Our precious dad, Jack Miller, passed away on Sept. 22, 2020, surrounded by his family. Jack was an amazing man. No one could know a kinder, more loving soul. He modeled what it meant “to bloom where you are planted.” His positive outlook on people and life was remarkable. Jack was often the sunshine in the room that brought people together.
Sonia Cotton, 65, of Olathe, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. Private funeral services were held Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020, at Rosehill Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers; the family suggests that contributions be made to Ararat Shrine Temple in Kansas City, Missouri, in her honor.
Pola Greenwald, 89, died Sept. 16 from complications of multiple myeloma. Pola died at home in Leawood. Born Pola Gorsky to Zelda and Morris Gorsky on March 18, 1931, in San Francisco, she was raised in Petaluma, California, where she graduated from high school. She attended the University of California at Berkeley, where she met her future husband of 54 years, Gilbert S. Greenwald.
Harriet Lynn Katz, age 77, of Silver Spring, Maryland, passed away on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. Beloved wife of Stan Katz (57 years); devoted mother of the late Stacy Katz Olivera (survived by Humberto Olivera) and Amy Beth Katz; loving sister of Jacob Gallun, Shelton Gallun, and the late Judith Weinberg, Kansas City, Missouri; treasured Mima of Mason and Brandon Olivera.
Diane Kessler passed to heaven peacefully on Sept. 15, 2020, in Shawnee of natural causes. Diane lived a life full of love and full of giving love to others, especially as a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
Dolores Dawn Wedlan, of Mission Hills, Kansas, peacefully passed away of natural causes on Sept. 16 at the age of 96. Dolores Oswald was born in the small town of New Ulm, Minnesota, in 1924, part of the third generation of immigrants from Scandinavia and Germany. Her mother, Mabel, and her father, Emanuel, adored their only child and raised her to be independent, resourceful and strong.
Dr. Avery Bratt died on Sept. 10, 2020, at the age of 64 of several chronic health conditions amidst a global pandemic and an increasingly disgruntled planet, surrounded by his wife and three children.
Betty Congour Caywood Bushman was born in Chicago to Irene Wolf Congour and Vernon Price Congour on March 10, 1931. Vernon Congour was a Ward Boss for Mayor Edward J. Kelly, which led to a rocky marriage with Irene, so Irene, Betty and Betty’s younger brother, Stanley, spent a lot of time with family in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1944 Irene moved to Kansas City with the children permanently.
Vicki Lee Gershon (Kapnick) passed away peacefully on Sept. 7, 2020. She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Herbert Gershon; their children Jordan Gershon(Beth) of Overland Park and Stacy Schenberg (Mark) of St. Louis, Missouri; and grandchildren, Alex Gershon and Brooke Niethamer (Erik) and Brandon and Emily Schenberg.
