Buddy Grace Samuels

Buddy Grace Samuels, 77, of Concordia, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, MO.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 3, 2011 at McLaughlin Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Mike Reed officiating. Pallbearers will be Mark Goodpasture, Scott Reed, Tom Howard, Jake Marrant, Christopher Samuels and Kelly Murr. Honorary pallbearer will be Kurt Goodpasture. Burial will be in Glenn-Lee Cemetery near Beaman. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until service time Sunday at the funeral chapel.

Born July 14, 1933 in Sedalia, MO, she was a daughter of Rose Harvey and Ruth Earlene Erdwin Goodpasture. On April 22, 1954 in Concordia, she was married to Donald Wayne Samuels, who survives of the home. Buddy worked for many years as the voice of Concordia and KMMO radio, as well as working at the Concordia library. She volunteered as a Den mother for Pack 258, and loved genealogy and the research of family history. She was also a coordinator for OATS transportation.

Also surviving are five sons, DeWayne Samuels, of Peoria, AZ, Charles Samuels, of Hopkins, MO, Douglas Samuels, of Concordia, MO, Steven Samuels, of Excelsior Springs, MO and Keith Samuels, of Durham, NC; a daughter, Frances Murr, of Gibbon, NE; a brother Ralph Goodpasture, of Knob Noster, MO; two sisters, Sandy Walters, of Sedalia and Betty Reed, of Blue Springs, MO; 11 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; and two brothers, Wayne and Hartley Goodpature.

The family suggests memorial contributions to Glenn-Lee Cemetery, in care of McLaughlin Funeral Chapel. Condolences may be offered online at www.mclaughlinfuneralchapel.com