Richard L. Smith

Richard (Rick) L. Smith of Lenexa, KS passed away on Friday, May 16, 2008 at his home surrounded by his family. A Memorial Service will be held 6:00 P.M., Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 at Good Shepherd Catholic Church, 12800 W. 75th Street, Shawnee, KS. Where the family will receive friends, Wednesday, starting at 4:00 P.M. until time of service. Rick was born in Knoxville, IA on October 17th, 1946 to Joe and Flossie Long Smith. He was raised in Melcher, IA and graduated from Melcher-Dallas High School in 1964. He attended Northwest Missouri State University where he was a member of Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity and earned a BS in Marketing in January 1969. He married Jacqueline Stolpe on September 2, 1968. Following graduation, he served with the United States Army for 2 years. After returning home from active duty he started a long and successful career in sales, working for Hunt Wesson Foods, American Family Insurance, Kendall Futuro Medical Inc. In 1985 he relocated to Lenexa, KS with his wife, Jackie and 3 children. On January 1, 1998 Rick received the gift of life through organ donation. He received a heart transplant at Barnes Jewish Medical Center in St. Louis. That gift allowed him to have 10 more years with his family and friends. Those years were full of travel, golf, KC Chiefs games, KU Jayhawks games and bonding with his Grandchildren. He especially enjoyed his neighborhood friends from Indianola, Iowa and Lenexa. He had many life long friends from school days that were important to him. His sisters have always been a source of fun for him. Rick was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Flossie Smith. He is survived by his wife, Jacquline, His daughter Carrie Peterson and her husband Jim, Lenexa, KS., daughter Laurel Sloan and her husband Jeff, Shawnee, KS. And a son, Brad, Kansas City MO.; his sisters Barbara Campbell, Linda Filliman & Donna Kuel all of Iowa. Grandchildren; Nick Peterson, Olathe; Owen and Tucker Peterson, Lenexa; Haley and Olivia Sloan, Shawnee; Brittany Boyd, Lenexa; Richie Smith, Lenexa. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Lyric of Life, (an organization that supports organ donation and helps underwrite the cost of donating organs for those who have limited funds or insurance), C/O Amos Family Funeral Home, 10901 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS. 66203 or the John Farmer Memorial Scholarship fund at St. Thomas Aquanis High School. Online condolences may be expressed at www.amosfamily.com. (arr. The Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee, 913- 631-5566)