Roger Holmes

Services for Roger Dean Holmes, 80, Shawnee, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 23, at First Baptist Church of Shawnee. Burial will be in Johnson County Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Holmes died Monday, April 20, 2009, at Kansas City Hospice House.
He was born Jan. 28, 1929, in Shawnee, the son of Albert Richard and Elizabeth Edith (Wendt) Holmes.
A lifelong Shawnee resident, Mr. Holmes was an aviation electrician in the U.S. Navy for eight years, including during the Korean War. He was an electrician for Montgomery Ward, Gulf Oil Research and Development and Belger Cartage Co.
Mr. Holmes attended the Calvary Bible College from 1949 to1953. He had been a member of the First Baptist Church of Shawnee since 1956. He served on the Deacon Board, Property Management, Staff Relations Committee, Finance Committee, Discipleship Committee and also in the capacity of Sunday school teacher, usher, choir member and Scoutmaster. He was also a member of the OGCs and volunteered electrical work at the church.
On Sept. 19, 1953, he married Phyllis Smith Wilson in Shawnee. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include three children, Beth (Brad) Kitselman, LaCenter, Wash., Roger (Kathy) Holmes, Overland Park, and Phil (Melinda) Holmes, Olathe; a sister, Mitzi Edwards, Dewey, Ariz.; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, at the church.
The family suggests memorials to either First Baptist Church of Shawnee, 11400 Johnson Dr., Shawnee, KS 66203, Hospice Care of Kansas, 15329 W. 95th, Lenexa, KS 66219 or Kansas City Hospice House, 12000 Wornall, Kansas City, MO 64145.
Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee is handling arrangements. Online condolences can be made at amosfamily.com.