The Shawnee Dispatch / Obituaries

Memorial services for Harry Leonard Withers, 66, Merriam, were Tuesday, June 23, at Quisenberry Funeral Home, Tonganoxie. Private inurnment followed.
Mr. Withers died Thursday, June 18, 2009, at Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo.
He was born Nov. 29, 1942, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of Harry and Nellie VanDeWall Withers. He was a graduate of Bishop Meige High School and worked as a carpenter.
On June 10, 1997, in Shawnee, he married Rosalie Ann Thomas. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include three stepdaughters, Susan Martley, Basehor, Sharon Sutton, Olathe, and Karen Kauoraney, Lenexa; and four grandsons.
The family suggests memorial to Kansas City Hospice, sent in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 993, Tonganoxie, KS 66086.

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