Funeral Homes in Kansas City, Kansas

18 funeral homes in Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County), a community of approximately 152,933 residents— 17 publish obituaries online (94%).

These funeral homes are among the primary sources of obituaries in Kansas City, Kansas. Families typically publish obituaries through funeral home websites or third-party memorial platforms. Because each funeral home uses a different source, finding them often requires checking multiple sites — or using a monitoring service that checks them automatically.

Obituaries are published by funeral homes, newspapers, and online obituary platforms, and there is no single national obituary database. If you're trying to locate an obituary or confirm whether someone has passed away, see our guides on how to find an obituary, how to know if someone died, and how long after death an obituary is posted. You can also review our obituary statistics and publishing guide to understand where obituaries are published and how the process works. For alerts when a notice appears online, see obituary monitoring.

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How to Find Obituaries in Kansas City

Families in Kansas City typically publish obituaries in two ways: on the funeral home’s own website or on a third-party platform (such as Legacy.com or Tribute Archive) that the funeral home uses. The 18 funeral homes listed below serve Kansas City and surrounding Wyandotte County communities; each may use a different obituary publisher, so there’s no single place to search.

Timing varies: obituaries often appear 24–72 hours after death, once arrangements are confirmed. Some funeral homes post sooner; others later. Checking each site by hand is slow and easy to miss new postings.

ObituaryMonitor tracks obituary pages from all 18 funeral homes in Kansas City and sends an instant email alert when a name you’re watching appears — so you don’t have to check multiple sites manually.

Guides for finding obituaries in Kansas City, Kansas

These walk through search strategy, death verification, publication timing, and ongoing monitoring—useful whether you are browsing Kansas City funeral homes below or tracking a specific name.

Funeral Homes in Kansas City, Kansas

How to Find Obituaries in Kansas City

Guides for finding obituaries in Kansas City, Kansas

Louis Memorial Chapel

Myers Family Funeral Home

Slider Funeral Home

Cremation Society of Kansas and Missouri

Larkin & Garcia Funeral Care

Geo F. Porter & Sons

Butler-Fulton-Nickes Funeral Home

Northern Star Mortuary

Passantino Brothers Funeral Home

Terrace Park Funeral Home

Maple Hill Funeral Home

Thatchers Funeral Home

Kansas City Funeral Directors

Mrs J.W. Jones Memorial Chapel

Watkins Heritage Chapel

Highland Park Funeral Home & Crematory

Park Lawn Funeral Homes

Lawrence A. Jones & Sons Funeral Chapels

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