Obituaries

Bernie Jacobson was born on Aug. 14, 1940. His proud parents were Paul and Frieda Jacobson.  He grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, and liked to say he grew up playing on the rocks and cliffs that eventually became the site of Hallmark. He attended Paseo High School and joined the Coast Guard in 1959 as soon as he turned 18. He served as a hospital corpsman and left the Coast Guard in 1963.  The years he spent in the service were  very important to Bernie and he was so proud to have served his country.

Joyce Valerie Rose passed away on Monday May 3, 2021. She was born on August 2, 1960, in Kansas City Missouri, the daughter of John and Marian Rose. She graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School.

Sandra (Sandy) E. Weinstein, 80, passed away May 3, 2021, at Sunrise of Leawood. Sandy was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She graduated from Southwest High School and attended the University of Missouri. She married her high school sweetheart, Don (predeceased in 2015) in 1960.

Michael David Baruch was born to Karl and Gertrude (Kaufmann) Baruch. He grew up in St. Louis with his big brother, Bob. He took great pride in being a line judge and trainer for the United States Tennis Association, which took him all over the country.

Dennis R. Small, 85, passed away at home surrounded by his family on April 29 in Prairie Village, Kansas.

Gertrude Epstein, born April 28, 1929, passed away peacefully at her home on April 29, 2021, surrounded by her family.  Private services were held on Friday, April 30, 2021.

Leonard Arenson, 72, who owned Arenson Heating and Cooling, passed away at home on April 25, 2021. The things loved most about him were that he was funny, musical, a genealogy fanatic, and he was a strong, self-made man. He loved figuring things out.

Barbara Lynn Freidberg, 80, of Overland Park, loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, passed away at home on April 14. In lieu of flowers, please donate to Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care or a charity meaningful to you and your family.

Barney Bobrow, 91, passed away from natural causes in his home in Overland Park, Kansas on April 14, 2021. He came to the Kansas City area 1948, from Havana, Cuba, where he grew up.  He had extended family in Kansas City and soon learned English and began living the American dream. In 1950, he married Sara, his high school sweetheart in Cuba, and they started their married life back in Kansas City.  Barney had a successful long career in the insurance industry, and he survived several significant health issues, starting in his 40s. Outside of work and family, he enjoyed years of playing weekly poker games with his group, keeping track of the Royals (and before that the A’s), and post-retirement investing.

Thomas L Davidson was born in Des Moines, Iowa on July 15, 1931, to Rosiland and Hy Davidson. He was known as Tom, Tommy, TD, Dad, Pop Pop and Poppa Tom. He was fond of saying, “Call me anything but late for dinner.” Tom was a devoted husband to his wife of 65 years, Lois.