Deaths/Funerals
Donald Joe Klinkenberg
1922-2000
Services for Donald Joe Klinkenberg, 77, Kansas City, Mo., will be at 10 a.m. today, June 7, 2000, at Ruskin Heights Baptist Church in Kansas City. Graveside services will e at 2 p.m. today at Hubbel Hill Cemetery in Tonganoxie.
Mr. Klinkenberg was born Aug. 8, 1922, in Tonganoxie, and had lived in the Kansas City area most of his life. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He owned and operated D & J Refrigeration Co. for many years. He was a member of the Ruskin Heights Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Juanita Klinkenberg, of the home; two sons, William Klinkenberg, Lee’s Summit, Mo, and Mark Klinkenberg, Kansas City, Mo.; two daughters, Donnita Marsh, Clarinda, Iowa, and Melinda Klinkenberg, Prairie Village; 12 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorial contributions to Kansas City Hospice or the American Cancer Society, sent in care of Park Lawn Funeral Home, Kansas City, Mo.
Donald R. “Bob” Skaggs
1934-2000
Services for Donald R. “Bob” Skaggs, 66, Basehor, were Monday at Quisenberry Funeral Home, Tonganoxie. Burial followed in Glenwood Cemetery, Basehor.
Mr. Skaggs died Thursday, June 1, 2000, at his home. He was born April 4, 1934, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of Elby and Jewell (Stephens) Skaggs.
He retired in 1987 as regional manager with Burlington Northern Railroad in Kansas City, Mo. He worked for the company for 35 years. He served in the U.S. Army. And he was a member of Delaware Masonic Lodge No. 96, AF&AM, Kansas City, Kan.
He married Mary L. Keeslar on April 16, 1960, in Leavenworth. She survives, of the home.
He also is survived by an aunt, Olive Skaggs, Kansas City, Kan.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society or the Kansas City Hospice, sent in care of Quisenberry Funeral home, P.O. Box 993, Tonganoxie, 66086.
Grace P. Tinberg
1915-2000
Services for Grace P. Tinberg, 85, Tonganoxie, were Tuesday, June 6, 2000, at Senior Pastoral Center in Kansas City, Kan. Burial was in St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery in Kansas City, Kan.
She was born March 26, 1915, in Edwardsville. She was a self-employed beautician for several years in Bonner Springs, and she was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the church building fund, sent in care of Alden-Harrington Funeral Home.
Louie Z. McDowell
1919-2000
Services for Louie Z. McDowell, 80, McLouth will be at 1 p.m. Friday, June 9, 2000, at Quisenberry Funeral Home in Tonganoxie. Burial will follow in Hubbel Hill Cemetery, Tonganoxie.
Mr. McDowell died Sunday, June 4, 2000, in Leavenworth. He was born Nov. 15, 1919, in Bagnel, Mo., the son of Derek and Dora (Atkinson) McDowell. He was a heavy equipment operator and a member of Operating Engineers No. 101, Kansas City, Mo., from 1958 to 1975.
He moved to McLouth in 1981 from Bonner Springs.
He married Oleta Heyne on April 5, 1940. She died July 27, 1993.
Survivors include a son, Louie L. McDowell, McLouth; two daughters, Louise Smith, Galt, Calif., and Linda McDowell, Leavenworth; four sisters, Pauline Smith, Dixie Rudolph and Betty Cline, all of Arizona, and Opal Dean, Lodi, Calif.; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Quisenberry Funeral Home. The family suggests memorial contributions to Leavenworth County Hospice, sent in care of the funeral home.