Mark Paul Medved

Mark Paul Medved, 81 years old, of Leawood, KS, passed away on May 19, 2005, at home. Mr. Medved was born on December 2, 1923, in Kansas City, KS, the son of the late Max Peter and Theresa Strutzel Medved. He spent his elementary school years looking after his maternal grandmother, Mary Sterbenz Strutzel in Olpe, Kansas following the death of his mother. Following graduation from Wyandotte High School in 1942, he entered Kansas State University in the Mechanical Engineering Division where he completed his first two years prior to World War II. He enlisted in the U.S. Army serving in the Pacific theater for his tour of duty. Immediately following the war he completed his B.S.M.E. at Kansas State University in 1949. His first three years of employment were spent at Geophysical Service in Dallas, TX, followed by employment in his native Kansas at Butler Manufacturing. He is a Founding Partner of Hellmer and Medved Consulting Engineers, Inc., retrofittting and reengineering such Kansas City landmarks as Kemper Arena. He continued successfully in business for 32 years pioneering the retrofitting of buildings across the United State for energy and cost efficiencies now standard today. He was a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Kansas State Society of Professional Engineers, and the Missouri State Society of Professional Engineers throughout his career. His strong civic convictions were manifest by his involvement with the founding of the city of Leawood, serving as its Councilman for two years, and volunteering for another 42 years of service to the Leawood Lions Club, serving as its President in 2004. He was a member of the Leawood Wallstreeters' Investment Club in which he participated until his death. He participated in the judging of the Science Pioneers' Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair for 10 years, as well as selecting the recipient of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers' special award. Mr. Medved was a founding father of Cure' of Ars Catholic Church in Leawood, KS, where he remained a parishioner until his death. He was a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus within the parish. He was a Father's Club officer at the Notre Dame de Sion College Preparatory School for 20 years during the education of his two biological daughters. Mr. Medved was an active member of the Serra Clubs of Kansas City Missouri and Kansas for 42 years, strongly supporting the recruitment of seminarians, being a member of the Board of Directors at his death. He was awarded the statue of Juniper Serra for his work within the club, when he was a member of Serra of Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Medved is predeceased by his first wife, Dorothy Meyer Medved, of 29 years, whom he married at Redemptorist Church, Kansas City, Missouri in 1952. He is survived by is second wife, Penelope (Penny) Ecclestone Medved whom he married in 1984. Also surviving him are his two daughters from his first marriage, Diane Medved Harper and her husband, William Hayes Harper of Hanover, NH, and Marilyn Medved McGaffin of Indianapolis, IN; and his daughter from his second marriage, Connie Hartnett and her husband, Jack Hartnett of El Granada, CA. He leaves five grandchildren, Sean Mark Harper, 19, Nicholas Andrew Harper, 15 of Hanover, NH, Daniel Owen McGaffin, 10 of Indianapolis, IN, Joanna Haynes 30, Half Moon Bay, CA, and Meredith Haynes, 28 of Portland, OR. He leaves his brother, Thomas Milton Medved and his wife, Dorothy of Leawood, KS; and three sisters, Mary Maxine Harman of Kansas City, KS, Theresa (Jeannie) Blackmer of Olathe, KS, and Corrine (Corky) Sullivan of Overland Park, KS; and numerous nieces and nephews. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, May 24 2005, at Cure of Ars Church, 9401 Mission, Rd., Leawood, KS, where the parish rosary will be prayed at 7:30 p.m. Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 25, 2005. Entombment will be in Resurrection Mausoleum at 83rd and Quivira, Overland Park, KS. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Serra Club of Kansas City, KS, Book Fund for the Seminarians, 8873 Rosewood Drive, Prairie Village, Kansas 66207 or to the Leawood Lions for Sight, 10316 Cherokee Lane, Leawood, KS 66206. (Arrangements: Muehlebach Funeral Home, 816-444-2060)