William "Bill" Barth

William A. "Bill" Barth, age 95, of Lenexa, Kan., passed away on Sunday, October 19, 2008, at the Sweet Life at Rosehill Nursing Home in Shawnee, Kan. Funeral Services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, at the Monticello United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends at the visitation from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday evening, Oct. 22, at the church. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Monticello Historical Society, PO Box 860283, Shawnee, KS 66286-0283 or Odyssey Hospice 800 E. 101st Terrace, Suite 150, Kansas City, MO 64131. Mr. Barth was born on June 25, 1913, in Scio, Ore., and returned to this area when he was just 3 years old. He was a carpenter throughout most of his life and had also worked at many other jobs, building houses, owning a plumbing business, Real Estate, a stint as a cowboy, sold insurance, he had also worked as a machinist and as a farmer. He was a hard worker with a work ethic second to none. He was very community mined and involved in many civic groups, DeSoto School Board, Monticello Zoning Board, Rural Water District # 1 Board, Monticello Cemetery Association, Monticello Historical Society and the Monticello United Methodist Church. He loved spending time with his family and being outdoors hunting and gardening. He was preceded in death by his wife of 70 years, Dorothy Mae Barth (Caldwell) in August of this year as well as all of his brothers and sisters. And he is survived by his five daughters, Judy Blamberg of Overland Park, Kan., Sylvia Courter and her husband Jim of Woodland Park, Colo., Pat Benn and her husband Steve of Lenexa, Mary Canny and her husband Roger of Johnson, Kan., and Willy Snow and her husband Michael of Eudora, Kan.; 14 grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and three great great-grandchildren. Arrangements: Alden-Harrington Funeral Home, (913) 422-4074.