The Shawnee Dispatch / Obituaries

A memorial Mass for David W. Matthews, 61, Shawnee, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 23, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Shawnee. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery, Lenexa.
Mr. Matthews died Thursday, June 18, 2009, at his home after a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.
He was born Oct. 29, 1947, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of John and Margaret Matthews. He graduated from Ward High School in 1965. He then attended Donnelly and Rockhurst colleges
Mr. Matthews was a 30-year member of Pipefitters Local Union No. 533 and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.
A grandson preceded him in death
Survivors include his wife of 32 years, Mary Ann; two daughters, Michele Fix and her husband, Mark, Shawnee, and Laura deNoyelles and her husband, Jeremy, Wichita; five grandchildren; a brother, John E. Matthews (Charlotte), Kansas City, Kan.; and a sister, Alice Fehrenbach (Don), Naples, Fla.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, June 22, at Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee, where a rosary will be prayed at 6 p.m. Monday.
The family suggests memorials to Catholic Charities Hospice, 9720 W. 87th St., Overland Park, KS 66216, www.catholiccharitiesks.org, or Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, 2141 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 7000, El Segundo, CA 90245, www.pancan.org

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Contact Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee by phone: 913-631-5566

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