Obituaries

Roger Alan Magilow passed away on Monday, March 8, 2021, after a prolonged struggle with Type I Diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. He died suddenly and without suffering.

Phyllis Elston Brod, 96, of Overland Park, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 5, 2021, at Prairie Elder Care in Overland Park.

Phyllis was born in Kansas City, Missouri, to Rose and Herman Saizow.

Myron S. Cramer passed away peacefully on Feb. 15, 2021. Born in Kansas City, Kansas, on Aug. 30, 1937, Myron lived a life of unparalleled, indescribable magnitude. He grew up in Kansas City, attended and graduated from Wyandotte High School in 1955 and remained in the Kansas City area for the better part of his extraordinary life.

William “Bill” Kessler, 87, died peacefully in his Overland Park home on Feb. 24, 2021. Bill was born on June 10, 1933. The son of Phil and Jean Kessler, he grew up in Kansas City, Missouri.

Paul Bruce Milgrim, 66, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on Tuesday Feb. 23, 2021, at Menorah Medical Center. Paul was born to the late Pauline and Ben Milgrim in Joplin, Missouri.

Ria Maier Wolf, born in 1920 in Freiburg, Germany, came to Chicago in 1936 as refugee from Nazi oppression, and settled in Kansas City, Missouri, after her parents and brother joined her in 1937. She graduated from Central High School and then worked at the Alfred Benjamin Charity Clinic where she met her future husband, Jack W. Wolf, M.D., a clinic volunteer.

“Becky” Lurlene Rebecca Smelley Coleman, 94, of Overland Park, died Feb. 16, 2021. She was born Jan. 4, 1927, to Howard and Pearl Rogers Smelley in Lula, Georgia, and grew up in rural Georgia. She received her Bachelor of Arts from North Georgia College in Dahlonega.

Harold Bernard Pollack, 95, was born in Chicago on March 24, 1925, to Abraham and Anna Pollack.

Leonard Rosen, 84, of Lenexa, died Feb. 16, 2021. He was born Oct. 24, 1936, to the late David and Eva Rosen, in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Paseo High School in 1955. Leonard married Nedra Lilly in 1968.

Arleen Berk passed away Feb. 18, 2021. After marrying Terry Berk in 1966, she worked until her first child was born and she decided to be a stay-at-home Mom for her three sons.