswell, all of Olathe. Funeral services are incomplete at this time, but burial will be in the Olathe Cemetery. (abstract, Kansas City Star, Jan. 12, 1940)
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McLEOD --
Clara McLeod. the infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William McLeod, died on
Tuesday. The funeral services were held
from the residence yesterday morning at
10 o'clock. The body was sent to Olathe
for burial. (Kansas City Journal, July 13, 1899)
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McSWEENY --
The remains of Owen McSweeny, aged 82, were borne to Shawnee Cemetery yesterday and interred with touching services. McSweeny was a pioneer settler of this area and died of heart disease Monday. He was strong and vigorous up to the time he received the sudden call to death.
(Kansas City Times, July 2, 1891)
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MILLER --OLATHE KAS., Aug. 26: Word reached here today of the death yesterday of M. G. Miller, a pioneer resident of Olathe, on Eagle Cliff near Stead's Ranch in Estes Park, Colo. Heart disease was the cause. Mr. Miller had arrived there only a few hours before his death to join in a vacation with his daughter, Mrs. John Kane of Bartlesville. He was 65 years old. Mr. Miller came to Olathe 40 years ago. He was bron in Branch County, Michigan. When he first moved to Olathe he was engaged in construction work on it first railroad. He became the town's leading merchant. Later he established the first bank here, which he conducted successfully 30 years. He recently sold it to Frank Peck of Kansas City. Mr. Miller was an extensive farmer and he took a great interest in improving the livestock of the county. About ten years ago he built a large business block. He was sole owner of the independent telephone system of the city and county and was vice president of the Independent Telephone Association of Kansas. Mr. Miller's wife died in 1903. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. J. C. Nichols of Kansas City, and Mrs. Kane. All the business houses of Olathe will be closed Saturday morning at the time of the funeral. Burial will be in Olathe Cemetery.
(Kansas City Star, Aug. 26, 1909)
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MITCHELL --Mrs. Sarah Ella Mitchell died yesterday at a Kansas City convalescent home. She was a resident of Merriam and was 67 years old. Burial will be in Tulsa.
(abstract, Kansas City Star, Dec. 19, 1941)
See copy of death certificate here.
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MIZE --George W. Mize died yesterday at his home in the Monticello community. He was born in Leavenworth 80 years ago, but had lived in Johnson County for the last 49 years. He was a charter member of the Monticello Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife, Mattie; three daughters, Mrs. Fred Kueker, Monticello; Mrs. John Fitzpatrick, Wichia and Mrs. E. A. Plummer, Turlock, Calif.; two sons, Ray, Monticello, and Paul Bonner Springs. Services Tuesday at the Monticello Methodist Church.
(abstract, Kansas City Star, Sept. 21, 1940)
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MONTGOMERY --Ida May Brunk Montgomery died yesterday at Grace Hospital. She was a former resident of Olathe. Burial tomorrow at Rosedale.
(Kansas City Star, Jan. 26, 1918)
See copy of death certificate here.
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MOODY --
Edward Moody, 74 years old, one of the early settlers in Kansas City and Johnson County, Kansas, died yesterday on his farm near Lenexa, Kansas. Mr. Moody came to Kansas City with his father in 1855. After a short residence here Mr. Moody's father homesteaded the place in Johnson County on which the son died yesterday. When a boy Mr. Moody helped clear the timber from the site of the old union station in the West Bottoms. His father had made the contract. Mr. Moody made five trips from Independence to Sante Fe, N.M., walking and driving a 6-yoke ox team. He and his brother operated a freighting company, and told many stories of narrow escapes from the Indians. Surviving Mr. Moody are four children: Ray, Rex, Perry and Dorothy, all living on the home farm or on nearby places. Funeral services will be tomorrow afternoon on the farm near Lenexa.
(Kansas City Star, June 11, 1921)
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MOODY --Thomas H. Moody, living nine miles northeast of Olathe, near Lenexa, died yesterday morning after having been gored by a bull last Wednesday. Mr. Moody was 75 years old. He was feeding a breed sow in the pasture and did not see or hear the bull as it approached. The Moodys settled in this county in 1857, after Mr. Moody had made 22 trips as a freighter from Westport to Albuquerque. He was a well to do farmer and stockman.
(Kansas City Star, July 5, 1915)
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MOORE --The will of George W. Moore, who died January 17th at home of his sister, Mrs. Bousman in Kansas City, Kas., discloses that he left to the city of Olathe eighty acres of land just southwest of Shawnee, to be sold to buy a site and build and equip a hospital for Olathe. The land is worth $15,000 to $20,000. The gift must be accepted within two years. The hospital is to be open to anyone in Johnson County needing such service. Mr. Moore also bequeathed to the Seventh Day Adventist church, $10,000 in cash. Smaller bequests were made to relatives. Mr. Moore was a batchelor, 78 years old. His home for forty years has been at Lenexa. The funeral services were held Monday afternoon.
(Kansas City Star, Jan. 21, 1920)
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MORRISON --Mrs. Cora Bell Morrison, a livelong resident of the Ocheltree community, died yesterday at her home eight miles southeast of Olathe. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Morrison, in 1937. He was a widely know Johnson County stockman. She is survived by her daughters, Mrs. Edith Lucas, Mrs. Ethel Dunn and Mrs. Alta Mae Harra, all of Spring Hill; two sons, Thomas, jr. of Spring Hill and Francis of the home; three sisters, Mrs. Anna Stuteville and Mrs. Ida Burgess, both of Spring Hill and Mrs. Ella Green, Stillwell, Kas. She will be laid to rest next to her husband at Spring Hill Cemetery.
(abstract, Kansas City Star, Feb. 4, 1940)
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