Kelly Shoemake Mar 25, 2023

Neighbor ,Canton ,Michigan

Joan, Bob, Annette, Kristen & Lons Family sincere condolences for you all at this difficult time of your sudden loss. You are all in my prayers. I will always remember good times growing up across the street. Much Love, Kelly

Donna Fike Mar 25, 2023

Neighbor ,Overland Park ,Kansas

Sorry to hear about Pete and know he will really be missed. Love, Donna

Phyllis Turney Mar 25, 2023

neighbor ,Overland Park ,Kansas

I sure have missed the vist I had with Pet. What a wonderful Father, Grandfather, Husband, Neighbor so sorry for your lost. Pet will be Missed. Phyllis Turney

Dennis and Becky Vrbas Mar 25, 2023

Friend ,Olathe ,Kansas

We are so sorry to hear the passing of Pete. He was a great neighbor and friend. He welcomed us to the Westbrooke neighborhood many years ago as newlyweds and we had many good times together. Our prayers are with Joan and the family. He is in God’s arms now.

Ron and Julie Micek Mar 26, 2023

Friend ,Lenexa ,Kansas

Lons family, your sorrow is ours to in the loss of a friend. Our sympathy to all. Cherish the many fond memories that Pete gave you. You are in our ptayers.

Kathy Kalberer Mar 27, 2023

My deepest sympathy and Prayers to all of You.

Brian R Bock Mar 27, 2023

Friends ,Stilwell ,Kansas

So Sorry to hear of Pete's passing. He was always so good to me and a great friend to my parents for many years. Praying for you all and much respect from the Bock Clan. RIP Peter

Lewis & Lynn Lowry Mar 27, 2023

Former Neighbor ,Ankeny ,Iowa

Pete was a great man! Thoughtful, hardworking, loved his family and his Joan. He will be missed. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and for your loss.

Vicky Artzer Mar 27, 2023

Friend ,Overland Park ,Kansas

To the Lons family: We met Pete through neighbors. We enjoyed talking with him and Joan. He had such a great sense of humor and good memory! Glad that you have such wonderful memories. God bless and send you all comfort.

Terry G Dressman Mar 28, 2023

Neighbor ,Overland Park ,Kansas

I was neighbor to Pete and Joan for 25 years. The obituary puts it aptly he was a very Catholic man, great model for being a good neighbor. Spent time talking on the front porch during the summer months. A friend to many in the neighborhood. Know he and Joan will enjoy their reward in Heaven. Sincerely, Terry

Mary Stanton Mar 29, 2023

Friend ,Overland Park ,Kansas

My thoughts and prayers are with you all.

Bill & Beth Haggerty Mar 29, 2023

Friends ,Houston ,Texas

Joan,Bob,Annette,Kristin and Family, Our hearts and prayers are with you at this very sad time. Know we grieve with you in the loss of our dear friend of 55 years. We cherish all the great memories and will miss him dearly and our long phone visits.We know he has a special place in Heaven. Our love and heartfelt sympathy, Bill and Beth Haggerty and Family

Ann Colby Mar 30, 2023

Niece ,Carrollton ,Texas

Even though I wasn't a good dancer, Uncle Pete always danced the polka with me at wedding receptions. He epitomized love & strength of family. It gives me peace that he, Janet, Johnny, Mom and other Lons & Heffernon family members are watching over us from heaven.

Dick Turney Mar 30, 2023

Friend/neighbor ,Overland Park ,Kansas

Pete was a good friend and neighbor. We miss him.

Brian and Susannah Hart Apr 02, 2023

Friends ,Overland Park ,Kansas

We are so sorry to hear of the loss of Pete. We met him nearly 30 years ago through the RCIA program at Holy Spirit. We loved getting to him and Joan, and cherished all the times we saw them at Mass in the many years since. Pate always had a warm smile and a hug for us and we are better for knowing him! Love and prayers, Susannah and Brian Hart

Joseph Ernst Zubeck Apr 10, 2023

I work for Pete & with him. ,Leawood ,Kansas

I worked with Pete at Black & Veatch. He was always pleasant and easy to talk to. He made everyone that worked for him feel needed and he appreciated their comments and would praise them for their good ideas. I was the office clown who does or comments on anything, and at times Pete got my crazy ideas. Pete was a hard worker unless he had to see what prank I just pulled off to find out what I did. While I worked for him, he went on vacation and asked me to open his mail and see that the work continued without any problems. In one of those visits, I sat there and looked around his office and thought this space is really dull because everything was the same tan color: the walls, the floor tile, his desk and file cabinet, and a Hawaiian goddess he brought back from his last vacation. Right then I thought he needed more color and I was going to see that he got it some way, some how. As I sat there looking around, I noticed his sun goddess was tan and had added no color to his environment. As I walked out his office, I mentioned to the Interior Designers that sat outside his office how dull everything was and suggested that his goddess with a little color would really brighten his office. The young ladies got up and looked at his dull and drab office and grabbed the goddess and brought to their desks to begin a thought process how they could help the very colorless goddess be alive with color. I left the decorators to do their job on the goddess and was shocked when I saw it all bright and colorful. I thought they painted it but it was only colorful press on vinyl sheets they used to do their presentation displays for clients. It was very colorful and beautiful and was a great improvement over its original dull color. When Pete came back from vacation, he was all smiles and happy he got away from the grind and his wonderful dry sense of humor. He was in his office a short time when he yelled, “ZUBECK!” (like everyone one else has done in my life). He sat at his desk and pointed at his now very beautiful sun goddess, speechless over her beautiful colors. The Interior designers jumped up to see Pete’s reaction to their hard work. Later, all of the creative people and his secretary were invited one weekend to his home for a Hawaiian party where his colorful goddess was on a pedestal in his yard. Pete was like a big kid enjoying the party with a big smile. Later, he asked the partiers to name his goddess, and when everyone was done he collected the names. Pete and his wife came back with the winning name. Tammy Fay Ray (or Re). The name was based on a preacher’s wife who really painted her face to be on TV. From the looks of the happy faces, everyone had a very good time, I know my wife and I did, I think she enjoyed it more because she could see what kind of crazy things I did at work and not just like home. Joseph Ernst Zubeck, II