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Reza Azimi-Tabrizi, age 58, of Independence, on June 20, 2025. Azimi-Tabrizi graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2003. He practiced at Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Kansas City and later opened his own practice in Independence. 

Michael Barron, age 89, of St. Louis, on Dec. 28, 2025. Barron graduated from the University of Michigan School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1964. He worked for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Michigan and in private practice in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He worked for several law firms in St. Louis, focusing on petroleum industry laws. He earned a Master of Laws in tax law from the Washington University School of Law and helped clients with elder law issues. 

Susan Traylor Bittick, age 71, of Dripping Springs, Texas, on Nov. 29, 2025. Bittick graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1995. She earned her Master of Laws from the University of Houston Law Center. Bittick worked at Ryan, LLC for 20 years, most recently as a principal in its U.S. advocacy practice. 

Steve Boyd, age 89, of Washington, D.C., on April 7, 2024. Boyd graduated from Harvard Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1958. He served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force in Japan and Taiwan. Boyd worked for the State Department in Washington, D.C., and New York and practiced international commercial litigation and business law for private firms in St. Louis, Paris, and Washington, D.C. He was an arbitrator and mediator for the American Arbitration Association. 

Robert “Bob” Brady, age 76, of Chesterfield, on March 9, 2023. Brady was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. He was a corporate lawyer in St. Louis and worked at Monsanto for over 30 years. He retired as director of the State and Local Tax Department. 

William B. Bundschu, age 94, of Lee’s Summit, on May 22, 2025. Bundschu graduated from the Duke University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1956. He received a Master of Laws from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. Bundschu practiced business law at the Popham, Conway, Sweeney, Fremont and Bundschu Law Firm. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve. 

Scarlet LeeAnn Butts, age 65, of Gladstone, on April 9, 2026. Butts graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1993. She worked in private practice and was a municipal prosecutor for Cameron. She was assistant prosecutor for Caldwell and DeKalb counties and was the child support prosecutor for the Hamilton Project, which served a fivecounty area. She was also a guardian ad litem. 

David Clayton Christian, age 77, of Kansas City, on March 20, 2026. Christian graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. He was a manager of governmental affairs at Kansas City Power & Light and Platte County assessor. Christian served in the Missouri House of Representatives and the U.S. Army. 

Edward Glion Curtis III, age 85, of Mission, Kansas, on March 11, 2026. Curtis graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1970. He was a senior executive for the Resolution Trust Corporation and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation before retiring as assistant general counsel for regional affairs for the FDIC. He served in the U.S. Army. 

Clifton “Clif ” Langsdale Elliott, age 86, of Kansas City, on May 12, 2025. He graduated from the Northwestern University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1963. He was a labor and employment lawyer. 

Angelo Joseph Falcone, age 92, of Kansas City, on Aug. 10, 2025. Falcone graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1956. Falcone practiced law for over 60 years. 

Thomas Earl Fitzgibbons, age 86, of St. Louis, on July 12, 2025. Fitzgibbons graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1968. He was a practicing lawyer until he retired. 

Martha Monique Gillespie-Stewart, age 39, of Bridgeton, on Sept. 14, 2024. Gillespie- Stewart graduated from the Southern University Law Center and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2014. She was a state attorney for Child Services in Jefferson City, then worked as a lawyer for the Tennessee Department of Child Services. 

William Glover, age 98, of Minnetonka, Minnesota, on Feb. 24, 2023. Glover graduated from the University of Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1952. He worked at International Multifoods for over 30 years, retiring as a corporate officer and senior vice president. Glover served in the U.S. Navy. 

William Leslie Hanks, age 83, of Waterloo, Illinois, on Sept. 12, 2025. Hanks graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1997. He was an assistant state’s attorney in St. Clair County, Illinois, before working for several law firms. 

Gay Harris, age 69, of Florissant, on April 10, 2025. Harris was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1994. 

James Alvin Hesse, age 83, of St. Louis, on June 1, 2025. Hesse graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1966. He was general counsel for the Missouri Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific, and Alton and Southern Railroad. 

Matthew Francis Howard, age 64, of Eldon, on March 30, 2026. Howard graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1985. He worked in private practice at Oswald & Seek and then started an independent practice. He was Miller County assistant prosecuting attorney, then Miller County prosecuting attorney. 

Thomas Charles Hullverson, age 89, of Scottsdale, Arizona, on Nov. 23, 2024. Hullverson graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1959. He joined the St. Louis trial law firm later known as The Hullverson Law Firm and practiced with his father and brother. He held leadership positions in various legal organizations, including The Missouri Bar. 

Dale L. Ingram, age 74, of Osage Beach, on Sept. 19, 2023. Ingram was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1989. He was a lawyer in Kansas City for 30 years and served in the U.S. Navy. 

Mark Joseph Ivandick, age 72, of Denver, Colorado, on Feb. 5, 2023. Ivandick graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1981. He was a judge advocate general in the U.S. Army before entering private practice in Clarksville, Tennessee. He worked as a lawyer and advocate for people with mental illness in Colorado. 

Tamma Elizabeth Keim, age 47, of Troy, on Nov. 12, 2025. Keim was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2010. She worked as an assistant prosecuting attorney at the Lincoln County Courthouse. 

Stephanie A. Kreis, age 82, of St. Louis, on July 21, 2024. Kreis graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983. She worked at the Department of Defense Information Systems Agency, Office of General Counsel. 

Norman Walter Lampton, age 81, of Kansas City, on Dec. 21, 2025. Lampton graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1971. His practice area focused on bankruptcy law and creditors’ rights. He transitioned to the field of technology and worked as a data warehouse architect before returning to the practice of law. He served in the U.S. Navy. 

Joseph Lyons Leritz, age 97, of St. Louis, on Feb. 19, 2026. Leritz graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1952. He practiced law for 70 years. Leritz served in the U.S. Army. 

Samuel Markovits, age 72, of Middletown, New York, on Oct. 29, 2025. Markovits graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1978. He taught business law at SUNY Orange. 

DeLoss “Mac” McKnight, age 68, of Sandy, Utah, on March 25, 2026. McKnight graduated from the Duke University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1984. He was a lawyer and trust officer. 

Joseph Megerman, age 49, of Harrisonville, on June 3, 2026. Megerman graduated from the Cardozo School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2005. He served indigent clients in the Missouri State Public Defender’s Kansas City and Harrisonville offices. 

Hon. Kerry Lewis Montgomery, age 89, of Springfield, on March 12, 2026. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. He practiced law for 25 years in Springfield, then was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals. He served there for 13 years, including as chief justice. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. 

Joseph J. Mulvihill, age 79, of Phoenix, Arizona, on June 10, 2024. Mulvihill was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1969 and practiced law at Mulvihill & Hunter. He was a lawyer for the Jackson County Assessor and Collector and later was Kansas City assistant prosecutor. 

Jay Roger Robinson, age 93, of Charlotte, North Carolina, on Nov. 20, 2023. Robinson graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1959. He spent 19 years in personnel work and then went into private practice, focusing on labor law. He was an adjunct professor at the University of Mississippi and served in the U.S. Air Force. 

Barbeau Roy, age 86, of Napa, California, on Sept. 26, 2023. Roy graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1970. He taught philosophy at Saint Louis University. 

Robert Jules Schneider, age 96, of St. Charles, on Jan. 31, 2025. Schneider graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1952. He served with the Judge Advocate General’s Department in the U.S. Air Force. He did accounting and legal work for several companies in St. Louis, then worked for Wetterau Inc. for 24 years as general counsel, head of the legal department, secretary, and first vice president. 

Patricia Leigh Shostak, age 62, of St. Louis, on April 24, 2026. Shostak was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1991. 

J. Richard Skouby, age 94, of Vienna, on March 20, 2024. Skouby was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1956. He worked at Thomson Mitchell Law Firm and Mercantile Bank Corp. 

Henry Hirsh Stern Jr., age 88, of St. Louis, on April 25, 2026. He graduated from the University of Chicago Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1963. He practiced law with his father, then founded Popkin & Stern law firm. He later was a partner at Lewis Rice. 

Greg Stites, age 71, of Bismarck, North Dakota, on May 25, 2022. He graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1996. He practiced law in Jamestown before joining Western Gear Corporation as a senior legal contracts administrator. He was general counsel at the North Dakota Insurance Department. He moved to Austin, Texas, and represented state insurance departments with insurance companies in receivership for the law firm of Rubenstein & Perry. He was senior counsel for the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and senior counsel and compliance officer at DXC Technology. 

Kevin R. Sweeney, age 68, of Kansas City, on Feb. 19, 2026. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1982. He worked for Shook, Hardy and Bacon; Sonnenschien, Nath, and Rosenthal; and Polsinelli PC. 

Hon. Franklin T. Thackery, age 97, of St. Joseph, on April 7, 2026. Thackery graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1957. He was a prosecuting attorney in Worth County and later entered private practice with Utz, Litvak, Thackery, Utz, and Taylor. He then became a circuit court judge. He served on The Missouri Bar Board of Governors and in the U.S. Navy. 

Joan Lee (Overman) Thompson, age 84, of Kingwood, Texas, on Nov. 3, 2025. Thompson attended the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1989. She was a lawyer for Winston Properties. 

Florent William Wagner, age 87, of Leawood, Kansas, on March 21, 2025. Wagner graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1960. He was vice president of the Trust Department at Overland Park Bank for 20 years. 

John Wasserman, age 76, of Denver, Colorado, on Dec. 13, 2025. He graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1976. He worked in St. Louis as a corporate lawyer. 

Bryan C. West, age 67, of Chesterfield, on April 30, 2026. West graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1984. West was a partner at Paster West and Kraner in Clayton, which became Realty Law Partners. His practice focused on commercial real estate law. 

Irvin R. Zwibelman, age 91, of Chesterfield, on July 18, 2025. Zwibelman graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1958. He started his own law practice and served in the Missouri House of Representatives. He served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.

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John Henry Altergott Jr., age 86, of Kansas City, on Oct. 10, 2024. Altergott graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1961. He was a litigator and legal mediator. He served in the U.S. Army Reserves. 

James T. Ausmus Sr., age 88, of Centralia, on March 9, 2026. Ausmus graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1962. He practiced in Centralia for over 60 years and was general counsel for the A.B. Chance Company. He was the city attorney for Centralia and Sturgeon and maintained a private practice. Ausmus served in the U.S. Army. 

Hon. Rollie Richard Baldwin, age 94, of Kansas City, on Feb. 10, 2026. Baldwin graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1959. Baldwin was elected Clay County probate judge and served more than 25 years in the Clay County Circuit Court. He served in the U.S. Army. 

David Lee Blunt, age 73, of Edwardsville, Illinois, on Feb. 1, 2026. Blunt was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1984. He founded his own law firm in Edwardsville and represented thousands of railroad workers and their families. 

Frank Dean Colaw, age 69, of Chesterfield, on Jan. 7, 2024. Colaw graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1981. He worked for McDonnell Douglas Aerospace as a corporate lawyer in Missouri until he was transferred to its California location. He worked as a corporate lawyer and director of finance for the Boeing Company. 

Hon. William M. Corrigan, age 93, of Ballwin, on Dec. 5, 2025. Corrigan graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1955. Corrigan was a circuit judge in St. Louis County, a United States bankruptcy judge, a partner in a law firm specializing in plaintiff litigation, and a member of a firm specializing in defense litigation. He was vice president of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. He served in the U.S. Army.

John David “Dave” Croessmann, age 75, of Battlefield, on March 29, 2024. Croessmann graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1977. He practiced business law in Springfield. 

Kaitlynn Marie Donnelly, age 37, of Platte City, on Feb. 17, 2026. Donnelly graduated from the University of Toledo Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2014. She worked as an assistant public defender for the Missouri State Public Defender’s Office in Kirksville. In 2016, she began working as an assistant prosecuting attorney with the Platte County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. In 2025, she received The Missouri Bar Foundation’s Lon O. Hocker Award for outstanding trial work. 

Robert “Bob” Nicoll Feldmann, age 79, of St. Louis, on April 15, 2026. Feldmann was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. 

Arthur Edward Fillmore II, age 79, of Kansas City, on Feb. 22, 2026. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. He practiced law for 50 years in Kansas City. Fillmore served in the U.S. Army. 

Arthur Friedman, age 90, of St. Louis, on Nov. 22, 2025. Friedman was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1961. 

Margaret Ellen Gangle-Casinger, age 74, of St. Clair, on Oct. 21, 2024. Gangle-Casinger was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983 and worked in the St. Louis City Juvenile Court for over 20 years. 

Charles “Charlie” Curtis Hatley, age 95, of Cape Girardeau, on Feb. 13, 2026. Hatley graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1958. He practiced law in New Madrid for almost 63 years. He spent most of those years in general practice and was a Missouri assistant attorney general. Hatley served in the U.S. Marine Corps. 

John Michael Herries, age 38, of Springfield, on Sept. 14, 2025. Herries was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2014. 

William Keller “Bill” Hoskins, age 89, of Natick, Massachusetts, on Feb. 5, 2025. Hoskins graduated from Harvard Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983. He moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and joined the Frost and Jacobs Law Firm. He was general counsel for the Drackett Company, then associate general counsel of Bristol-Meyers. Hoskins then was general counsel for Marion Laboratories in Kansas City. In 2001, he formed Resolution Strategies. Hoskins served in the U.S. Navy. 

George Winton Huston, age 88, of Kansas City, on Oct. 14, 2025. Huston graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. He was a corporate lawyer for General Motors, then opened his own law practice. Huston served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserves. 

William Bruce Kopper, age 91, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Nov. 13, 2025. Kopper graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1959. He joined the legal department of the Frisco Railroad, then became legal counsel for Golden Cycle Corp. in Colorado Springs. He returned to general practice for a decade, then expanded his practice to include Kopper Investment Management. 

Robert Royden Laing Jr., age 67, of Bonner Springs, Kansas, on March 9, 2026. Laing graduated from the Washburn University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1984. He earned a masters in tax law from the Southern Methodist University School of Law. He practiced law in a range of areas, including family law, business and corporate law, and more. 

Tracy Mathis, age 72, of St. Louis, on March 6, 2026. Mathis was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1982. She was a lawyer at Lewis Rice and practiced in health law. She was a founding director of the St. Louis Area Health Lawyers Association and she was a director and legal counsel for Youth In Need. 

Susanna Renee McCrimmons, age 45, of Springfield, on Feb. 15, 2026. McCrimmons graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2008. McCrimmons began her career in the Attorney General’s Office, then worked for the Greene County Public Administrator’s Office. She worked for Smith-Montgomery Law, Springfield Law Group, and Ozarks Family Law before starting her own practice. 

Hon. B.L. Paul McGhee, age 100, of Dexter, on Feb. 25, 2026. McGhee graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1949. He was a Missouri assistant attorney general, a Stoddard County Probate Court judge, Stoddard County prosecuting attorney, Dexter city attorney, Circuit Court of Stoddard County associate judge, senior circuit judge of Missouri, and president of the Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys. He also had a private practice in Stoddard County. McGhee served in the U.S. Navy. 

Mark D. Mittleman, age 78, of St. Louis, on Dec. 16, 2024. Mittleman graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. He worked for the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, then joined a St. Louis law firm. He formed his own legal practice in Clayton. 

Stephen Joseph Nangle, age 76, of St. Louis, on March 3, 2026. Nangle graduated from the University of Denver College of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. His legal career spanned five decades. 

John S. “Jack” Pletz, age 81, of Jefferson City, on April 17, 2025. Pletz graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1976. Pletz was legal counsel and executive director for the Missouri Elections Commission. He also was deputy secretary of state for Missouri. He transitioned to private practice with Bartlett, Venters, Pletz and Toppins, P.C., then co-founded what would become Pletz and Reed, P.C. He was also legal counsel to the Jefferson City Housing Authority. He served in the U.S. Air Force. 

Robert Lee Proost, age 88, of St. Louis, on March 3, 2026. Proost was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1962. 

Peter Jerome Salm, age 91, of Sarasota, Florida, on April 7, 2025. He graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. He worked as a trial lawyer, then supervising trial lawyer, for the National Labor Relations Board. In 1979, he transferred to the NLRB’s Tampa, Florida, office. Salm served in the U.S. Army. 

Larry Gordon Shockley, age 82, of Lorton, Virginia, on Jan. 29, 2026. Shockley graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1967. He served in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He worked in legislative affairs for the U.S. Air Force and was vice president for government relations at the Parsons Corporation. 

Sally Irene Slipian, age 70, of St. Louis, on March 25, 2026. Slipian was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1980. 

Donald Lee Slyter, age 93, of Kansas City, on April 15, 2025. Slyter was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1962. 

Harry Leitch Strachan III, age 84, of Chesterfield, on April 27, 2025. Strachan graduated from Rutgers University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. He served in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He worked in St. Louis for the Federal Strike Force. Strachan then worked in corporate law at 7UP and Energizer. 

Leonard Swade, age 94, of Windsor, Connecticut, on Dec. 13, 2025. Swade graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1956. He was a lawyer with Tidewater Oil, then Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance. Swade served in the U.S. Army. 

Hon. Theodore M. Tahan Sr., age 95, of St. Louis, on Feb. 10, 2026. Tahan graduated from the Boston University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1968. Tahan worked in Washington, D.C. before moving to St. Louis. He served as a federal administrative law judge and was a corporate executive before starting a law practice. He served in the U.S. military. 

Eugene “Gene” Barry Weisman, age 91, of St. Louis, on March 7, 2026. Weisman was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1960 and had a decades-long career as a lawyer. He served in the U.S. Army. 

John Masters Williams, age 78, of Farmington, on March 8, 2026. He graduated from the Samford University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. He practiced for 51 years. 

Hubert Bernard Willman, age 92, of Spring, Texas, on Feb. 2, 2026. Willman graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1962. He also studied tax law at New York University School of Law. He served in executive roles at North American Rockwell, Commercial Credit, 7UP, and Genstar Corporation. He became vice president, general counsel, and secretary at ComputerLand Corp. He helped launch Martin Wolf Securities, where he was vice president and chief financial officer. Willman served in the U.S. Navy.

Editor's note, 7/1/2026: Sally Slipian's tribute in “In Memoriam” has been updated due to discrepancies.

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Hon. David Arand, age 69, of Union, on Sept. 20, 2024. Arand graduated from the Washburn University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1980. Arand joined the law firm of Briegel & Baylard in Union. His practice focused on estate planning and family law. He was a lawyer in the juvenile court system and a municipal judge for Union and St. Clair. 

Hollye Stolz Atwood, age 79, of St. Louis, on July 17, 2025. Atwood graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. She was the first female partner at Bryan Cave, where she spent her legal career of more than 50 years. Atwood served on the board of the St. Louis Bar Foundation. 

Alan J. Baker, age 83, of St. Louis, on Dec. 21, 2025. Baker graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1971. He practiced law for 55 years. Baker served in the U.S. military. 

Hon. Charles “Charlie” Wayne Baker, age 83, of Little Rock, Arkansas, on Dec. 21, 2023. Baker graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. Baker joined a private law firm in Kansas City. He moved to Little Rock, where he was a federal bankruptcy judge and joined the Rose Law Firm. Baker also worked on several political campaigns. 

Richard Beaver Sr., age 79, of Jefferson City, on Aug. 7, 2024. Beaver was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1987. He was a lawyer for more than 37 years. 

Angela M. Bennett, age 73, of Kansas City, on Dec. 2, 2025. Bennett graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1977. She was a lawyer for the Missouri Attorney General’s Office, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the law firm Lathrop & Gage. She was a regional director of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. She was a member of The Missouri Bar Board of Governors, a delegate to the American Bar Association, and chair of the ABA’s Professionalism Committee. 

Christopher Michael Blanton, age 78, of St. Louis, on Jan. 9, 2026. Blanton graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. He was a senior partner at The Stolar Partnership LLP, where he worked for the entirety of his legal career. Blanton served in the U.S. Army. 

James Virgil Bliss, age 94, of Ballwin, on Feb. 17, 2025. Bliss graduated from the Southern Methodist University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. 

Richard Brownlee, age 79, of Jefferson City, on Dec. 30, 2025. Brownlee graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. He represented major industries before the Missouri General Assembly for more than 40 years and advised large companies on state contracting, procurement, and technologyrelated initiatives. 

David Roger Cerchie, age 79, of Vero Beach, Florida, on Sept. 8, 2025. Cerchie graduated from the University of Tulsa College of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1994. He began practicing in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and later co-founded VersaFlex. 

Charles Edward Clark, age 85, of Lenexa, Kansas, on Dec. 20, 2025. Clark graduated from the University of Michigan School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. He joined the law firm of Dietrich, Tyler, Davis, Burrell and Dicus. He joined List and Clark Construction Company as of counsel and later as president. Clark served in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s Corps. 

Thomas Clough, age 88, of Grover Beach, California, on May 21, 2025. Clough was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1966. 

Joan Z. Cohen, age 83, of St. Louis, on Feb. 24, 2025. Cohen graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983. She joined Armstrong Teasdale, where she became partner and specialized in human relations and employment law. 

Hal Coleman, age 100, of Osage Beach, on April 27, 2025. Coleman graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1949. He practiced law for 43 years. Coleman served in the U.S. Navy. 

Susan Tarkow Cooper, age 74, of St. Louis, on July 13, 2023. Cooper was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1978. 

Jack Craft, age 87, of Kansas City, on Dec. 2, 2025. Craft graduated from Northwestern University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. He practiced with Lathrop, Righter, Gordon, and Parker in Kansas City and later founded Craft, Fridkin & Rhyne. Craft also assisted with several political campaigns. 

Paul A. Craig, age 73, of St. Ann, on Nov. 23, 2025. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1988. 

Heywood Hodder Davis, age 93, of Prairie Village, Kansas, on Dec. 7, 2024. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1958. Davis was an associate, then partner with the law firm Dietrich, Tyler, Davis, Burrell & Dicus. He and his colleagues formed Davis, Sands & Collins P.C. firm, and he was a founding trustee of what is now Legal Aid of Western Missouri. Davis served in the U.S. Navy. 

Francis X. Duda, age 83, of St. Louis, on Jan. 24, 2026. Duda graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1967. He worked at Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, then Keefe, Schlafly, Griesedieck & Ferrell, where he became partner. He joined Armstrong, Teasdale, Kramer, Vaughan & Schlafly as partner until he joined Anderson & Gilbert. He received The Missouri Bar Foundation Spurgeon Smithson Award. Duda served in the U.S. Army and was a captain in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. 

Hon. Theodore “Ted” Stephen Elo, age 65, of St. Joseph, on March 30, 2025. Elo graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1987. He practiced law in the private sector for nearly 20 years before becoming assistant city attorney for St. Joseph. He was elected municipal judge for St. Joseph in 2022. 

Jay W. Endress, age 65, of Peru, Illinois, on Sept. 13, 2025. Endress graduated from the Marquette University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1985. He practiced law for nine years in Kansas City. He worked at the Cantlin Law Firm in Ottawa, Illinois, and was a legislative aide. He was a co-owner of Saint Bede Abbey Press and of four newspapers. 

David Edgar Everson Jr., age 81, of St. Louis, on Nov. 19, 2025. Everson was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1978. He was a civil rights defender and antitrust litigator. 

Mary Lindeman Fournie, age 71, of St. Louis, on Dec. 2, 2025. Fournie graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1979. She practiced with Bryan, Cave, McPheters & McRoberts. 

Steven N. Frank, age 76, of St. Louis, on Sept. 8, 2024. Frank graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. He worked in private practice for 25 years with Peper, Martin, Jensen, Maichel & Hetlage, then Shiffrin & Treimann. He was corporate counsel with Ralston Purina and McDonnell Douglas. He participated in the merger of McDonnell Douglas with Boeing, co-founded ZeaVision, and became partner at Plancorp. 

Norman Fretwell, age 80, of Kansas City, on Feb. 25, 2025. Fretwell graduated from the University of Michigan Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. He became partner at law firms in Kansas City, most recently Spencer Fane. Fretwell served in the U.S. military. 

Wayne Daniel Gifford, age 70, of Waynesville, on Sept. 30, 2025. Gifford was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1978 and started his own law practice. He was also elected prosecuting attorney. Gifford served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. 

Jay T. Grodsky, age 78, of Raymore, on Nov. 30, 2025. Grodsky graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1978. He practiced bankruptcy and family law, then worked for the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services. Grodsky served in the U.S. Air Force. 

Lloyd Barry Gubin, age 74, of St. Louis, on Jan. 26, 2026. Gubin graduated from the St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas, and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1982. He was in-house counsel for Deaconess Hospital and was an adjunct professor at Webster University. Gubin started a civil law practice specializing in bankruptcy. Gubin served in the U.S. Army Reserves. 

Paula Kay Harms, age 51, of Kansas City, on Sept. 22, 2025. Harms graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2000. She worked for more than 20 years as an assistant federal public defender for the Capital Habeas Unit. 

Robert Lewis Hawkins, age 74, of Biloxi, Mississippi, on Nov. 30, 2025. Hawkins graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1979. He practiced law with his father, then at his own firm before serving as the director of historic sites in Biloxi and Redlands, California. He worked for the Social Security Administration in Tennessee until he retired. 

H. Max Hilfiker, age 81, of Malden, on Sept. 8, 2025. Hilfiker graduated from the South Texas College of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. He established the Hilfiker Law Firm in Malden, where he worked until he retired. Hilfiker served in the U.S. Army. 

Hon. Robert “Bob” Harlan House, age 76, of Joplin, on June 13, 2025. House graduated from the Duke University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. He was appointed a circuit judge of the 44th Judicial Circuit. House was an assistant attorney general, Douglas County prosecuting attorney, Mansfield city attorney, and Ava municipal judge. He was also a chief administrative law judge for the Missouri Division of Workers’ Compensation. 

Tristram Willoughby Hunt, age 59, of Kansas City, Kansas, on June 5, 2024. Hunt graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1999. He worked as an assistant district attorney for the Wyandotte County District Attorney’s Office. He worked for the U.S. Department of Justice as an assistant U.S. attorney until he retired. 

Craig Jacobs, age 65, of Jefferson City, on Oct. 10, 2025. Jacobs was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1997 and was a lawyer for the State of Missouri. 

Hon. Peter Roman Jarosewycz, age 75, of Kansas City, on Jan. 4, 2024. Jarosewycz graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1976. He was an administrative law judge for the Missouri Department of Employment. 

Ken Johnson, age 80, of Springfield, on Feb. 14, 2026. Johnson graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1970. He worked at Bussell, Hough & Greene, then Johnson & Sweeney. He practiced with Twibell Johnson for decades. 

Eugene Kastanek, age 80, of Midlothian, Texas, on Aug. 28, 2025. Kastanek was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1976. He was an attorney-at-law at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for 41 years. 

Velma Lucinda Lambert, age 78, of St. Louis, on March 12, 2025. Lambert was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2003. 

Carl Armand Leibner, age 91, of O’Fallon, on July 19, 2025. Leibner was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1969. He worked with the Farm Credit Bureau and later the State of Missouri. Leibner served in the U.S. military. 

Lauren Leigh Butler Mann, age 41, of Kansas City, on Aug. 19, 2025. Butler Mann graduated from the Oklahoma City University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2011. She worked with Martin, Leigh, Laws, and Fritzlen, P.C. and Millsap and Singer, LLC. She then worked at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City.

Betty Masters, age 84, of Jefferson City, on April 23, 2025. Masters graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1991. She worked for the State of Missouri for 35 years, including in the Missouri Personnel Division, the Department of Welfare, the Division of Employment Security, the Missouri House of Representatives, and Gov. Joseph Teasdale’s office. She was also a lawyer and chief bill drafter for the Joint Committee on Legislative Research. 

James McHugh, age 92, of St. Charles, on Nov. 26, 2024. McHugh graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1966. He was president of the International Division at Pet, Inc. McHugh served in the U.S. Air Force. 

Hon. Roger W. McLean, age 70, of Kansas City, Kansas, on March 22, 2025. McLean graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1991. He worked at Barnett & Lerner, then formed McLean & McLean with his brother. He was appointed judge of the Wyandotte County District Court and later returned to private practice.

James Scott Merritt Jr., age 85, Manhattan, Kansas, on Feb. 26, 2025. Merritt graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1964. He joined the Kansas City law firm of Stinson Mag and practiced there for two decades. He later opened his own private practice. 

Donald Rae Moore, age 75, of Blue Springs, on Nov. 11, 2025. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1987. He was partner at Cochran Oswald before leaving the firm. He then represented clients and businesses in Blue Springs and eastern Jackson County for more than 40 years. Moore served in the U.S. Navy. He joined the U.S. Army Reserve JAG Detachment in Independence and retired after more than 20 years of service. 

Janet Elise Oliver, age 75, of Overland Park, Kansas, on Oct. 18, 2025. Oliver graduated from the University of Missouri- Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1997. She practiced law in the Kansas City area. 

Sam Scott Phillips, age 70, of Columbia, on Dec. 16, 2025. Phillips graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983. He was executive trust officer and vice president of Exchange Bank in Jefferson City, chief assistant prosecuting attorney for Greene County, and deputy chief disciplinary counsel for the Supreme Court of Missouri. He was also chair of The Missouri Bar Law Practice Management Committee and served on the board of directors for the National Organization of Bar Counsel. 

Tommy Daniels Pisciotta, age 31, of Clayton, on Jan. 5, 2026. He graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2022. 

Michael J. Plambeck, age 60, of Bellevue, Nebraska, on July 19, 2025. Plambeck graduated from Creighton University Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1990. Plambeck practiced in Kansas City, then opened Binning & Plambeck in Bellevue. 

Andrew Bentley Protzman, age 54, of Leawood, Kansas, on Aug. 12, 2025. Protzman graduated from the University of Missouri- Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1996. He started practicing at Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice, then started his own practice, Protzman Law Firm. 

Clyde James Rayburn Jr., age 92, of Lee’s Summit, on Oct. 1, 2024. Rayburn graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1954. He evaluated policies at Dodson Insurance for 20 years. 

John Emerson Russell, age 83, of St. Louis, on March 20, 2025. Russell graduated from the Vanderbilt University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1969. He worked in the trust department at a bank in Nashville, Tennessee. He was a lawyer for the IRS in Washington D.C., then started his own practice in St. Louis. Russell served in the U.S. Marine Corps. 

Clyde Holcomb Sellers, age 78, of Freeport, Florida, on May 6, 2024. Sellers graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. He worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineering as a lawyer and chief of real estate for 33 years. 

George F. Smith, age 79, of St. Louis, on March 24, 2025. Smith graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1971. Smith worked for St. Louis County, was a partner at Lashly & Baer, and spent 26 years at UniGroup. He served in the U.S. Army Reserves. 

Sandy Smith, age 74, of Kansas City, on Aug. 31, 2025. Smith graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1989. She practiced at various hospitals and law firms in the Kansas City area. 

Michael A. “Terk” Suire, age 67, of Fenton, on Sept. 22, 2025. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1992. Suire served in the U.S. Coast Guard. 

John Francis Sutherland IV, age 80, of St. Louis, on Dec. 24, 2024. Sutherland graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1969. He spent most of his career working in the banking industry. He served in the U.S. Army. 

William Earl “Bill” Taylor, age 87, of St. Louis, on Nov. 10, 2025. Taylor graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1963. He practiced tax law for 41 years at Monsanto, Ralston Purina, and Ralcorp. 

John Mark Thomas, age 73, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Dec. 4, 2025. Thomas graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2011. Thomas was an in-house attorney with Ford Motor Company before joining Bryan Cave law firm and later Dykema Gossett. 

Michael Towerman, age 66, of Glencoe, on Sept. 5, 2024. Towerman was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983. 

Hon. Gerald “Jerry” Arthur Wacknov, age 86, of Foster City, California, on Oct. 10, 2025. Wacknov graduated from Columbia Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1964. He worked as a lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board until he was appointed as an administrative law judge and moved to the San Francisco Bay area. Wacknov retired after a 50-year career with the NLRB. 

Richard “Rick” Clark Wallace, age 78, of Lenexa, Kansas, on June 26, 2025. Wallace graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1990. He worked at Wyandotte County Legal Aid and later helped found Kansas Legal Services in Topeka. He then joined the Evans & Mullinix Law Firm. 

William C. Wefel, age 80, of St. Louis, on March 20, 2025. Wefel graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1968. Wefel practiced as a lawyer until he bought a motorcycle business, Bob Schultz Motors. 

Hon. William J. Wegge Jr., age 83, of Festus, on Dec. 23, 2025. Wegge graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1980. He practiced law in De Soto and Hillsboro and served as a municipal judge in De Soto. He was elected associate circuit judge in 1991. After retiring, he continued to practice law on a part-time basis. 

Michael Yates, age 79, of Joplin, on Nov. 19, 2024. Yates graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1980. He was a professor of paralegal studies and political science at Missouri Southern State University. He later served as an adjunct professor at MSSU and Crowder College. He was a regional reporter with the Education Law Association.

David Howard Cook, age 78, of Independence, on July 17, 2025. Cook graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. Cook was a partner with Stewart, Cook, Constance, Minton Law Firm. 

Tanya Cromwell, age 44, of Brentwood, Tennessee, on Sept. 25, 2020. Cromwell graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2001. Cromwell was a lawyer, realtor, and freelance writer. 

Richard Dreitzer, age 56, of Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sept. 15, 2025. Dreitzer graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1995. He worked at several law firms in southern Nevada and was president of the State Bar of Nevada. 

Kenneth I. Fligg Jr., age 90, of Kansas City, on June 3, 2025. Fligg graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1958. Fligg practiced with Slagle and Bernard, now Swanson Bernard. 

Joseph Forshaw IV, age 73, of St. Louis, on Nov. 11, 2025. Forshaw graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1977. He was president of Forshaw of St. Louis Inc. for 30 years. 

William J. Gotfredson, age 80, of Kansas City, on Sept. 14, 2025. Gotfredson graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1970. He practiced law in Kansas City.

Jack R. Itzkowitz, age 70, of St. Louis, on July 24, 2025. Itzkowitz graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1979. Itzkowitz practiced law for over 35 years. 

Leonard “Lenny” Jurden, age 64, of Prairie Village, Kansas, on Sept. 27, 2025. Jurden graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1989. He worked as an accountant, lawyer, computer programmer, entrepreneur, and chief financial officer. 

Hon. Andrew Allen Krohn, age 79, of Princeton, on Dec. 15, 2023. Krohn graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. He began practicing law in the Kansas City area, then joined Ron Barker at his law practice in Princeton. Krohn became assistant prosecuting attorney for Mercer County and had a private practice. He was appointed associate circuit judge of Mercer County, then circuit judge of the 3rd Circuit Court. He was of counsel at the Andereck Evans Law Firm. 

Donald Lock, age 83, of Camdenton, on Sept. 14, 2023. Lock graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1969. He worked with banks in St. Joseph and Kansas City before opening a law office in Gladstone, where he practiced bankruptcy, family law, and estate planning for over 40 years. Lock served in the U.S. Army. 

Ray B. Marglous, age 95, of St. Louis, on Nov. 6, 2025. Marglous graduated from the University of Michigan Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1954. He served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps in Japan. He worked at the St. Louis County Prosecutor’s Office and then started his own law practice, representing clients in personal injury and other civil cases. 

Jack Franklin Olson, age 84, of Greenville, South Carolina, on Feb. 21, 2025. Olson graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School and was an associate at Ross and Stevens. He moved to Kansas City and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. He joined Blackwell Sanders Matheny Weary & Lombardi as a litigation partner. He co-founded the firm of Olson and Marmaduke in Portland, Oregon, and later founded a dispute resolution company.

Mark Joseph Pelts, age 70, of Kennett, on Dec. 2, 2025. Pelts graduated from St. Mary’s School of Law in San Antonio, Texas, and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1979. Pelts returned to Kennett and joined Jones and Stillman, then practiced with Pelts, Stokely & Turnbow. He was city attorney for Kennett and prosecuting attorney for Dunklin County. He was a founding member of Pelts, McMullan & Edgington and formed Pelts Title. 

Hon. Don Peterson, age 70, of Sullivan, on July 23, 2025. Peterson graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1981. He led Peterson Oil Co. and served as Sullivan municipal judge. 

Richard Daly Rhyne, age 77, of Kansas City, on Dec. 29, 2024. Rhyne graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. He had a 50-year legal career and served in the U.S. Army. 

Richard Roessler, age 86, of St. Louis, on Oct. 5, 2025. Roessler graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1968. He practiced law for over 60 years and was a partner at the firm Gundlach, Lee, Eggman, Boyle, & Roessler in Belleville, Illinois. 

Stanley Schechter, age 90, of St. Louis, on Oct. 26, 2025. Schechter graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1961. He practiced law in St. Louis for over 50 years. He worked at the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office and was a guardian ad litem. 

Laura E. Smith, age 54, of Elkhorn, Nebraska, on May 24, 2021. Smith was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1992. 

Tyce Stuart Smith, age 83, of Waynesville, on Oct. 25, 2025. Smith was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. 

Allen. H. Surinsky, age 95, of St. Louis, on Sept. 5, 2024. Surinsky was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1952 and practiced for more than 70 years. 

D. Patrick Sweeney, age 66, of Springfield, on May 2, 2025. Sweeney was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983.

Hon. J. Miles Sweeney, age 79, of Springfield, on Sept. 28, 2025. Sweeney was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. He served on the bench for 23 years and was the presiding judge for Greene County for nine years. He founded the Community Alternative Service Program in Springfield and introduced the Children First Program in family court. 

Mary Ann Thalman, age 78, of Gower, on Sept. 18, 2025. Thalman was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1971. 

Marcia Jean Myers Tharnish, age 82, of Las Vegas, Nevada, on Aug. 4, 2025. Tharnish graduated from the Washburn University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1971. She worked at the Johnson County Bank in Kansas City and then at insurance companies settling damage claims and real estate sales. 

Michael J. Valenti, age 65, of St. Louis, on Nov. 1, 2025. Valenti graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1986. He was an accountant at Price Waterhouse, then a prosecuting attorney for Jefferson County. He was the city attorney for St. Charles from 2003 until he retired in 2021. 

James “Jay” Joseph Zych, age 53, of St. Louis, on Nov. 3, 2025. Zych was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2002 and worked as a litigation lawyer.

James Beavers, age 90, of Taylorville, Illinois, on Sept. 27, 2024. Beavers graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. He worked for the IRS and later joined the law firm Hershey and Bliss. He then became a senior partner in the firm Beavers, Calvert, and Brotherton. 

Charles Brent Bertram, age 69, of Kansas City, on Sept. 13, 2025. Bertram was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1991. 

Douglas James Bieller, age 46, of Chesterfield, on June 23, 2025. Bieller graduated from the Southern Illinois University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2007. Bieller was a lawyer focused on in insurance defense, construction law, product liability, and toxic tort. 

William J. Billeaud Sr., age 88, of Mandeville, Louisiana, on Feb. 17, 2025. Billeaud graduated from Loyola University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1990. He practiced law across several states and was president of the Madison County Bar Association. He served in the U.S. Air Force Reserves as a judge advocate. 

Lloyd Buehner III, age 81, of Joplin, on Aug. 12, 2025. Buehner graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1969. He joined the firm of Buehner and Thomas in Joplin, then formed Buehner and Buehner with his father. He was local counsel for the Kansas City Southern Railway Company while he maintained a general civil practice. He continued practicing solo after his father’s death and was of counsel to two law firms. 

Roger Guy Burnett, age 89, of Liberty, on Sept. 13, 2024. Burnett graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1968. He was a lawyer on the Historic Downtown Liberty Square for five decades. 

Donald Lee Catlett, age 69, of Columbia, on Sept. 30, 2025. Catlett graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1982. He worked for the Missouri State Public Defender System and was a capital defense lawyer. 

Ananta “Mark” Chotimongkol, age 52, of Wichita, Kansas, on Sept. 9, 2025. Chotimongkol graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2001. He worked for the Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office. 

Hon. Fredrich “Fred” James Cruse, age 78, of Hannibal, on Sept. 14, 2025. Cruse was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. He received the Missouri Bar Solo and Small Firm Committee Distinguished Service Award and was a Senior Counselor at The Missouri Bar. Cruse practiced in Hannibal and Quincy, Illinois, and was a municipal judge in Hannibal. Cruse served in the U.S. Marine Corps. 

Douglas Henry “Doug” Delsemme, age 82, of Kansas City, on Aug. 14, 2025. Delsemme graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1969. He was vice president and general counsel for Hodgdon Powder Company Inc. 

David M. Dolan, age 95, of St. Louis, on July 31, 2025. Dolan graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1957. He served as counsel to automobile dealers and was an advisor and entrepreneur in the banking and real estate industries. Dolan served in the U.S. Army. 

Walter Samuel Drusch, age 87, of Jackson, on Jan. 15, 2025. Drusch graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1963. He briefly practiced in St. Louis, then worked with Al Spradling in Cape Girardeau. He partnered with Albert Lowes in the Lowes and Drusch Law Firm. Drusch served in the Missouri National Guard. 

John D. Dwyer Jr., age 82, of St. Louis, on Aug. 14, 2025. Dwyer graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1982. He was a public defender, then worked in family law. He was a guardian ad litem. 

Frank L. Espinosa, age 96, of Kansas City, on May 24, 2025. Espinosa was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1959. He worked for State Farm Insurance Co. for 33 years. Espinosa served in the U.S. Navy. 

John Lawrence Fitzgerald Jr., age 94, of Kansas City, on Dec. 19, 2023. Fitzgerald graduated from the Kansas City University (now the University of Missouri-Kansas City) School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1957. Fitzgerald worked for the Federal Aviation Administration until his retirement and provided legal representation to parents adopting children through Catholic Charities. Fitzgerald served in the U.S. Army. 

Lynden Neal Goodwin, age 92, of Chesterfield, on April 29, 2025. Goodwin graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1958. Goodwin was a patent lawyer and worked for several companies during his career, including Mallinckrodt and Monsanto. 

Robert G. Greenberg, age 92, of Ballwin, on Aug. 27, 2025. Greenberg was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1955 and worked in real estate. 

Eugene Charles Hall, age 94, of Kansas City, on Dec. 21, 2024. Hall graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1958. He was a lawyer and assistant secretary of Hallmark Cards, Inc. He then joined the Gage and Tucker law firm (now Lathrop GPM), retiring as a senior partner. He was a Senior Counselor with The Missouri Bar and a founder and past director of Attorneys Liability Assurance Society. Hall served in the U.S. Army and was a major in the Judge Advocate General Corps in the Army Reserve. 

William G. Haynes, age 92, of Topeka, Kansas, on Jan. 3, 2025. Haynes graduated from the Washburn University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1958. He was a trial lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board and labor council for the Kansas Contractors Association. He was a lecturer at Saint Louis University and a law partner with Eidson, Lewis, Porter and Haynes. He later joined Frieden, Haynes, and Forbes. Haynes served in the U.S. Air Force. 

James “Jim” William Herron, age 88, of St. Louis, on Aug. 8, 2023. Herron graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1967. He worked at Lewis, Rice & Fingersh and was a lecturer at Washington University. 

Patricia A. Hollander, age 92, of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, on March 27, 2020. Hollander was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1952. 

Curt D. Hoover, age 59, of Lenexa, Kansas, on Feb. 16, 2024. Hoover graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1991. Hoover had a private practice, worked as a public defender, joined the Johnson County Prosecutor’s Office, and ended his career at the Olathe City Attorney’s Office. 

Vincent F. “Mike” Igoe Jr., age 79, of Liberty, on Jan. 12, 2025. Igoe graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. Igoe was a Missouri assistant attorney general and special assistant prosecuting attorney. He taught at UMKC School of Law and William Jewell College. He was a lawyer and partner at Withers, Brant, Igoe, and Mullenix, P.C. He was a member of The Missouri Bar Board of Governors and held several leadership positions in The Missouri Bar, Clay County Bar, and Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association. He was the school attorney for Notre Dame de Sion Schools. 

Thomas John Kavanaugh, age 83, of St. Louis, on April 8, 2025. Kavanaugh was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1966. 

Hon. Leo Kelly, age 89, of Kansas City, on Aug. 5, 2024. Kelly graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1967. He received advanced law degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and New York University schools of law. He was an assistant prosecuting attorney for the City of Kansas City and an administrative law judge for the Missouri State Tax Commission. Kelly also owned a private practice and served in the U.S. Navy. 

William B. Kircher, age 88, of Overland Park, Kansas, on Aug. 1, 2025. Kircher graduated from Catholic University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. He was an intellectual property lawyer with Kokjer, Kircher, Bowman and Johnson in Kansas City. 

Charles Edward Kirksey Jr., age 78, of St. Louis, on Aug. 20, 2025. Kirksey was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. 

Hon. Douglas Elmore Long Jr., age 89, of Waynesville, on March 28, 2024. Long was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1962. He was a longtime circuit judge for the 25th Judicial Circuit. 

Brett M. Mares, age 40, of Chicago, Illinois, on March 2, 2025. Mares was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2012. Mares joined Heyl Royster in 2011 and was in-house ethics counsel. He founded the nonprofit Disaster Relief Volunteer Services and was a human rights fellow at Northwestern University School of Law’s Center for Wrongful Convictions.

Thomas B. Martin, age 92, of St. Louis, on March 31, 2023. Martin graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1956. He worked as a corporate lawyer. 

Edward J. McShane Jr., age 92, of Kansas City, on July 24, 2025. McShane graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1959. He worked for the Farmers Insurance Company and City National Bank and Trust Co., now known as UMB Bank, becoming divisional executive vice president as head of the trust department. McShane served in the U.S. Army. 

Rodney Owen McWhinney, age 90, of Sante Fe, New Mexico, on March 5, 2024. McWhinney was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1966. 

Timothy William Monsees, age 70, of Kansas City, on Sept. 25, 2025. Monsees graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1981. Monsees began practicing at Morris and Larson, then Myerson, Monsees, and Morrow. He then started a firm with Rich Miller and Dan DeFeo, then David Mayer. He was chairman of the Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association Foundation. 

Robert E. Northrip, age 84, of Mission Hills, Kansas, on Feb. 12, 2024. Northrip graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1968. He practiced at Shook, Hardy & Bacon, becoming partner in 1973, and was managing partner of Shook’s London office. Northrip served in the U.S. Army. 

Gerhard James Petzall, age 94, of Ballwin, on Aug. 12, 2025. Petzall graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1958. He was a founding partner of Guilfoil, Petzall, and Shoemake. Petzall served in the U.S. Army. 

Elizabeth Anne Phillips, age 58, of Newark, California, on Aug. 8, 2025. Phillips graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1992. She practiced law with her mother in the firm Phillips and Phillips. She moved to Colorado and was legal counsel for private corporations in Aspen. 

Ron Prenger, age 83, of Jefferson City, on Nov. 13, 2024. Prenger graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1970. He started his own practice and was the legal counsel for the Missouri Senate. He also was an assistant prosecutor and counsel for the Missouri Highway Department and Missouri State Parks. Prenger served in the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserves, and Missouri Army National Guard. 

John Kennedy Roedel, age 86, of University City, on July 8, 2024. Roedel graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1969. He joined the firm of Koenig, Senniger, Powers and Leavitt, becoming partner in 1974. He also taught at Saint Louis University. 

Anthony Joseph “Tony” Romano, age 66, of Kansas City, on April 13, 2025. Romano graduated from Washburn Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1987. He was an associate attorney at the Polsinelli Law Firm. After 29 years there, he joined Littler Mendelson for the remainder of his career.

Henry Lewin Schweich, age 91, of St. Louis, on Dec. 4, 2023. Schweich graduated from Harvard Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1958. He was the CEO of Cerro Copper Products Co. 

Dennis Sheppard, age 75, of Springfield, on Sept. 19, 2025. Sheppard was general counsel for the Springfield Remanufacturing Company for more than 30 years. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1976. 

Clyde Lewell Smith, age 55, of Byrnes Mill, on July 18, 2025. Smith was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1999. 

Bianca (Bondon) Sullivan, age 51, of Lee’s Summit, on Dec. 4, 2024. Sullivan graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2008. She practiced at Sullivan Law LLC with her husband. 

Frank Susman, age 84, of Surprise, Arizona, on Aug. 31, 2025. Susman was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1966. He worked with his father at Susman, Schermer, Rimmel & Shifrin. He served as a special consultant on police matters for the St. Louis County Council.

James Edward Thompson Jr., age 84, of Harrisonville, on June 30, 2024. Thompson graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1964. Thompson worked for Crouch, Spanger, Douglas Law Firm. 

Richard “Dick” Unruh, age 84, of Kansas City, on Dec. 24, 2024. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965 and spent his early career as a lawyer in Kansas City. He later moved to Telluride, Colorado, and was a district attorney and defense lawyer. 

Hon. William H. Webster, age 101, of Washington D.C., on Aug. 8, 2025. Webster graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1949. Webster began his career at Armstrong Teasdale and later served as a federal district judge and a judge on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He was appointed FBI director and CIA director. He served as chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Council and was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Webster served in the U.S. Navy. 

Thomas W. Werner, age 94, of St. Louis, on June 28, 2025. Werner was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1959.

Hon. Kenneth Mack Brison I, age 59, of Florissant, on April 26, 2025. Brison was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1994. He was a partner at a law firm before starting The Brison Law Firm in St. Louis. He was a judge for Bland and city attorney and prosecutor for Berger. 

Larry D. Coleman, age 74, of Kansas City, on May 9, 2025. Coleman graduated from the Howard University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1977. He was an assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Missouri, worked for the U.S. Department of Justice, and later opened a private practice. 

Michael Vincent Conger, age 76, of Scottsdale, Arizona, on March 27, 2025. Conger graduated from the University Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. Conger practiced law for nearly 50 years, specializing in employee benefits law. He was an author and editor of several publications. 

Steven B. Farabi, age 77, of Daphne, Alabama, on April 28, 2025. Farabi graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1982. 

Dave Fenley, age 70, of Kansas City, on March 9, 2025. Fenley graduated from the Washburn University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1979. He spent 38 years working at Blackwell Sanders, now Husch Blackwell. He spent the final years of his career at Dentons practicing commercial real estate law. 

Hon. John H. Fraze, age 87, of Kansas City, on May 15, 2025. Fraze graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1971. Fraze was a prosecuting attorney and associate circuit judge for Nodaway County. He served as an administrative law judge and regional chief judge for the Social Security Administration. Fraze served in the U.S. Air Force. 

Hon. Gerald Furnell, age 72, of Lee’s Summit, on May 17, 2025. Furnell graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1995. He was vice president at Furnell Construction before becoming a solo practitioner in Lee’s Summit for more than 30 years. Furnell was a municipal judge. 

Erica White Garrett, age 57, of Kansas City, on Aug. 30, 2024. Garrett graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1994. Garrett worked for 27 years as a law clerk at the Federal Bankruptcy Court. 

Hon. Thomas Francis Gordon, age 82, of Kansas City, on Jan. 25, 2025. Gordon graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and received a Master of Laws in trial practice from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1967. Gordon practiced law with his father and brother for three decades at Gordon & Gordon. Gordon was president of Avila College in Kansas City and then became a federal administrative law judge in Sacramento, California. Gordon served in the U.S. Army. 

Sam F. Hamra, age 92, of Springfield, on Aug. 2, 2024. Hamra graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1959. Hamra started his legal career at Miller, Fairman & Sanford Law Firm in Springfield. He later started a private practice. Hamra also was the city attorney for Nixa and a governmental relations lawyer for Branson and St. Robert. He helped form the Legal Services of Southern Missouri in Springfield and founded Hamra Enterprises. He served in the U.S. Army. 

Donna Lyn Head, age 69, of Eureka, on Jan. 24, 2025. Head graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1980. She was a prosecuting attorney in juvenile court. 

Carl H. Hendrickson, age 88, of St. Louis, on April 19, 2025. Hendrickson graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. He was a lawyer for Union Electric Company for nearly three decades and served four terms in the Missouri House of Representatives. Hendrickson served in the U.S. Army. 

Hon. Patrick J. Hitpas, age 77, of Breese, Illinois, on May 19, 2025. Hitpas graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. He was a state attorney and founded a general law practice. Hitpas later served as a circuit court judge for the 4th Judicial Circuit of Illinois before becoming a private mediator. 

Ralph Eugene Kennedy, age 103, of Manassas, Virginia, on April 4, 2023. Kennedy graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1944. He was the regional director of the National Labor Relations Board in St. Louis and Los Angeles, and was a member of the board in Washington D.C. He later worked in private practice. 

Deborah Eileen Kimrey-Hodges, age 61, of Bentonville, Arkansas, on March 10, 2025. Kimrey-Hodges was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1991 and worked with Walmart. 

Hon. Carroll Glenn Leffler, age 75, of Overland Park, Kansas, on Feb. 10, 2025. Leffler graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. Leffler was a founding partner at Breon & Leffler Law Firm in Warrensburg, where he practiced for more than 40 years. He also served as Johnson County prosecuting attorney and a municipal judge. 

Arthur S. Margulis Sr., age 91, of St. Louis, on May 23, 2025. Margulis graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1958. Margulis worked as an FBI special agent. He then was a criminal defense attorney, practicing law for more than 50 years. Margulis served in the U.S. Army. 

Thomas O. McCarthy, age 77, of St. Louis, on May 2, 2025. McCarthy graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. McCarthy joined McMahon Berger in 1974 and later was managing partner for 25 years. McCarthy served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force Reserves.

John Marx Miller, age 84, of Denver, Colorado, on July 5, 2021. Miller graduated from the West Virginia College of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. He was a lawyer at the Marathon Oil Company and served in the U.S. Army. 

Sondra B. Morgan, age 85, of Columbia, on April 13, 2025. Morgan graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1988. She was partner at Brydon, Swearengen and England in Jefferson City, where she practiced primarily in public utilities and appellate law. 

James J. Murphy, age 92, of Bethesda, Maryland, on Feb. 16, 2025. Murphy graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1958. Murphy worked as a prosecutor for Thomas Eagleton, who became Missouri attorney general. Murphy then served as a trial attorney for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department and later became Eagleton’s legislative assistant and speechwriter during his time as U.S. senator. He went into private practice with White Fine and Verville, then Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP as a partner. 

Kevin William Muxlow, age 48, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on May 5, 2025. Muxlow graduated from the Washburn School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2003. He practiced law in the Kansas City area for about 20 years before returning to New Mexico. He worked as a lawyer for the New Mexico Children’s Youth and Family Division. 

Marvin J. Nodiff, age 79, of St. Louis, on April 18, 2025. Nodiff was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983. He practiced community association law. 

Bernard V. O’Neill Jr., age 87, of Overland Park, Kansas, on March 19, 2025. O’Neill graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1976. He previously taught mathematics at New York University and Duke University. He worked as a lawyer at Shook, Hardy & Bacon in Kansas City. 

Michael Alan Pener, age 85, of Kansas City, on April 26, 2025. Pener graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1964. Pener worked in private practice and started the paralegal program at Johnson County Community College. His career at JCCC spanned 50 years. Pener served in the U.S. military. 

Robert J. Reinhold, age 81, of Des Peres, on Sept. 5, 2024. Reinhold graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1968. Reinhold practiced in Missouri, Kansas, and federal courts for 56 years. He was a union lawyer in early practice and an anti-U.S. draft counselor during the Vietnam War. 

Hon. Jerry Rellihan, age 64, of Osceola, on June 29, 2024. Rellihan graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1984. Rellihan was a prosecutor in Kansas City before establishing a private practice. He was elected as an associate circuit judge for St. Clair County. 

Anthony Russomanno, age 46, of Madison, Wisconsin, on March 16, 2025. Russomanno graduated from the University of Illinois College of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2008. He was an assistant attorney general for the Wisconsin Department of Justice.

Hon. Richard Dalton Schreiber, age 89, of Chesterfield, on May 19, 2025. Schreiber graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1959. He worked in private practice in the St. Louis metro area for 58 years. He served as a municipal judge in Clayton and Warson Woods, taught business law at Fontbonne College, and taught law classes for the International Right of Way Association for 35 years. 

Hon. Kenneth Wayne Shrum, age 86, of Marble Hill, on Sept. 20, 2024. Shrum was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1963 and was elected Bollinger County prosecuting attorney. He also served as city attorney for Fredericktown and was elected to the Missouri Court of Appeals-Southern District. 

Howard L. Snowden, age 96, of Quincy, Illinois, on June 29, 2024. He graduated from the University of Illinois School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1977. Snowden first practiced at Schmiedeskamp and Deege. He then formed the firm Keefe and Snowden, which became Keefe, Snowden, Gorman & Brennan law firm. He formed Snowden & Snowden with his son and was the city attorney for La Grange. Snowden served in the U.S. Navy. 

Perry Mark Toll, age 79, of Overland Park, Kansas, on March 21, 2025. Toll graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1970. He practiced law in Kansas City as a member of Shughart, Thomson, and Kilroy Law Firm for more than 38 years, serving as president for 10 years. 

Ryan Wills, age 39, of Cedar Hill, on Oct. 24, 2023. Wills graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2010. He was a lawyer in the St. Louis area.

Jill Linnette Bates-Moore, age 47, of Oakland, California, on Aug. 28, 2024. Bates-Moore graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2002. She was a founder and partner at Dahlia Law Group LLP. 

Byron J. Beck, age 90, of Leawood, Kansas, on Dec. 9, 2023. Beck was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1959. He had a long career as a trial lawyer in Kansas City. Beck served in the U.S. Army. 

Nancye Lou (Briesacher) Bethurem, age 70, of Waynesville, on Feb. 4, 2025. Bethurem graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1982. She was a lawyer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Dallas, Texas. 

James E. Brown, age 76, of Kansas City, on Jan. 5, 2025. Brown graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1979. He was an assistant federal public defender in Kansas City and later founded his own practice focused on criminal defense law. Brown served in the U.S. Navy. 

Srikant B. Chigurupati, age 48, of St. Louis, on Jan. 28, 2025. Chigurupati graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2003. He worked in the Missouri State Public Defender System in Hannibal and St. Louis before becoming a prosecutor in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office. 

Elizabeth Ann Chopin, age 81, of St. Louis, on Jan. 5, 2025. Chopin graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. She worked as a private practice lawyer in St. Louis. She later was director of Webster University in Vienna, Austria. 

Hon. Jeffrey L. Cox, age 48, of Raymore, on Jan. 5, 2024. Cox graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2003. He served as Cass County associate circuit judge. 

Gary Wayne Duffy, age 74, of St. Peters, on Nov. 28, 2024. Duffy graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. He worked for the Missouri Secretary of State and the Missouri Public Service Commission before becoming the general counsel for Missouri Power and Light. He later was a lawyer at Brydon, Swearengen and England. 

Mary Alice Estes, age 76, of Mountain Home, Arkansas, on Feb. 16, 2023. Estes was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1982.

Ronald Joseph Fahrenbacher, age 77, of Kansasville, Wisconsin, on April 21, 2019. Fahrenbacher graduated from the Tulane University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1984. He served in the U.S. Navy as a judge advocate and later was assistant district attorney for Kenosha County, Wisconsin. 

Robert Frager, age 87, of Prairie Village, Kansas, on Sept. 20, 2024. Frager graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1961. He was an assistant prosecuting attorney in Jackson County for more than 20 years and maintained his practice specializing in immigration law. He served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Army National Guard. 

Harriet C. Frazier, age 90, of Kansas City, on Nov. 19, 2024. Frazier graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. Frazier taught English at several universities and taught law at the University of Central Missouri. 

Richard O. Funsch, age 92, of Princeton, New Jersey, on April 1, 2025. Funsch graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1959. He served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps and worked at several St. Louis law firms before starting his own in 1980. 

Louis Glaser, age 93, of St. Louis, on May 11, 2024. Glaser graduated from Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1953. He served in the U.S. military. 

Joe A. Harter, age 78, of Kansas City, on Feb. 15, 2025. Harter graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1976. Harter’s practice specialized in real estate, tax, and business transactions. He was a partner at McDowell, Rice, Smith & Buchanan in Kansas City for more than 35 years. 

Bruce Graham Heavner, age 90, of Liberty, on Feb. 6, 2025. Heavner graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1963. He established Owens & Heavner, which later became Heavner, Jarrett & Kimball. Heavner served in the U.S. Air Force. 

James P. Holloran, age 81, of St. Louis, on Feb. 19, 2025. Holloran graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1968. He practiced law for more than 50 years and received The Missouri Bar Foundation’s Lon O. Hocker Award. Holloran served on the Appellate Judicial Commission for Missouri’s Non-Partisan Court Plan. 

Howard Clifford Hoyt, age 68, of Lee’s Summit, on March 18, 2025. Hoyt graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983. He was a prosecuting attorney for Kansas City before entering private practice, specializing in bankruptcy, traffic/DUI, criminal, and domestic law cases. He was also a hearing officer for the Board of Equalization. 

Roger Carson Jones, 79, of Springfield, on Dec. 28, 2024. Jones graduated from the Oklahoma City University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1986. He was a defense attorney in southwest Missouri and served in the U.S. Army.

David L. Knight, age 88, of Columbia, on Jan. 24, 2025. Knight graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1962. He served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps and practiced with Smith & Lewis. He then partnered with Hamp Ford. 

Susan D. Laughlin, age 76, of St. Louis, on Feb. 18, 2025. Laughlin graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1996. Laughlin was a staff attorney for the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. 

Don Lograsso, age 73, of Blue Springs, on March 12, 2025. Lograsso was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1981. 

Peter Lumaghi, age 73, of St. Louis, on Oct. 3, 2018. Lumaghi was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. 

Ronald Eugene Manka, age 75, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on Dec. 13, 2019. Manka graduated from the University of Michigan School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. He practiced corporate law with an emphasis on public financing and spent most of his career at Lathrop Gage. 

Hon. Edward Bennett McInteer III, age 69, of Marshall, on Feb. 2, 2025. McInteer graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1988. He established his own practice in Marshall and served as the Marshall municipal judge. 

Hon. Mary Ann L. Medler, age 83, of St. Louis, on May 19, 2023. Medler graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983. She was a felony litigator at the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office before working as an associate counsel at the Union Pacific Railroad. She was appointed a magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in 1993. 

Paula Jean Meyer, age 72, of Hermann, on Oct. 27, 2024. Meyer was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1980. 

Hon. Gerald Meyr, age 63, of Moberly, on Jan. 28, 2025. Meyr graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1988. He worked in private practice and at various Missouri agencies. Meyr was also an administrative law judge for the U.S. Social Security Administration. 

Michael Musich, age 69, of Ely, Minnesota, on Jan. 23, 2025. Musich graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1980. He worked for the St. Louis Public Defender’s Office for several years and then joined a law firm specializing in corporate litigation. 

Mark Daniel Owen, age 71, of Nashville, Tennessee, on May 19, 2024. Owen graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1982. He practiced law in St. Louis and then worked for the city of Charlottesville, Virginia. He later became an elementary school teacher in Massachusetts. 

Michael Charles Pendergast, age 68, of St. Charles, on Jan. 23, 2025. Pendergast was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1981. 

John Richard Pink, age 79, of Pleasant Hill, on Nov. 4, 2024. Pink graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1970.

Edward William Rataj, age 77, of St. Louis, on Jan. 6, 2025. Rataj graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. He was a partner at Bryan Cave, specializing in cases regarding the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. 

Scott W. Ross, age 76, of Maryville, on Feb. 24, 2025. Ross graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. He moved to Maryville and went into practice with Joe and Rex Beavers, then with Larry Zahnd and Glen Dietrich, before becoming a sole practitioner. 

Ivan Schenberg, age 85, of St. Louis, on Jan. 4, 2025. Schenberg graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1963. He worked at a private practice and then for the federal government. He also was Winchester city attorney. Schenberg served in the U.S. Army. 

Charles J. “Chip” Schmelzer III, age 79, of Kansas City, on Dec. 14, 2024. Schmelzer graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1970. Schmelzer was a real estate and estate planning lawyer for almost 40 years. He served in the U.S. Army. 

Richard Ferdinand “Riff” Scholz III, age 74, of Quincy, Illinois, on Jan. 18, 2025. Scholz graduated from the Loyola University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1993. He worked for the Cook County Public Defender’s Office, the Murder Task Force in Chicago, and the Missouri Public Defender’s Office in St. Louis. He later opened a private practice in Quincy. 

Arthur Shivers II, age 72, of St. Louis, on May 27, 2023. Shivers was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1994. 

John Karl Springborn, age 71, of St. Louis, on March 13, 2025. Springborn graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983. He was an assistant public defender, in-house corporate counsel, and worked in private practice in St. Louis County.

John Ross Tumbarello, age 80, of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, on Aug. 25, 2024. Tumbarello graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1969. He worked at Deloitte before starting his own accounting firm, Citerman & Tumbarello, P.C. 

Leo Webb, age 85, of Clinton, Iowa, on April 17, 2024. Webb graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. He later graduated from Georgetown University with his Master of Laws. He spent 35 years working for the federal government, including for the CIA and U.S. Senate. He also worked for the International Trade Commission and in retirement consulted on international space law for NASA. Webb served in the U.S. Army. 

David W. Beehler, age 65, of Foley, Minnesota, on Jan. 5, 2024. Beehler was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1985 and was a partner at Robins Kaplan for more than 35 years. 

Allison Jean Black, age 44, of Joplin, on Feb. 8, 2024. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2014. She began her career working with her father at Warten, Fisher, Lee & Brown Law Firm and was a trust officer for U.S. Bank. She then worked as a realtor. 

Dennis Charles Brewer, age 87, of Perryville, on Oct. 30, 2024. Brewer graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1966. He served as the Perry County prosecuting attorney before establishing his own practice. 

Elliott Brilliant, age 84, of Penn Valley, California, on Jan. 19, 2023. Brilliant graduated from Yale Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1963. He spent more than 60 years working in tax and accounting, primarily as a partner with Ernst & Young. 

Phillip Brown, age 88, of Fairway, Kansas, on Nov. 27, 2024. He graduated from the University of Michigan School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1962. He began his career at the Tucker Murphy law firm and then served as the Jackson County assistant prosecuting attorney. He later became vice president of Kansas City Southern Industries. Brown served in the U.S. Army. 

James A. Borchers, age 73, of O’Fallon, on Aug. 25, 2024. Borchers graduated from the Gonzaga University School of Law and received a master’s degree in tax law from the Washington University School of Law. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1980 and was a lawyer at several law firms including InNovare Law in O’Fallon. 

Hon. Bradley Porter Cameron, age 78, of Carthage, on Dec. 28, 2021. Cameron was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1979 and served as a municipal judge from 1980-2017. He was also a professor at Pittsburg State University. Cameron served in the U.S. Air Force. 

Cynthia Jane Campbell, age 64, of Webb City, on Feb. 15, 2022. She graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1982. Campbell opened her own practice and worked in the area for more than 35 years. 

James Patrick Cannon, age 65, of Kansas City, on June 8, 2024. Cannon graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1987. He was a medical malpractice and personal injury lawyer with Montee Law Firm before founding Cannon Law Firm. 

James Cleary Jr., age 81, of Olathe, Kansas, on Aug. 14, 2024. Cleary graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1969. He worked as a public prosecutor and a private lawyer. He then worked on retail loss prevention and developed a course for first-offender shoplifters, used by court systems in many states. He also published a book on shoplifting law for retailers. 

Charles Julian Crider, age 80, of Frisco, Texas, on Aug. 10, 2023. Crider graduated from the University of Houston Law Center and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1980. He worked as a landman with the Continental Oil Company, a labor lawyer with General Dynamics, and labor law counsel for Ralston Purina. After retiring, he was a labor law arbitrator. 

Michael Francis Daniels, age 72, of St. Louis, on Dec. 19, 2024. Daniels graduated from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1989. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2005 and provided case management and counsel in state and federal courts in Missouri and Illinois. 

E. Darrell Davis, age 71, of Oregon City, Oregon, on Aug. 13, 2024. Davis graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1979, and was a lawyer in St. Charles. 

James Worthen DeYoung, age 88, of Bluffton, South Carolina, on April 21, 2023. DeYoung graduated from Denver University College of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. He practiced law in Kansas City, specializing in real estate. He later worked as an adjunct professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law. DeYoung served in the Marine Corps. 

James P. Dixon, age 72, of Webster Groves, on Dec. 13, 2024. Dixon was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1980. 

Paul L. Dobberstein Jr., age 86, of St. Louis, on Dec. 10, 2024. Dobberstein graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1963. He worked at the law firm of Morris Shenker, focusing on criminal law, until 1977. Then he formed the law firm of Dobberstein & Dobberstein. He was elected to the Judicial Commission of the City of St. Louis in 1980. 

Robert H. Duesenberg, age 93, of St. Louis, on Oct. 29, 2024. Duesenberg graduated from the Valparaiso University School of Law and Harvard Law School. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1953. He served as vice president and general counsel of Pet Incorporated in St. Louis and chaired the Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education. He then joined the General Dynamics Corporation, retiring as vice president and general counsel. Duesenberg served in the U.S. military. 

Donald R. Duncan, age 88, of Springfield, on May 31, 2024. Duncan graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1964. He was a partner at Turner, Reid, Duncan, Loomer & Patton for more than 50 years and served as a special attorney general of Missouri. Duncan received The Missouri Bar Foundation’s Purcell Professionalism Award. He served in the U.S. Army. 

Christopher D. Dye, age 80, of Hanover, New Hampshire, on Nov. 8, 2024. Dye graduated from Cornell Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1970. Dye was a defense lawyer for the head of the criminal division of the Legal Aid and Defender Society of Greater Kansas City. He worked for Crane & Inker, then Thomas Troy in Boston. He established a practice in Bradford, Vermont. 

Hon. Thomas Fincham, age 68, of Parkville, on Jan. 14, 2025. Fincham graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1981. He joined a private practice and was a municipal judge. He served as associate judge for Platte County, then as a circuit judge. He was appointed presiding judge of the circuit court in January 2020. 

William Gerstenzang, age 83, of Yorktown Heights, New York, on Feb. 10, 2024. Gerstenzang graduated from the Western New England University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. He served as the Yorktown deputy town attorney and town prosecutor. He practiced patent law. 

Hon. Paul Gilbert, age 92, of Cape Girardeau, on Aug. 8, 2024. Gilbert graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1958. He started his career as the Schuyler County probate and magistrate judge. He practiced insurance law in St. Louis before moving to Cape Girardeau and becoming a senior partner at Thomasson, Dickerson, Gilbert and Cook. Gilbert served in the Naval Air Reserve.

William E. Gladden, age 96, of Houston, on Feb. 9, 2024. Gladden graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1953. He practiced law for 66 years, mostly in his hometown of Houston. He served as Texas County prosecuting attorney, Houston city attorney, and as a lawyer for Intercounty Electric. Gladden served in the U.S. Navy. 

Diane Marie Gray, age 69, of St. Louis, on Dec. 19, 2024. Gray worked as a pharmacist for many years before graduating from the Saint Louis University School of Law. She was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1997. 

John Powell Hastings, age 78, of Leawood, Kansas, on Aug. 7, 2023. Hastings graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. Hastings joined the firm of Grier, Swartzman, and Weiner, before starting his own practice as an estate planning lawyer. 

Hon. Edward Dunn Hodge, age 91, of Mexico, on Dec. 12, 2024. Hodge graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1958. He served as a U.S. Army prosecutor. He practiced law in Mexico and then served for 25 years as a circuit judge for the 12th Circuit Court. Hodge received The Missouri Bar Foundation’s Lon O. Hocker Award. 

Hon. John C. Holstein, age 79, of Springfield, on Dec. 31, 2024. Holstein graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1970. He joined a private practice and became a probate judge before serving as a circuit judge. He was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals and then the Supreme Court of Missouri, where he served as chief justice from 1995-1997. He returned to private practice and focused on mediation and arbitration. Holstein was a member of The Missouri Bar’s Fee Dispute Resolution Program and received The Missouri Bar Foundation’s Spurgeon Smithson Award. He served in the U.S. Army, Army Reserve, and National Guard. 

Douglas Brent Kays, age 77, of Springfield, on April 27, 2024. Kays graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. Kays served as the executive director of Legal Services of Southern Missouri for 35 years. 

James Keefe, age 68, of Fairview Heights, Illinois, on Sept. 9, 2024. Keefe graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1990. He practiced for 44 years before the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission and took over Keefe & DePauli, P.C. from his father. 

Thomas Walsh Kelty, age 79, of Springfield, Illinois, on Oct. 12, 2024. Kelty graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1985. He practiced law for nearly 50 years, primarily at Kelty Law Offices. 

Jan King, age 72, of Kansas City, on March 16, 2019. He graduated from the University of Columbia School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. King worked for Missouri Secretary of State James C. Kirkpatrick and as a hearing officer for the Missouri Division of Employment Security. He then was a district defender for the Missouri State Public Defender System. King served in the U.S. Army. 

Kenneth S. Kochmann, age 79, of Lexington, Kentucky, on Feb. 4, 2024. Kochmann was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1968. He served in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army. 

Thomas Andrew Krause, age 61, of Dallas, Texas, on June 26, 2024. Krause graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1988. He worked at various private firms in Lake of the Ozarks; Boise, Idaho; and St. Louis. He then served as a section chief with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Dallas, Texas. 

Thomas M. Lang, age 78, of Chesterfield, on Sept. 13, 2024. Lang graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1971. 

Kenneth Frank Laritz, age 74, of Clinton Township, Michigan, on March 20, 2024. Lartiz graduated from the Detroit College of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1991. He practiced law for 50 years, focusing on social security and disability law. 

C. Gregg Larson, age 63, of St. Joseph, on Oct. 11, 2024. Larson graduated from the Creighton University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1991. He had his own practice in St. Joseph. 

Bryan Russell Lemons, age 56, of St. Marys, Georgia, on July 6, 2024. Lemons graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1992. Lemons served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a defense attorney, prosecuting attorney, and senior legal advisor. He joined the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, serving in multiple leadership positions, most recently as chief counsel. He also was an adjunct professor at the College of Coastal Georgia. 

Michael Jay Lichty, age 76, of Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 27, 2023. Lichty graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. He worked with Trans World Airlines for 39 years, serving as deputy general counsel and ultimately president and chief executive. 

George Randall Lilleston, age 83, of Clinton, on July 17, 2024. Lilleston was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1971 and started his own firm in Clinton. Lilleston served in the U.S. Air Force. 

William Thornton Marks, age 76, of Weston, Florida, on Sept. 26, 2024. Marks was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. 

Mary C. McDonnell, age 81, of St. Louis, on April 27, 2024. McDonnell graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1967. She was a lawyer with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Maritime Commission. She served as counsel to two U.S. House of Representatives committees and practiced in general civil litigation for 30 years. 

William Charles McIlroy, age 83, of Bowling Green, on Dec. 25, 2024. McIlroy graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. McIlroy joined the law firm of McIlroy and Millan and later became president of the Community State Bank of Missouri. He also was the city attorney of Bowling Green and Vandalia, as well as prosecuting attorney of Pike County. 

Lewis Mills, age 94, of St. Louis, on Dec. 8, 2024. Mills graduated from the Washington University School of Law and received a Doctor of Juridical Science degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Law. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1954. Mills served in the U.S. Army, then moved to St. Louis to practice law. He joined the faculty at the Washington University School of Law and then practiced with Peper, Martin, Jensen, Michael & Hetlage before joining Thompson Coburn. 

Jean Bante Moore, age 68, of Denver, Colorado, on Oct. 2, 2024. Moore graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1980. She was a lawyer at Union Electric. 

John Thomas Papa, age 73, of St. Louis, on Nov. 14, 2024. Papa was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1986. 

John Parres, age 91, of St. Louis, on May 29, 2024. Parres was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1959. 

Duane Allen Patterson, age 92, of Chesterfield, on April 10, 2024. Patterson graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1958. He represented the Ameren Corporation and then worked at INTERCO Inc. until his retirement in 1996. Patterson served in the U.S. Army. 

Paul Wayne Phillips, age 82, of Falls Church, Virginia, on Oct. 24, 2024. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1969. He worked for the Missouri Public Service Commission until 1981. He was a lawyer and then assistant general counsel for Regulatory Interventions and Power Marketing for the U.S. Department of Energy. 

John E. Redmond, age 86, of Kansas City, on Dec. 18, 2024. Redmond graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1963. Redmond practiced for 60 years and was a trial lawyer with a focus on personal injury and workers’ compensation cases. 

James Ralph Reynolds, age 78, of Kennett, on Aug. 21, 2024. Reynolds graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1971. He was a lawyer with Crow, Reynolds, Shetley, McVey and Scherer law firm for 50 years. 

Bruce Reznick, age 77, of Austin, Texas, on May 27, 2024. Reznick graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. He opened the first frozen yogurt store in Texas before joining his wife as a stockbroker. They worked together for more than 40 years in Austin. 

Johnny K. Richardson, age 70, of Jefferson City, on Oct. 9, 2024. Richardson graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1980. He practiced with Brydon, Swearengen & England P.C. in Jefferson City for 44 years, including in general civil litigation and trial and appellate work for clients. 

Evan Granrath Ridenour, age 37, of Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 26, 2022. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2012. He spent several years as a contract lawyer and later as a supervisor with UnitedLex. He then worked as legal counsel for the Portland Memorial Hospital. 

Hon. James William “Bill” Roberts, age 92, of Overland Park, Kansas, on Jan. 20, 2025. Roberts graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1959. Roberts practiced law in St. Joseph as a partner at Strop, Roberts, Thomas, and Burns. In 1988, he was elected as a judge to the 5th Circuit Court in Buchanan County and served on the bench until 2000. 

Thomas Rost, age 80, of Jefferson City, on Sept. 28, 2024. Rost graduated from Georgetown University Law Center and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. He worked as an assistant prosecutor in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office and the St. Louis law firm Coburn, Croft, Shepherd, and Herzog before starting his own practice in Jefferson City. Rost served in the U.S. Army. 

John Schmidt, age 89, of Tequesta, Florida, on May 1, 2019. Schmidt graduated from the Northwestern University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1980. He was a lawyer at Butler Brothers in Chicago and group vice president of City Products/Household Finance. Schmidt then worked in private practice in Kansas City. He served in the U.S. Army. 

Hon. David Wesley Shinn, age 92, of Kansas City, on Dec. 7, 2024. Shinn graduated from the William Mitchell College of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1963. He worked for 25 years at Shook, Hardy & Bacon. Shinn served as a judge in the 16th Circuit Court in Jackson County for 20 years. 

Eleanor P. Simpson, age 79, of Creve Coeur, on April 17, 2024. Simpson graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983. 

James H. Snowden, age 61, of Quincy, Illinois, on March 26, 2019. Snowden graduated from the University of Chicago Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983. He practiced briefly in the firm of Keefe, Snowden, Gorman and Brennan. He was a professor at Cedarville University before joining his father as a partner at Snowden and Snowden.

Joshua Bolds Stegeman, age 44, of St. Louis, on Dec. 29, 2022. Stegeman graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2006. 

Hon. Keith M. Sutherland, age 79, of Warrenton, on Aug. 21, 2024. Sutherland graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. He served as prosecuting attorney and then associate circuit judge of Warren County. He served as the elected presiding judge of Missouri’s 12th Judicial Circuit for 12 years and as a senior judge until June 2024. Sutherland served in the U.S. Army. 

Ralph Wasik, age 75, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on April 22, 2024. Wasik graduated from the University of North Dakota School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1980. He practiced law in Des Moines, Iowa, and St. Louis before returning to Cedar Rapids, where he joined his family’s business, Rapids Reproductions. Wasik served in the U.S. Army Reserves. 

William Parsons Whitaker, age 85, of Leawood, Kansas, on Oct. 22, 2024. Whitaker graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1967. He practiced for 33 years in the Kansas City area and cofounded Proteon Therapeutics, Inc., Metactive Medical, Inc., and Flow Forward, Inc. 

Hon. Douglas Gedge White, age 76, of Kingsport, Tennessee, on Sept. 20, 2023. White graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. He served in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He worked for the government for 45 years and retired after 21 years as an administrative law judge for the Social Security Administration. 

Hon. Melvyn Wade Wiesman, age 85, of St. Louis, on Sept. 30, 2024. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1963. He had a 42-year judicial career, including serving as St. Louis County magistrate judge and circuit judge. 

Richard Kristin Weaver, age 75, of Dallas, Texas, on June 16, 2024. Weaver was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1978. 

Felix Bickerton Winston, age 93, of Independence, on Aug. 4, 2024. Winston graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1957. He spent more than 50 years as a lawyer in Kansas City. Winston served in the U.S. Army. 

Aaron Neil Woods, age 59, of Lee’s Summit, on Dec. 21, 2024. Woods graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1990. He focused his practice on representing clients in personal injury matters.

Laura C. Berlin, age 47, of St. Louis, on Oct. 7, 2024. Berlin graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2003. She started working at the St. Louis law firm Dubail Judge in 2003 and became partner in 2014. 

Thomas Harvey Bottini, age 81, of Webster Groves, on Oct. 1, 2024. Bottini practiced international law and acquired one of the first licenses for a U.S. law firm to practice in China. He earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and master of laws from the University of London School of Law. Bottini was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973 and served in the U.S. Air Force. 

Leland C. Bussell, age 97, of Springfield, on May 31, 2024. Bussell was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1951. 

Daniel R. Carter, age 79, of Port St. Lucie, Florida, on Dec. 2, 2024. Carter graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983. He practiced law for 33 years in Warrensburg and served in the U.S. Army. 

Amos Overton Durrett Jr., age 91, of Kansas City, on April 1, 2024. Durrett graduated from the College of William and Mary School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1962. He later started his own practice and specialized in estate planning and taxation. Durrett served in the U.S. Air Force. 

Margaret Wallace Fox, age 78, of Salisbury, Vermont, on Nov. 14, 2024. Fox graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law. She was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975 and practiced family law. She was the first president of the Women Lawyers’ Association of Greater St. Louis. 

Thomas Gill, age 87, of Overland Park, Kansas, on Sept. 3, 2024. Gill practiced law in Kansas City for 45 years. He graduated from Harvard Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1962. 

Michael H. Izsak, age 65, of Olivette, on Dec. 14, 2024. Izsak graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1986. 

E.D. Lofftus, age 83, of Fenton, on Oct. 24, 2024. Lofftus graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. 

Michael H. Maguire, age 72, of Cape Girardeau, on Oct. 21, 2024. Maguire graduated from the University of Notre Dame School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1986. He worked at a law firm in Cape Girardeau and later founded his own practice with an emphasis on general law. 

Hon. Tracey Ann Mason-White, age 47, of Milan, on Dec. 15, 2024. Mason-White practiced law in Milan for several years before serving as associate circuit judge for 12 years. She graduated from the University of Denver School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2004. Mason-White served on The Missouri Bar Board of Governors. 

John C. O’Brien, age 81, of Chesterfield, on Aug. 6, 2024. O’Brien graduated from Harvard Law School in 1967 and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1976. He became a professor at the Saint Louis University School of Law in 1975, where he taught until he retired in 2012. 

William Henry Perry III, age 84, of Joplin, on Dec. 3, 2024. He attended the Washington College of Law at American University and was admitted The Missouri Bar in 1966. He founded the Myers, Webster and Perry Law Firm, became the city attorney for Webb City, and was assistant prosecuting attorney for Jasper County. He later founded a law firm with Richard Copeland before starting his own law firm specializing in child advocacy and adoption. Perry served in the National Guard. 

Gary Alan Powell, age 70, of Springfield, on Oct. 20, 2024. Powell graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1979. He started his career at Farrington & Curtis and later helped establish the Springfield office of Spencer Fane, LLP. 

Richard James Scheffler Jr., age 79, of Madison, Connecticut, on June 21, 2024. Scheffler graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. He served in the U.S. Army. 

R. Bruce Tepper, age 75, of Los Angeles, California, on Sept. 17, 2024. Tepper was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1976 and moved to Los Angeles a few years later, where he practiced as a litigator specializing in land use and water rights appeals.

George Stephen Beimdiek III, age 82, of Carthage, on June 17, 2024. Beimdiek graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1969. Beimdiek was the president and CEO of Beimdiek Insurance. He served in the U.S. Army. 

Delores Mae “Dee” Berman, age 85, of Chesterfield, on April 7, 2024. Berman was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1992. 

Hon. Charles Edward Berry, age 75, of St. Louis, on Sept. 29, 2023. Berry was Crestwood municipal judge and was in private practice. He graduated from the Michigan State University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1995. Berry served in the U.S. Army. 

Stephen W. Daniels, age 76, of Rolla, on July 10, 2024. After being admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1995, Daniels operated a private practice. He served in the U.S. Navy. 

George Douros Jr., age 79, of Thornton, Colorado, on May 5, 2023. Douros graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. He started in general practice before shifting his focus to tax law. 

Charles Marshall Friedman, age 84, of St. Louis, on Sept. 30, 2024. Friedman was a trial lawyer whose legal career spanned more than five decades. He graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. Friedman served in the U.S. Coast Guard. 

John Louis Gianoulakis, age 85, of St. Louis, on Sept. 18, 2024. Gianoulakis graduated from Harvard Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1963. He co-founded his private practice and was a trial and appellate lawyer. 

Michael Haer, age 71, of Richardson, Texas, on Aug. 6, 2024. Haer practiced law in Kansas City before becoming an FBI special agent and foreign service diplomat. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1980.

Hon. Ronald R. Holliger, age 78, of Blue Springs, on Aug. 1, 2024. Holliger was a litigator for 22 years. He served on the Circuit Court of Jackson County and the Missouri Court of Appeals before becoming the general counselor for Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. 

Bryan Eugene Martin, age 78, of Kansas City, on May 24, 2024. Martin was in private practice for most of his career, then worked for Legal Aid of Western Missouri and the State of Missouri. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. Martin served in the U.S. Army.

Bruce McCurry, age 77, of Springfield, on Aug. 19, 2024. McCurry was a lawyer at White, Dickey & Allemann, LLP before founding Chaney & McCurry, LLP. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. McCurry served in the U.S. Army Reserves. 

Daniel David Melloway, age 62, of Columbia, on May 27, 2024. Melloway was a real estate lawyer in St. Louis for 20 years. He graduated from the Boston College of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1986. 

Daniel Thomas Moore, age 73, of Poplar Bluff, on Aug. 10, 2024. Moore practiced law for nearly 50 years after graduating from the University of Missouri School of Law and being admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975.

William H. Norton Jr., age 76, of Kansas City, on May 23, 2024. After graduating from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and being admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973, Norton owned his own law practice. 

Anne Schneider, age 61, of Jefferson City, on Aug. 24, 2024. Schneider was antitrust counsel for the Missouri Attorney General’s Office. She graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1988. 

Harry Don Williams, age 73, of Columbia, on Aug. 13, 2024. Williams was a lawyer for the state for nearly 30 years before opening his private practice, Williams Law Firm. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1985.

Joseph A. Bohrer, age 84, of Springfield, on June 20, 2024. Bohrer was a partner at Yates, Mauck, Bohrer, Elliff, & Fels after working at Neale, Newman, Bradshaw, Freeman and Neale. He graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1964. Bohrer served in the U.S. Air Force and was an assistant staff judge advocate.

Jerry Joe Cadwell, age 88, of Oviedo, FL, on April 24, 2023. Cadwell was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2002.

John H. Calvert, age 83, of Shawnee, KS, on Feb. 16, 2024. Calvert practiced for 32 years with Lathrop Gage L.C., focusing on constitutional law, corporate finance, and business litigation. He later co-founded and was managing director of Intelligent Design Network. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1968. Calvert served in the U.S. Army.

Pete Carter, age 72, of Columbia, on Sept. 16, 2023. Carter opened a private practice in Salem and was a contract lawyer for the Missouri State Public Defender System and Legal Aid in Rolla. He later worked as an assistant public defender before retiring in 2017. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983.

Hon. William H. Crandall Jr., age 84, of Innsbrook, on June 30, 2024. Crandall served as an appellate judge for the Missouri Court of Appeals-Eastern District, circuit judge for the 21st Judicial Circuit, and magistrate judge for the St. Louis County Magistrate Court’s Eighth District. He graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1963. Crandall served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy.

William Patrick Cronan II, age 77, of Boonville, on July 24, 2024. Cronan was a lawyer at Cronan and Robinson after working as a prosecuting attorney for Howard County. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. Cronan served in the U.S. Army.

Dennis Clark Donnelly, age 82, of St. Louis, on May 26, 2024. Donnelly was an assistant U.S. attorney and partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. He graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1966.

D. Keith Henson, age 67, of St. Louis, on June 18, 2024. A graduate of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Henson was a principal at Paule, Camazine & Blumenthal, P.C. for nearly 30 years, concentrating on municipal law and insurance defense. Henson was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1984.

Norman R. Jones, age 90, of Houston, TX, on June 4, 2015. Jones was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1950.

Hon. David Paul Kimminau, age 73, of Lee’s Summit, on July 11, 2024. Before serving as a family court commissioner in the 16th Judicial Circuit, Kimminau was partner at Phillips, McElligott, Ewan & Hall. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1985.

Ray E. Klinginsmith, age 86, of Kirksville, on Jan. 17, 2024. Klinginsmith practiced law in Macon and later became general counsel and dean of administration at Northeast Missouri State University. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965.

Gerard A. Nieters, age 63, of O’Fallon, on May 30, 2024. After being admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1987, Nieters was a lawyer at Federer & Federer, P.C. and Missouri Right to Life.

Michael Daniel O’Keefe, age 86, of St. Louis, on July 31, 2024. O’Keefe was a partner/senior counsel at Thompson Coburn for nearly 50 years. A graduate of the Saint Louis University School of Law, he was an adjunct professor at the university, lecturing on admiralty law and serving as a trial advocacy professor and coach for more than 20 years. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1961.

Bernard A. Ruthmeyer Jr., age 86, of Chesterfield, on July 8, 2024. Ruthmeyer was a partner in a private law firm that focused on small business, estate planning, and workers’ compensation. He graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1962. Ruthmeyer served in the U.S. Army.

James Edward Thompson Jr., age 84, of Harrisonville, on June 30, 2024. After graduating from the University of Missouri School of Law, Thompson was a lawyer at Crouch, Spanger, Douglas Law Firm for over 50 years. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1964.

Joshua Kenneth “Josh” Allen, age 46, of Leawood, KS, on Dec. 9, 2023. Allen was assistant district attorney in Wyandotte County before opening his private practice. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2008. 

Hon. Thomas R. Alley, age 68, of Bethany, on April 5, 2023. Alley worked at Ernst & Whinney (now Ernst & Young) before opening his own law office. He served as Kearney municipal judge, an adjunct professor at William Jewell College, and prosecuting attorney for Bethany. Alley graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1985. 

Catalina M. Alvarez, age 85, of St. Louis, on March 17, 2024. Alvarez began her legal career as a trial lawyer with the Legal Aid Society of St. Louis (Delmar office) before becoming a trial lawyer with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In 1980, Alvarez founded the law firm of Alter & Alvarez in Clayton, where she remained in practice for over 39 years. Alvarez graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1978. 

Cheryl Denise Beebe-Snell, age 64, of St. Louis, on May 2, 2024. After being admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983, Beebe-Snell became partner at Danna McKitrick Attorneys at Law. She received her juris doctor from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and her Master of Laws from the Washington University School of Law. 

Thomas John Barklage, age 73, of St. Charles, June 12, 2024. Barklage was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. 

Eric Verne Barnhart, age 52, of Clayton, on May 10, 2024. Barnhart graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law, was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1999, and operated a private practice. 

Bret Allen Cohen, age 56, of Boston, MA, on June 12, 2023. Cohen was partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough. He graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1994. 

Susan Gum Crigler, age 69, of Columbia, on June 13, 2024. Crigler was an assistant city attorney for Columbia until her retirement. She graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1979. 

Hon. Robert F. Devoy, age 97, of Brookfield, on June 18, 2024. Devoy served as circuit judge in Missouri’s 9th Judicial Circuit from 1982 until his retirement in 1994. He continued serving as a senior judge until 2011. Devoy graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1955. 

William Thomas “Dub” Duston, age 49, of Forsyth, on May 17, 2023. Duston was assistant prosecuting attorney and prosecuting attorney for Taney County, as well as prosecutor and city attorney of Branson. He was also a lawyer at Allman, Ingrum, and Wilson, P.C. He graduated from the American University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2003. 

Bryce David Gamblin, age 51, of St. Louis, on April 2, 2023. After being admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1996, Gamblin was senior administrative counsel for 28 years to the Missouri Department of Transportation. 

Phillip K. Gebhardt, age 65, of De Soto, on Sept. 30, 2022. Gebhardt owned Gebhardt Real Estate and Legal Services and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1981. 

Albert Henry “Hap” Hamel, age 95, of Clayton, on May 3, 2024. Hamel was a lawyer at Lashly & Baer, P.C. and later became a sole practitioner, focusing on business, banking, litigation, wills, trusts, probate, and real property. He was also an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri and an executive assistant to the St. Louis County prosecuting attorney. He graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1955. Hamel served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves. 

William Price Harned, age 76, of Mountain Home, AR, on May 20, 2024. Harned graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1981. 

Charles A. Kellogg, age 76, of Independence, on Oct. 19, 2023. After graduating from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and being admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1987, Kellogg practiced for over 35 years. Kellogg served in the U.S. Army. 

Hon. William A. Kitchen, 95, of Paducah, KY, on Dec. 23, 2023. A retired administrative law judge, Kitchen served as a special agent in the FBI and an assistant U.S. attorney in Kansas City. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1952. 

Barbara Klima, age 73, of St. Joseph, on March 7, 2024. After being admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1989, Klima was assistant prosecuting attorney for child support in northwest Missouri. 

Timothy A. “Skip” Kohlenhoefer, age 51, of St. Charles, on May 21, 2024. Kohlenhoefer served in the U.S. Army Reserve and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2001. 

John Patrick Madigan Jr., age 83, of Lake Ozark, on April 15, 2024. Madigan was a lawyer for over 40 years and chairman of the Labor and Industrial Relations Commission. He graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. 

Michael J. Messina, age 83, of Kansas City, on July 26, 2023. Before starting an estate and tax planning practice in Kansas City in the 1980s, Messina graduated from the University of Notre Dame School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1964. 

Hugh Joseph Nugent, age 93, of Alexandria, VA, on March 11, 2024. Nugent was director of education for the Federal Judicial Center and American University’s Center for the Administration of Justice, as well as founder of Hart, Nugent & Ahearn, P.C. Attorney and Counseling at Law. He graduated from the University of Kansas City School of Law and the Georgetown University School of Law. Nugent was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1958. 

Robert L. Nussbaumer, age 82, of St. Louis, on Jan. 21, 2024. Nussbaumer was a lawyer for 40 years, specializing in insurance defense. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1971. 

Walter S. Pettit Jr., age 97, of Aurora, on April 19, 2024. Pettit worked at Neal and Newman Law Firm in Springfield before moving to Aurora, where he concentrated his practice in estate planning, probate, corporate, and real estate law. He was a partner at Pettit Law Office with his son and grandson when he retired at the age of 94. Pettit graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1953. He served in the U.S. Army. 

William Daniel Piedimonte, age 76, of Independence, on April 12, 2024. Piedimonte graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law, was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972, and founded Piedimonte & Associates.

Carl C. Polster, age 77, of Kirkwood, on June 11, 2024. Polster practiced law in St. Louis for 53 years, focusing on estate planning. He graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1971. 

Alan Elliott Siegel, age 79, of Fort Lauderdale, FL, on March 28, 2024. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. 

Jill A. Silverstein, age 66, of St. Louis, on April 17, 2024. Silverstein was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1984. 

Roderick E. Smith, age 58, of Kansas City, on May 7, 2024. Smith was a lawyer at Basil North Law Firm before founding his solo practice. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1995. 

Joseph R. Soraghan, age 82, of Kirkwood, on Oct. 26, 2023. Soraghan was a shareholder at Danna McKitrick, P.C. He graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. Soraghan served in the U.S. Navy. 

Hon. Robert Eugene Crist, age 99, of Columbia, on March 30, 2024. Crist was Shelby County prosecuting attorney before serving as a judge for the Missouri Court of Appeals-Eastern District and later as senior judge for the Missouri Court of Appeals. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1950. Crist was a member of The Missouri Bar Board of Governors from 1957-1961 and was a mediator and arbitrator for the bar’s Fee Dispute Resolution Committee. He served in the U.S. Army. 

David Jonathan Davies, age 49, Conway, AR, on Jan. 30, 2024. Davies was assistant attorney general before entering private practice, where he focused on elder law and estate planning. He graduated from the University of Arkansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2014. 

Ray F. Dierker Jr., age 83, of St. Louis, on Feb. 23, 2024. Dierker was a lawyer for 57 years after graduating from the Saint Louis University School of Law and being admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. Dierker served in the U.S. Navy. 

Elbert Dorsey, age 82, of St. Louis, on Jan. 30, 2024. Dorsey was co-founder of Bussey, Collier, and Dorsey, graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law, and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. 

Mark Russell Dunmire, age 54, of Kansas City, on March 15, 2024. Dunmire worked in the family business, Growth Industries, for 32 years. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2010. 

Bruce Feldacker, age 83, of Durham, NC, on Feb. 15, 2024. Feldacker was a mediator in more than 600 employment and civil law cases, and he taught at Saint Louis University School of Law, George Meany Center for Labor Studies, Indiana University, and Cornell University. He received his juris doctor degree at the University of Chicago School of Law and his master of law degree at Georgetown University Law Center. Feldacker was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965 and served in the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps. 

Thomas Francis Flynn, age 75, of Sarasota, FL, on Feb. 13, 2024. Flynn was a state public defender before working as an assistant public defender for 16 years. He graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1976. 

Philip Arthur Franklin, age 80, of St. Louis, on Jan. 11, 2024. Franklin graduated from the Southern Illinois University School of Law, was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1978, and served in the U.S. Marines Corps.

Deborah Renee Gotviagehya, age 56, of Nevada, on Jan. 11, 2024. Gotviagehya was Carthage and district 28 public defender after graduating from Washburn University School of Law and the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. She was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2005. 

John Grieves, age 92, of Sahuarita, AZ, on Feb. 21, 2023. Grieves was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1979. 

Jerry Allen Klein, age 87, of St. Louis, on March 25, 2024. A graduate from the Washington University School of Law, Klein was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1961. 

Robert Jon Nourie, age 78, of Atchison, KS, on March 10, 2024. Nourie worked as a prosecuting attorney in Nodaway County, a judge advocate general, and in the Legal Assistance Office at U.S. Marine Corps headquarters. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. Nourie served in the U.S. military. 

Robert Joseph Pilgrim, age 47, of Lawrence, KS, on Feb. 4, 2024. Pilgrim was assistant district attorney in Shawnee County, Kansas, and served in the U.S. military. He graduated from Washburn University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2016. 

Charles Sarkisian, age 94, of St. Louis, on March 2, 2024. Sarkisian owned a private practice in downtown St. Louis. He graduated from Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1954. 

Jack Anthony Strellis, age 79, of Waterloo, IL, on March 4, 2024. After graduating from Loyola University School of Law, Strellis founded Strellis Firm Law Offices in 1992. 

Norman Maun Tempel, 98, of Kansas City, on March 19, 2024. Before opening his own practice, Tempel worked at Shughart Thompson & Kilroy. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1953. Tempel served in the U.S. Navy. 

Hon. Lawrence O. Willbrand, age 97, of St. Louis, on Feb. 14, 2024. Willbrand worked in general practice for 66 years, as well as served as circuit court judge for St. Louis City and municipal judge for Town and Country. Willbrand served in the U.S. Navy.

John W. Briscoe, age 81, of New London, on Jan. 1, 2024. Briscoe was prosecuting attorney for Ralls County and operated a law office in New London. Briscoe is a past president of The Missouri Bar. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1966. 

Adam M. Burkemper, age 48, of Troy, on June 20, 2023. Burkemper was a partner at The Burkemper Law Firm for over 20 years before taking a position at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. He graduated from the Gonzaga University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2002. 

Thomas Bennett Burkemper, age 83, of Troy, on Jan. 11, 2024. Burkemper founded The Burkemper Law Firm and practiced law for 59 years. He graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. 

Ross A. Bush, age 51, of Vienna, on Feb. 5, 2024. Bush was city attorney for Vienna and operated a private practice there. He graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2009. 

Roger Wayne Calton, age 73, of Laguna Niguel, CA, on Nov. 26, 2023. Calton was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. 

Bruce Feldacker, age 83, of Durham, NC, on Feb. 15, 2024. Feldacker served in the U.S. Army’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps before practicing labor and employment law in St. Louis. He also taught courses at Saint Louis University School of Law, George Meany Center for Labor Studies, Indiana University, and Cornell University. He earned his juris doctor from the University of Chicago School of Law and master of laws from Georgetown University Law Center. 

John Kimball Greider Sr., age 77, of Creve Coeur, on Dec. 14, 2023. Greider practiced law in the St. Louis area for over 40 years. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. Greider served in the U.S. Army. 

Thomas M. Gunn, age 80, of Clayton, on Jan. 24, 2024. Gunn worked for the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, serving as vice president of marketing; president of McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company; and president of McDonnell Douglas International. He later ran The Gunn Group consulting firm. He graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1967. 

James Kenyon Heitman, age 32, of St. Louis, on May 3, 2023. Heitman was assistant circuit attorney for the City of St. Louis. He graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2018.

Rhonnie Hemphill, age 71, of O’Fallon, on June 28, 2023. Hemphill operated Hemphill Law Office, focusing on criminal defense and personal injury. He graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2010. 

Lynn C. Hoover, age 86, of Leawood, KS, on Feb. 15, 2024. Hoover worked at United Missouri Bank in Kansas City; Morris, Larsen, King, and Stamper; and Stinson, Morrison, and Hecker. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1962. 

Eugene Oliver Howard Jr., age 69, of St. Louis, on Dec. 18, 2023. Howard was a public defender for 30 years after graduating from the Saint Louis University School of Law and being admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1993. 

Hon. John Robert Jack, age 72, of Independence, on May 11, 2023. Jack was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1977. 

Lawrence Albert Knecht, age 72, of Kansas City, on Nov. 2, 2023. Knecht was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1977. 

Neil John Maune, age 62, of St. Louis, on July 16, 2023. Maune was founder and managing partner at Maune Raichle Hartley French & Mudd, LLC. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1989. 

David McAllister, age 66, of Jefferson City, on June 21, 2023. McAllister was deputy counsel for the Missouri Department of Conservation. Prior to that, he held several positions including city attorney, prosecuting attorney, and assistant attorney general. He was also a frequent author and reviewer of MoBarCLE publications. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1984. 

Dwayne Wright McConnell, age 74, of Anchorage, AK, on March 28, 2023. McConnell was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. 

James Alan Miller, age 70, of Springfield, on March 6, 2023. Miller ran his law practice in Springfield. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1977. 

Neal Eugene Millert, age 86, of Kansas City, on Dec. 28, 2023. Millert was senior partner at Houts, James, Hogsett, McCanse & Welte. He graduated from Boston College Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1962. 

Daniel V. O’Brien, age 93, of St. Louis, on Jan. 24, 2024. O’Brien was a lawyer with the U.S. Air Force; an assistant prosecuting attorney and prosecuting attorney for St. Louis County; and a private practice criminal defense lawyer. He graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1954. 

Dennis Edward O’Connell, age 79, of St. Louis, on Jan. 12, 2024. O’Connell was an associate, partner, and senior counselor at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner for 46 years. He graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1969. O’Connell served in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps for the U.S. Army.

Hon. John Russell O’Malley, age 75, of Kansas City, on Oct. 2, 2023. O’Malley served as a judge for the Circuit Court of Jackson County for 20 years. He also served in the U.S. Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s Corps. O’Malley graduated from the Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. 

John Joseph Phillips, age 96, of Odessa, on Jan. 18, 2024. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1962. Phillips practiced law in the Independence area for over 50 years and served in the U.S. Navy. 

Walter Ray Phillips, age 91, of Elsberry, on Nov. 8, 2023. Phillips served in the U.S. military and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2001. 

Alan Edward Popkin, age 89, of St. Louis, on Jan. 20, 2024. Popkin was a lawyer with Husch Blackwell. He graduated from the Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1963. 

Ralph Elwyn Pratt, age 92, of Independence, on April 28, 2023. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1959. Pratt served in the U.S. Marines. 

Karen Aline “KK” Read, age 51, of Kansas City, on Feb. 1, 2024. Read worked at Shook, Hardy & Bacon; the Missouri Attorney General’s office; and Baker Sterchi, Cowden & Rice. She graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1998. 

Norma “Naomi” Leslie Reynolds, age 58, of Overland Park, KS, on Dec. 22, 2023. Reynolds graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1993.

John West Rourke, age 58, of Town and Country, on June 10, 2023. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1990. 

William Garrett Stack, age 90, of Annandale, VA, on Nov. 27, 2023. Stack was a trial lawyer and associate general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. Stack served in the U.S. Army. 

Michael James Stapp, age 67, of Shawnee, KS, on Jan. 15, 2024. Stapp worked for 40 years at Blake & Uhlig, focusing on labor law, and was general counsel of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers. He graduated from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1990. 

Buell F. Weathers, age 99, of Waco, TX, on Dec. 25, 2023. Weathers practiced with the Mann law firm in Springfield until retiring in 1997. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1950. Weathers served in the U.S. Army. 

David L. West, age 86, of Cary, NC, on Aug. 10, 2023. West was a lawyer at Blackwell, Sanders, Matheny, Weary and Lombardi. He graduated from Harvard Law School and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1962. West served in the U.S. military. 

Candis Love Young Lochmann, age 64, of Kansas City, on June 22, 2023. She worked in private practice for 37 years after graduating from the University of Missouri School of Law and being admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1984.

P. Dale Barrett, age 76, of Kirksville, on Feb. 18, 2023. Barrett earned his J.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975, and practiced law for over 45 years. Barrett served in the U.S. Army. 

Thomas H. Bennett, age 86, of Independence, on Aug. 4, 2023. He was a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1966. He served as general counsel for the Community of Christ Church in Independence for 32 years. Bennett served in the U.S. Army. 

David M. Bryan, age 66, of Kansas City, on Aug. 4, 2023. Bryan graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1995. 

Adam M. Burkemper, age 48, of Troy, on June 20, 2023. Burkemper earned his J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2002. He worked at the Burkemper Law Firm and Legal Services of Eastern Missouri. 

Barkley Clark, age 83, of Tucson, AZ, on July 29, 2023. Clark was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1991. 

Fritz G. Faerber, age 80, of Elsah, IL, on Sept. 11, 2023. Faerber was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1968 and practiced with Faerber & Anderson, PC. He served in the JAG Corps. 

Douglas A. Forsyth Sr., age 71, of St. Louis, on Nov. 6, 2022. Forsyth operated a criminal defense practice until 2018. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1976. 

Thomas W. Gray, age 68, of Leawood, KS, on July 18, 2023. Gray was a lawyer for over 40 years and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1980. 

Robert Charles Griesbauer, age 89, of Ellisville, on Nov. 6, 2023. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. 

Charles L. “Chase” Hickman, age 72, of Hannibal, on Sept. 1, 2023. Hickman served as Palmyra city attorney for over 40 years. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1977. 

Patricia Hughes, age 73, of Holt, on Feb. 12, 2023. Hughes was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1982 and practiced with Liberty Law Offices. 

Russell D. Jones, age 73, of Independence, on Feb. 6, 2023. Jones earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. He practiced corporate tax law with Lathrop GPM LLP for 40 years.

James “Jim” Michael Kelly, age 76, of Springfield, on Sept. 13, 2023. Kelly earned his J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1972. He served as Greene County prosecuting attorney before opening a private practice. 

Stephen Matthew King, age 54, of Riverside, on July 27, 2023. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1995. 

Kenneth D. Kyser, age 78, of Moberly, on June 13, 2023. Kyser attended the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1968. While in Moberly, he served as assistant prosecuting attorney and juvenile officer. He opened a private practice and went on to become a partner in the Kyser and Suter Law Firm. He concluded his career in private practice and with the 14th Circuit Court. Kyser served in the U.S. Army. 

Barbara Blee Maille, age 75, of St. Louis, on Aug. 6, 2023. Maille attended the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1981. She practiced at the KU Medical Center and Danna McKitrick, P.C. 

Hon. Gene R. Martin, age 97, of Kansas City, on Dec. 19, 2023. Martin earned his J.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1953. He practiced with Ennis, Browne, Martin and Tapp before serving as a judge in Division 10 of the 16th Jackson County Circuit Court. 

Charles J. Meler Jr., age 75, of Oconomowoc, WI, on Nov. 22, 2022. Meler earned his J.D. from Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. He served as vice president and general counsel at Employers Health Insurance Company; a senior vice president and general counsel to Western Life Insurance Company; and an executive vice president at Fortis Health, Time Insurance Company. He then started his own managed care consultancy, Meler & Associates, Inc., and was majority owner of Health Care Direct, LLC. 

Maureen M. Miller, age 58, of Lake Saint Louis, on Nov. 12, 2023. Miller was general counsel at several companies in the St. Louis area and operated her own law practice. She graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1993. 

Howard T. Nelson, age 86, of Florissant, on Nov. 17, 2023. Nelson earned his J.D. from George Washington University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1969. He worked at Ralston Purina for the majority of his career. 

David G. Platt, age 40, of Bolivar, on Feb. 22, 2023. Platt was a state public defender. He graduated from Washburn University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2019. 

John M. Putzel, age 76, of St. Louis, on Oct. 3, 2023. Putzel was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1976. 

Norma Leslie Reynolds, age 58, of Overland Park, KS, on Dec. 22, 2023. Reynolds earned her J.D. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1993. 

Jeanne Marie Rueth, age 72, of St. Louis, on March 11, 2023. Rueth was a U.S. Air Force judge advocate general. She graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1975. 

Richard D. “Rick” Sabbert, age 73, of St. Charles, on Dec. 15, 2023. Sabbert was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1977 and practiced law for 45 years. 

Charles Clifford “Chuck” “Cliff” Schwartz, age 79, of Arnold, on Nov. 27, 2023. Schwartz earned his J.D. from University of Tulsa School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1971. He practiced for 50 years. 

Robert Michael Schwartz, age 71, of Columbia, March 4, 2022. Schwartz worked in the family real estate brokerage business. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1993. 

Bryan H. Schemph, age 76, of Williamsburg, VA, on Oct. 14, 2023. Schemph was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1974. He was a staff judge advocate of Army Training and Doctrine Command before entering private practice at Stein & Smith, JBW&K, and finally his own firm. 

Ira H. Sharp, age 80, of Del Mar, CA, on June 10, 2023. Sharp was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1968. He was a partner at Armstrong Teasdale in St. Louis and Chief Counsel and CEO for Alderson Reporting Co. in Washington, D.C. 

Terry C. Smith, age 88, of Naples, FL, on July 16, 2023. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2002. 

Joseph R. Soraghan, age 82, of St. Louis, on Oct. 26, 2023. Soraghan attended Washington University School of Law and received his masters of laws from Yale University School of Law. He was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. Soraghan was most recently a principal at Danna McKitrick and was an adjunct professor at Washington University. He served in the U.S. Navy. 

Michael James Stapp, age 66, of Shawnee, KS, on Jan. 15, 2023. Stapp earned his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1990. Stapp practiced labor law at Blake & Uhlig for 40 years and was general counsel to the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers.

Timothy D. “Tim” Steffens, age 41, of Kansas City, on July 29, 2023. Steffens worked in corporate law for more than 15 years, 10 of them at Polsinelli. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2006. 

Peter N. Sterling, age 76, of Kansas City, on Dec. 12, 2023. Sterling attended the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. Sterling was briefly in private practice before joining the Missouri State Public Defender System, where he retired as trial division director and general counsel. 

Jack C. Stewart, age 82, of Hillsboro, on Oct. 2023. Stewart earned his J.D. from the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1965. He was a senior partner at Wegmann Law and served in the U.S. Army JAG Corps. 

Jessica L. Sullivan, age 40, of Indianapolis, IN, on Aug. 23, 2023. Sullivan graduated from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 2010. 

William (Tom) H. Thomas, Jr., age 76, of Lithia, FL, on June 2, 2023. Thomas attended the University of Missouri School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1973. Thomas practiced law in Rolla for more than 40 years. 

Cynthia Louise Turley, age 65, of Columbia, on Dec. 22, 2023. Turley was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1983 and served as an assistant attorney general and a Supreme Court of Missouri deputy clerk. 

Robert L. Wehrman, age 79, of Blue Springs, on Aug. 11, 2023. Wehrman was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1970. 

James M. Whittier, age 85, of Mission Hills, KS, on April 19, 2023. Whittier earned his J.D. from the University of Kansas School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1966. He practiced at Spencer, Fane, Britt and Browne, as well as Ferree, Bunn, Rundberg, Radom, and Ridgeway. 

Dr. Robert A. Young, age 71, of St. Louis, on July 29, 2023. Young was a plastic surgeon at St. Luke’s Hospital. He graduated from Saint Louis University School of Law and was admitted to The Missouri Bar in 1997.

Dr. Walter C. Dissen 
1931 - 2023
Chesapeake, Virginia

Newton C. (Newt) Brill, Jr. 
1936 - 2023
West Plains

Harry F. Swanger 
1938 - 2022
St. Louis

Joseph R. Soraghan 
1940 - 2023
St. Louis

Lawrence J. (Larry) Fleming 
1942 - 2023
Clayton

Thomas F. (Tom) Fisher 
1943 - 2023
Prairie Village, Kansas

Ira H. Sharp 
1943 - 2023
Del Mar, California

Susan E. Reid 
1951 - 2023
Carmel, Indiana

Robert G. (Bob) Kister 
1955 - 2023
Festus

Charles M. (Chuck) McKeon 
1958 - 2023
Kansas City

Sandra L. Wallace 
1959 - 2023
Columbia

Kathie A. Bullerdick 
1972 - 2023
Chicago, Illinois

Hannah L. Woofter 
1989 - 2023
Kansas City 

Marvin L. Levinson 
1925 - 2022
St. Louis

William L. (Bill) McCulley 
1925 - 2022
Corrales, New Mexico

Morton D. Baron 
1927 - 2023
St. Louis

Robert M. (Bob) Duboc 
1927 - 2023
Mission, Kansas

Glenn G. Glasgow 
1928 - 2023
Columbia

Eugene J. Becker 
1929 - 2023
Southern Pines, North Carolina

Eugene J. Feldhausen 
1929 - 2022
Green Bay, Wisconsin

Hon. Owen L. Cedarburg 
1930 - 2022
Fredericksburg, Virginia

Clark A. Ridpath 
1930 - 2023
Springfield

Richard W. Duesenberg 
1930 - 2023
St. Louis

Albert J. Haller 
1931 - 2023
Kirkwood

Thomas J. O'Toole 
1931 - 2022
Overland

Joseph T. (Joe) Brennan 
1931 - 2023
Kansas City

Donald B. King 
1932 - 2022
Lake Sherwood

Merrill R. Talpers 
1932 - 2023
Kansas City

Jerry E. White 
1932 - 2023
Madison, Connecticut

Joseph J. Campbell 
1932 - 2023
Texarkana, Texas

Howard Elliott, Jr. 
1933 - 2023
Hobe Sound, Florida

Col. Donald E. Prevallet 
1934 - 2022
Blytheville, Arkansas

Marshall E. Talbot 
1934 - 2022
Overland Park, Kansas

Charles Scott Letcher 
1934 - 2023
St. Louis

Donald V. Nangle 
1935 - 2023
St. Louis

R. Lawrence (Larry) Ward 
1936 - 2023
Overland Park, Kansas

Robert F. (Bob) Middleton 
1936 - 2023
Dallas, Texas

Joseph N. (Joe) Vader 
1938 - 2023
Olathe, Kansas

J. Neal Sawyer, Jr. 
1938 - 2023
Prairie Village, Kansas

David K. Richards 
1938 - 2022
Shawnee Mission, Kansas

Albert M. Schlueter 
1939 - 2023
Creve Coeur

William Stanley (Stan) Churchill 
1939 - 2023
Leawood, Kansas

John P. Geismann 
1940 - 2023
Highland, Illinois

John M. Connelly 
1942 - 2023
Mission, Kansas

Karen A. (Jolly) Miller 
1942 - 2023
Poplar Bluff

Wesley Dennis (Denny) Wedemeyer 
1942 - 2023
St. Louis

Joan Potthoff Cronin 
1942 - 2022
St. Louis

Charles F. Myers 
1942 - 2023
Kansas City

Ronald I. (Ron) Kirschbaum 
1942 - 2023
Raleigh, North Carolina

James David Caven 
1943 - 2022
Houston, Texas

Hon. Owens L. (Lee) Hull, Jr. 
1943 - 2023
Weston

Elizabeth J. (Jane)  Hoyt 
1943 - 2023
Ballwin

Hon. William E. (Bill) Alberty 
1944 - 2022
Fort Mohave, Arizona

Andrew R. (Andy) Heyl 
1944 - 2022
Fort Collins, Colorado

Michael A. (Mike) Jones 
1944 - 2022
Springfield

Harold L. Sarner 
1945 - 2023
St. Louis

Marlin D. Smith 
1946 - 2023
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania

Hon. Kathleen A. Forsyth 
1946 - 2023
Kansas City

Franklin E. (Frank) Foster 
1947 - 2022
Jefferson City

Hon. Allen R. Slater 
1947 - 2022
Olathe, Kansas

Hon. John R. O'Malley 
1948 - 2023
Kansas City

Lee M. Nation 
1952 - 2023
Flagstaff, Arizona

Scott W. (Scotty) Owens 
1965 - 2023
Kansas City
 

Russell D. Jacobson 
1930 - 2023
Kansas City

James K. Pendleton 
1930 - 2023
San Antonio, Texas

Hon. Anthony J. Romano 
1932 - 2023
Independence

Hon. Kent E. Karohl 
1935 - 2023
Lady Lake, Florida

Hon. Robert T. (Bob) Hart 
1939 - 2023
St. Louis

Melvin A. (Mel) Saferstein 
1939 - 2022
Huron, Ohio

Robert L. (Bob) Jackson 
1940 - 2023
Clayton

Jerry C. Bowlin 
1941 - 2023
Kansas City

Paul A. Kirk 
1941 - 2023
Springfield

Lloyd J. (Jack) Vasquez, Jr. 
1945 - 2022
St. Louis

Jerome E. Murphy 
1947 - 2023
Kansas City

Dr. J. Dennis Laster 
1947 - 2023
Jacksonville Beach, Florida

Hon. Alan G. Harriss 
1948 - 2023
Ironton

Hon. James F. Davis 
1948 - 2022
Shawnee, Kansas

Comm. Reginald L. (Regi) Martin 
1959 - 2023
Springfield

Anita L. Burns 
1961 - 2023
Kearney

Howard K. Butler, Jr. 
1968 - 2022
Sunrise, Florida 

Hon. Arthur Litz
1923 - 2023
St. Louis

Wm. Thomas (Tom) Coghill Jr.
1927 - 2023
Phoenix, Arizona

James B. Slusher
1931 - 2023
Kansas City

Robert S. Scott
1933 - 2023
Aledo, Texas

Roger L. Goldman 
1941 - 2023
St. Louis

James E. Phelps 
1942 - 2023
St. Louis

John S. Newberry 
1944 - 2023
North Kansas City

Joseph R. (Joe) Niemann 
1945 - 2023
St. Louis

Gene Overall 
1947 - 2023
St. Louis

Dean R. (Dino) Hoag 
1949 - 2023
St. Louis

Thomas Spencer Hyatt 
1949 - 2023
St. Louis

Keith W. Hicklin 
1950 - 2023
Columbia

George J. Skupnik Jr. 
1950 - 2023
St. Louis

Hugh D. Kranitz 
1950 - 2023
St. Joseph

Michael A. Childs 
1955 - 2023
Overland Park, Kansas

Karl H. Lemp Jr. 
1959 - 2023
St. Louis

David EF Lodike 
1965 - 2023
St. Louis

Jared S. Kalina 
1967 - 2023
St. Louis

Jennifer Alter-Rieken 
1979 - 2023
St. Louis
 

Darryl L. Hicks 
1938 - 2023
Warrenton

Kermit W. (Butch) Almstedt 
1945 - 2023
Weeki Wachee, Florida

Michael W. Reap 
1945 - 2023
St. Louis

Rhonnie Hemphill 
1951 - 2023
O'Fallon, Illinois

Michael C. (Mike) McIntosh 
1954 - 2023
Kansas City

David Alan McAllister 
1956 - 2023
Jefferson City

Candis Love Young Lochmann 
1959 - 2023
Kansas City

Barry W. King 
1959 - 2022
Ballwin

Neil J. Maune 
1960 - 2023
Manalapan, Florida

John W. Rourke 
1965 - 2023
St. Louis

Charles B. Jellinek 
1967 - 2023
St. Louis

Eric William Evans 
1968 - 2023
Granite City, Illinois

Nicole Sherise Pleasant 
1985 - 2023
St. Louis
 

Hon. Bert C. Hurn 
1924 - 2023
Neosho

Robert J. (Bob) Foley 
1940 - 2023
St. Louis

Ronald A. (Ronnie) Brown 
1943 - 2022
St. Louis

James H. (Jim) Bell 
1949 - 2023
Overland Park, Kansas

Kent Fulton 
1950 - 2023
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

Michael F. (Mike) Dandino 
1950  - 2023
St. Peters

Robert F. (Bob) Dwornick 
1957 - 2023
Wildwood

Barbara C. Bentrup 
1960 - 2023
St. Louis

Hon. W. Edward (Ed) Reeves
1961 - 2023
Caruthersville

Jesse J. Hardy 
1974 - 2023
Union

Benjamin J. (Ben) Borengasser 
1974 - 2023
Lake St. Louis

Zachary F. (Zach) Kasnetz 
1988 - 2023
St. Louis

 

James T. Buckley 
1939 - 2023
Sedalia

Bobby Joe (B. J.) Jones 
1939 - 2023
Jefferson City

Gerald M. (Jerry) Handley 
1942 - 2023
Kansas City

C. Mark Cole 
1943 - 2023
Shenandoah, Iowa

John H. Schmidt 
1947 - 2023
Springfield

Claude C. Knight 
1948 - 2023
St. Charles

Randall B. Johnston 
1948 - 2023
Columbia

Harold A. (Hal) Tzinberg 
1949 - 2022
Clayton
 

Eugene G. (Gene) Bushmann 
1933 - 2023
Jefferson City

Sanford S. (San) Neuman 
1935 - 2023
St. Louis

Thomas A. (Tom) Vetter 
1935 - 2023
Jefferson City

Frederick H. (Fred) Eppenberger 
1943 - 2022
St. Louis

David C. Stover 
1945 - 2023
Lee's Summit

Marjorie Bedrick (Margie) Tarkow
1946 - 2023
Columbia

Harriet F. (Hattie) Francis 
1955 - 2022
Columbia

Leonard H. (Len) Karpowich 
1959 - 2022
St. Louis

Barry V. Cundiff 
1961 - 2023
Kirksville 

 

J. Burleigh Arnold 
1931 - 2023
San Francisco, California

Richard S. Snyder 
1938 - 2022
Webster Groves

Hon. Ray Lee Caskey 
1940 - 2023
Alton

Jim R. Bruce, II 
1945 - 2023
Kennett

William Swain (Bill) Perkins 
1945 - 2023
Thayer

David T. Lumerman 
1946 - 2023
St. Louis

Michael M. (Mike) Burke 
1949 - 2023
Kansas City

Stephen D. (Steve) Smith 
1949 - 2023
Sumter, South Carolina

Keith D. Patten 
1950 - 2023
St. Louis

Robert S. Herman 
1954 - 2022
Leawood, Kansas

Franklin H. (Frank) Albrecht 
1957 - 2022
St. Louis

Matthew F. (Matt) Trokey 
1960 - 2023
Branson

Karen M. Eisenhauer 
1961 - 2022
Ballwin

Major Teresa L. Davis 
1963 - 2023
Mooresville, North Carolina

Staunton E. (Stan) Boudreau
1928 - 2021
St. Louis

Harry O. (Bud) Moline
1934 - 2022
St. Louis

Kenneth F. (Ken) Teasdale 
1934 - 2023
St. Louis

Anthony F. Vaiana 
1935 - 2022
St. Louis

Edward L. (Ed) Fitzgerald 
1936 - 2023
Kansas City

Sylvia Mary Timpson Kahn 
1936 - 2021
Warrington, England

Peggy S. Hedrick 
1936 - 2023
Kansas City

G. Carroll Stribling, Jr. 
1941 - 2023
St. Louis

Gary W. Allman
1942 - 2022
Springfield

Thomas E. (Tom) Thompson 
1942 - 2022
Kansas City

F. Randall (Randy) Waltz, III 
1943 - 2023
Jefferson City

Arnold T. Phillips, Jr. 
1944 - 2023
Honolulu, Hawaii

R. Michael Gunn 
1945 - 2022
Kansas City

Marilyn S. Teitelbaum 
1945 - 2023
St. Louis

Lawrence B. (Larry) Grebel 
1951 - 2023
St. Louis

Hon. Robert E. George 
1951 - 2022
Republic

Stephen P. Krupp
1959 - 2023
Linn Creek

David B. Smith 
1962 - 2022
Springfield

Mary E. (Molly) Kurt 
1965 - 2022
Kansas City

Ryan E. Brennan
1972 - 2023
Belleville, Illinois

Hon. Paul E. Vardeman, Jr. 
1930 - 2022
Kansas City

Gordon F. Neary 
1932 - 2022
Chesterfield

Hon. Martin L.C. Feldman 
1934 - 2022
New Orleans, Louisiana

Lt. Col. James J. Nero 
1936 - 2022
Pebble Beach, California

Dupree P. Heard 
1938 - 2022
St. Clair

Duke W. Ponick, Jr. 
1939 - 2022
Lenexa, Kansas

William B. (Bill) Roberts 
1939 - 2022
Chapel Hill, Tennessee

Hon. James L. Lemon 
1940 - 2022
New London

Frank B. (Bill) McCollum 
1941 - 2021
Kansas City

Ronald F. (Ron) Fisk 
1941 - 2022
Nevada

J. Warren Clinton 
1942 - 2021
Fort Collins, Colorado

Stanley M. (Stan) Rea, Jr. 
1942 - 2022
St. Louis

Robert D. (Bob) Beekman 
1942 - 2022
St. Louis

Kenneth C. (Ken) Havner 
1943 - 2022
Overland Park, Kansas

William K. (Bill) Waugh, III 
1943 - 2022
Prairie Village, Kansas

William G. Mays, II 
1947 - 2022
Washington

Karl H. Timmerman 
1948 - 2021
Pascagoula , Mississippi

Robert J. (Bob) Krehbiel 
1948 - 2023
St. Louis

Curtis F. (Curt) Thompson 
1949 - 2023
Jefferson City

John S. Cullinane 
1950 - 2022
St. Louis

Stephen C. (Steve) Turley 
1954 - 2023
St. Louis

Richard M. Torack 
1954 - 2023
St. Louis

David A. Shorr 
1955 - 2022
Columbia

Joseph A. (Joe) Haverstick 
1957 - 2022
Columbia

Peter B. Howard 
1958 - 2023
St. Louis

Dan M. Lesicko 
1959 - 2022
Glen Carbon, Illinois

Paul S. Giordano 
1962 - 2022
Mission Hills, Kansas

Craig M. Rappel 
1963 - 2023
Vero Beach, Florida

Gregory M. (Mike) Rupard 
1977 - 2023
St. Peters

Andrew F. Parrin 
1986 - 2022
Willow Grove, Pennsylvania

Janee N. Johnson 
1989 - 2022
St. Ann

Zachary P. (Zach) Bealer 
1989 - 2022
Kansas City


 

Courtney Shands, Jr. 
1929 - 2022
St. Louis

David D. Lodwick 
1930 - 2022
Excelsior Springs

Robert L. (Bob) Welling 
1930 - 2022
Warrensburg

Robert D. Hovey 
1931 - 2022 
Mission Hills, Kansas

Ernest M. (Ernie) Fleischer 
1933 - 2022
Kansas City

Richard A. (Dick) Hyde 
1937 - 2021
Suwanee, Georgia

John O. (Pat) Phelps 
1938 - 2022
Carthage

Hon. James A. (Jim) Grantham 
1938 - 2021
Sunrise Beach

William F. (Bill) Sutter 
1938 - 2022
Kirkwood

Andrew J. (Andy) Hager, Jr. 
1939 - 2022
Shell Knob

Howard A. Harris 
1939 - 2022
Orange, Connecticut

Marion Welch O'Neill 
1940 - 2022
Overland Park, Kansas

John T. (Jack) McCaffrey 
1940 - 2022
St. Louis

G. Eugene (Gene) Neil 
1940 - 2021
Prescott, Arizona

H. Kent Hollins 
1944 - 2021
Topeka, Kansas

George S. Newman 
1945 - 2022
St. Louis

Pamela Ames 
1945 - 2021
Marietta, Georgia

Cheryle L. Micinski 
1946 - 2022
Fort Myers, Florida

Peter F. (Pete) Cortelyou 
1946 - 2022
Leawood, Kansas

Bruce H. Beckett 
1947 - 2022
Columbia

Ruth A. Streit 
1947 - 2022
Chesterfield

Mark G. Arnold 
1948 - 2022
St. Louis

John G. Edwards 
1949 - 2022
St. Louis

Thomas A. Cunningham
1949 - 2022
Galena, Illinois

Gayle Catherine Williams 
1951 - 2022
Florissant

Nancy Firestone
1951 - 2022
Falls Church, Virginia

 R. Allen Decamp 
1952 - 2022
Shawnee, Kansas

Victoria S. (Vikki) Williams 
1952 - 2022
Tucson, Arizona

Roberta M. (Bobbie) Truman 
1952 - 2022
Elkton, Maryland

Patricia L. (Pat) Brownlee 
1952 - 2022
Ballwin

Betsy J. Levitt 
1957 - 2022
St. Louis

Sarah R. (Liza) Townsend 
1961 - 2021
Kansas City

Virgil Dean Rodgers, II 
1961 - 2022
Sedalia

Shannon D. (Shan) Luton 
1968 - 2022
McKinney, Texas

Patricia B. Frank 
1969 - 2022
St. Louis

Jonathan D. Osborne 
1976 - 2022
Springfield

Cora Faith Walker 
1984 - 2022
St. Louis

Joseph Renard (Ren) Pauley 
1931 - 2022
Wildwood

William L. Stewart 
1931 - 2022
St. Louis

Hon. Donald E. Bonacker 
1932 - 2022
Springfield

Ronald A. (Ron) Leggett 
1934 - 2022
St. Louis

Michael G. (Mike) O'Flaherty 
1938 - 2022
Kansas City

Robert J. (Bob) Banstetter 
1940 - 2022
St. Louis

Wayne A. Tenenbaum 
1941 - 2022
Kansas City

Hon. Richard H. Mos, Jr. 
1941 - 2022
Lathrop

Ronald N. Bellamy 
1944 - 2022
Wentzville

Burton W. (Burt) Newman 
1946 - 2022
St. Louis

Lenore Toncray (Tony) Weldon 
1957 - 2022
New Bloomfield

Hon. Kenneth M. (Ken) Romines
1942 - 2022
Fenton

Gerald L. (Jerry) Suddarth
1943 - 2022
O'Fallon

Eric C. Hensic 
1952 - 2022
High Ridge

Hon. John M. Moon 
1952 - 2022
Denver, Colorado

T. Darin Boggs 
1964 - 2022
St. Louis

Gabriela I. Sevilla 
1993 - 2022
Baltimore, Maryland

Edmond J. McElligott 
1931 - 2022
Independence

Richard E. (Dick) Fister 
1931 - 2022
St. Louis

Ned O. Lemkemeier 
1937 - 2022
St. Louis

Richard E. (Dick) Boyle
1937 - 2022
Belleville, Illinois

Carol Rosenbaum
1939 - 2022
Lincolnwood, Illinois

J. David (Dave) Farris
1939 - 2022
Atchison, Kansas

James T. Dodds 
1940 - 2022
St. Louis

Gary A. Eberhardt
1940 - 2022
St. Louis

Hal E. (Buck) Hunter, III
1944 - 2022
New Madrid

Stephen S. (Steve) Brown 
1946 - 2022
Kansas City

George M. Bock 
1947 - 2022
Leawood, Kansas

Larry S.S. Dale Maples
1948 - 2022
Joplin

William A. (Bill) Shull, III
1950 - 2022
Warrensburg

Gene W. Spitzmiller 
1951 - 2022
Sikeston

Rebecca T. (Becky) Magruder 
1952 - 2022
St. Louis

Douglas B. (Doug) Salsbury
1954 - 2022
Eureka

Michael P. Howe 
1954 - 2022
Lenexa, Kansas

William J. (Bill) DeBauche 
1956 - 2022
Kansas City

Donna J. Altis 
1958 - 2022
Pleasant Hill

John L. Manring 
1958 - 2022
St. Joseph

Robert T. (Bob) Budenholzer 
1959 - 2022
Chesterfield

Stephen S. Wyse 
1966 - 2022
Columbia

Danielle L. Elam-Jobe 
1972 - 2021
Kansas City

Todd E. Irelan 
1973 - 2022
Columbia

Brandon D. Burkhart 
1984 - 2022
Kansas City 

Eugene J. (Gene) Gabianelli 
1932 - 2022
St. Louis

Harry L. Esserman, Jr. 
1933 - 2022
St. Louis

Lynn G. McGuire 
1933 - 2022
Leawood, Kansas

William B. (Bill) Houston 
1939 - 2022
Houston, Texas

Thomas P. (Tom) McBride 
1944 - 2022
St. Joseph

Hon. Richard D. (Rick) Copeland 
1945 - 2022
Webb City

Robert D. (Bob) Lewis 
1946 - 2022
Springfield

C. Ross Rhoades 
1946 - 2022
Neosho

Hon. Stephen W. (Steve) Angle 
1948 - 2022
Warrensburg

Hon. David C. Dally 
1948 - 2022
Carthage

Mark G. Flaherty 
1949 - 2022
Kansas City

Aundre M. Herron 
1952 - 2022
San Francisco, California

Richard A. (Rick) Harmon 
1953 - 2021
St. Louis

Mark B. Hutton 
1953 - 2021
Wichita, Kansas

Kent K. Reynolds 
1959 - 2022
St. Louis

Howard S. Smotkin 
1961 - 2022
St. Louis

Brian D. Byrd 
1971 - 2022
Lake Ozark

Bernard M. Goldman 
1923 - 2022
Poughkeepsie, New York

Randall D. Palmer 
1926 - 2021
Raymore

John W. Dickey 
1927 - 2022
Marshfield

Harold E. Uthoff 
1927 - 2022
St. Louis

Donaldson (Don) Chapman 
1930 - 2021
Chillicothe

Lloyd S. Hellman 
1930 - 2022
Overland Park, Kansas

Richard B. Jamison 
1932 - 2021
Winchester, Virginia

John M. O'Hare 
1932 - 2022
Williamsburg, Virginia

William A. Sanford 
1933 - 2022
Edwardsville, Illinois

Richard E. (Dick) O'Leary 
1934 - 2022
Jackson, Wyoming

Hon. Lawrence O. Davis 
1934 - 2022
Union

F. Burck Bailey 
1934 - 2021
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Joseph H. (Joe) Mueller 
1935 - 2021
St. Louis

Thomas M. (Tom) Adams 
1935 - 2021
Pacific Palisades, California

Thomas E. (Tom) Lowther 
1936 - 2022
St. Louis

Charles M. Hart II 
1937 - 2022
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Thomas J. Enis 
1937 - 2022
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Alwyn E. (Al) Wolfarth 
1937 - 2021
St. Louis

Marvin J. Brenner 
1939 - 2022
San Francisco, California

Lawrence W. (Larry) Cullen 
1939 - 2021
Peachtree Corners, Georgia

David C. Trowbridge 
1940 - 2021
Kansas City

Phillip I. Morse 
1943 - 2022
Sebastopol, California

Eric F. Tremayne 
1945 - 2022
St. Louis

John A. Showalter 
1947 - 2022
Kansas City

Patrick M. (Pat) Flachs 
1949 - 2022
Wildwood

Stephanie A. Cole 
1956 - 2022
Gardner, Kansas

Robert T. (Rob) Ebert, Jr. 
1962 - 2022
St. Louis

Robert H. (Bob) Houske 
1963 - 2022
Kansas City 

James L. (Jock) Homire Jr.
1929 - 2022
Eureka

Charles F. (Chuck) Ohmer
1929 - 2022
St. Louis

Margaret A. Schlachter 
1930 - 2022
Springfield

Hon. James N. Foley 
1935 - 2022
Bevier

Major Richard J. (Rick) Tompkins 
1941 - 2022
High Ridge

Donald C. Bollard III 
1944 - 2022
Overland Park, Kansas

Daniel D. Watt 
1947 - 2022
St. Louis

Michael A. (Mike) Tersillo 
1950 - 2022
Ballwin

Patricia D. (Pat) Perkins 
1950 - 2022
Jefferson City

David L. Smith 
1951 - 2022
Chesterfield

Hon. Vernon E. Scoville III 
1953 - 2022
Blue Springs

John R. Cullom 
1957 - 2022
Kansas City

Jeffrey W. (Jeff) Bruce 
1957 - 2022
Belton

Daniel K. (Dan) Knight 
1966 - 2022
Columbia

Hon. Robert G. (Bob) Russell
1935 - 2022
Warrensburg

James M. Clampitt 
1948 - 2021
Mexico

Brian J. (BJ) Gepford 
1957 - 2022
Kansas City

P. Scott Pulido 
1970 - 2022
Kansas City

Staci O. Schorgl 
1974 - 2022
Lexington

E. Frederick (Fred) Beihl, Jr. 
1932 - 2022
Kansas City

Hon. J. Brendan Ryan 
1936 - 2022
Prairie Village, Kansas

Jerome S. (Jerry) Kraus 
1939 - 2022
St. Louis

Hon. James R. Hartenbach 
1941 - 2022
St. Charles

Thomas P. (Tom) O'Donnell 
1941 - 2022
Kansas City

Stephen H. (Steve) Romines 
1941 - 2022
Mountain Grove

Linda L. Roediger 
1950 - 2022
Kirkwood

John P. Best 
1953 - 2021
Collinsville, Illinois

David J. Massa 
1955 - 2021
Maryville, Illinois

Randy C. Morris 
1955 - 2021
Aurora, Colorado

Karen M. Deluccie
1958 - 2022
Independence

John V. Doheny 
1958 - 2022
St. Louis

Hon. Todd M. Thornhill 
1961 - 2022
Springfield

Christopher T. (Chris) Tucker 
1962 - 2021
O'Fallon

Vonne L. Karraker 
1969 - 2022
Farmington

Wayne Barrett (Brett) Chapin
1970 - 2022
Shawnee, Kansas

William Joseph (Joe) Diels 
1982 - 2021
Raytown

Hon. Carl D. Gum, Jr. 
1932 - 2022
Raymore

Raleigh W. Johnson
1934 - 2022
Gilbert, Arizona

John G. “Jack” Meyer
1947 - 2021
Lubbock, Texas

David J. Ferman
1960 - 2022
Wildwood

Rebecca L. Elliston
1961 - 2022
Carl Junction

Bert M. Godding
1967 - 2022
Kansas City 

Lois M. Drossman
1934 - 2020
Maryland Heights

Henry Meade Summers Jr.
1936 - 2021
St. Louis

W. Thomas (Tom) McGhee
1936 - 2022
St. Louis

Prof. William B. (Bill) Fisch
1936 - 2021
Columbia

Hugh McPheeters
1942 - 2022
St. Louis

H. Carl Kuelker 
1946 - 2022
St. Louis

Stanley D. (Stan) Brown
1947 - 2022
St. Louis

Charles F. (Chuck) Marvine Jr.
1948 - 2022
Shawnee, Kansas

J. Thomas (Tom) Long
1950 - 2022
Godfrey, Illinois

Monte P. Clithero
1953 - 2022
Springfield

Diana M. Jordison
1961 - 2022
Kansas City

Hon. Samuel D. (Sam) Frank
1961 - 2021
Unionville

A. Verona Dorch 
1967 - 2021
Renton, Washington

Michael H. Dunker
1969 - 2021
St. Louis

William C. Dale, Jr. 
1929 - 2021
Clayton

Clifford L. (Cliff) Goetz 
1930 - 2021
St. Louis

Murry A. Marks 
1933 - 2022
St. Louis

Jerome F. (Jerry) Raskas 
1933 - 2022
St. Louis

Sister Joan C. Moran 
1934 - 2020
San Antonio, Texas

David L. Pentland 
1938 - 2022
Warson Woods

Thomas W. (Tom) Alvey, Jr.
1939 - 2021
Belleville, Illinois

Hon. Jerri Cook Bush
1944 - 2022
Mountain Home, Arkansas

Sheryl B. Etling
1945 - 2020
Garden City, Kansas

Lt. Col. Jonathan P. (Jon) Tomes
1945 - 2021
Kansas City

G. Patrick (Pat) Garrett
1949 - 2022
Edmond, Oklahoma

M. Susan Carlson 
1949 - 2021
St. Louis

Robert L. (Bob) Johnson
1950 - 2021
Duncanville, Texas

Hon. Daniel W. (Dan) Olsen 
1952 - 2021
Raymore

Richard Dee Dvorak
1958 - 2022
Overland Park, Kansas

Paul K. Travous
1959 - 2021
St. Charles

Jefferson W.N. Davis
1960 - 2022
Nevada

Julia B. (Julie) Long 
1965 - 2022
Kirkwood

Christopher Lee Davis
1969 - 2021
Jackson

Charles D. Hoskins
1969 - 2021
St. Louis

W. Guy Wold
1972 - 2022
St. Louis

Jessica L. Diamond 
1979 - 2021
St. Charles

Jeff H. Bess 
1991 - 2021
Springfield

Charles M. Schmidt 
1926 - 2020
Chesterfield

Stanley A. Loring Jr. 
1928 - 2021
Springfield

Hon. James R. Reinhard 
1929 - 2021
Hannibal

Richard A. (Dick) Moran 
1929 - 2020
St. Charles

Donald W. (Don) Giffin 
1930 - 2021
Kansas City

S. Sheldon Weinhaus 
1931 - 2021
St. Louis

Jack E. Koslow 
1931 - 2021
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Hon. Donald E. (Don) Dalton 
1931 - 2020
Mesa, Arizona

Norman M. Arnell 
1932 - 2021
Overland Park, Kansas

Jackson L. (Jack) Smith 
1933 - 2021
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Ralph Edwards 
1934 - 2021
Chesterfield

Grover C. Wilcher 
1935 - 2021
Lee's Summit

Reed F. Steele 
1935 - 2021
Kennesaw, Georgia

Christel E. Marquardt 
1935 - 2020
Topeka, Kansas

John W. Carter 
1935 - 2021
Dixon

Dewey R. Jones 
1936 - 2021
Woodridge, Illinois

Hon. Thad F. Niemira 
1936 - 2021
St. Louis

James S. (Jim) Collins, II 
1937 - 2021
Clemmons, North Carolina

Hon. Fred Daniel (Dan) Bollow 
1937 - 2021
Shelbina

William H. (Bill) Strop 
1938 - 2021
St. Joseph

Hon. Victor M. Rocha 
1938 - 2021
Kansas City

Paul W. Kopsky 
1939 - 2021
Glencoe

John R. Murphy, Jr. 
1939 - 2020
Kansas City

Daniel T. (Dan) Rabbitt, Jr. 
1940 - 2020
St. Louis

Sheldon K. Stock 
1941 - 2021
St. Louis

Bruce R. Hopkins 
1941 - 2021
Kansas City

Micalyn S. Harris 
1941 - 2021
Ridgewood, New Jersey

Timothy L. (Tim) Curran 
1941 - 2021
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Donald R. (Don) Carmody 
1942 - 2021
St. Louis

Gary M. Kupferle 
1942 - 2021
Ballwin

Jeffrey H. (Jeff) Pass 
1943 - 2021
St. Louis

William L. Vaughan, III 
1943 - 2021
Glendale, Arizona

James D. (Don) Stevens 
1945 - 2021
Nappanee, Indiana

Charles C. Curry 
1945 - 2020
Grandview

Terrence O. (Terry) Kelly 
1945 - 2021
Los Angeles, California

Thomas M. (Topper) Tepe, Sr. 
1945 - 2021
Cincinnati, Ohio

Donald E. (Don) Ransom 
1946 - 2020
St. Louis

Gena J. Awerkamp 
1947 - 2020
Quincy, Illinois

Joe E. Edwards 
1949 - 2021
Oklahoma City

Gregory L. (Greg) Vranicar 
1950 - 2021
Overland Park, Kansas

Michael J. Zpevak 
1951 -2020
Irving, Texas

David J. Slobodien 
1952 - 2021
Naples, Florida

Rev. Kathleen S. (Kathy) Hall 
1952 - 2021
Kansas City

John G. Holland, Jr. 
1954 - 2021
Cairo, Illinois

Christopher H. (Chris) Wilson 
1954  - 2021
Swannanoa, North Carolina

Richard L. Jones 
1955 - 2021
Winnetka, Illinois

Ann Marie Seward 
1955 - 2021
Deerfield Beach, Florida

Lori L. Bockman 
1958 - 2021
St. Louis

B. Jay Dowling 
1960 - 2021
Belleville, Illinois

Jennifer Borron Furla 
1962 - 2021
Mission Hills, Kansas

Darren K. Cann 
1965 - 2021
Charleston

Timothy S. (Tim) O'Grady 
1970 - 2021
Fairview Heights, Illinois

Robert T. Williams 
1974  - 2020
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
 

Bernard C. (Bernie) Huger
1945 - 2021
St. Louis

Mark C. Johnson
1949 - 2021
Colleyville, Texas

Danieal H. (Danny) Miller
1955 - 2021
Columbia

Stephanie M. Galetti
1977 - 2021
O'Fallon, Illinois

Catherine Sweeney Hinkle
1929 - 2021
Austin, Texas

Dee Wampler
1940 - 2021
Springfield

Clifford S. (Cliff) Brown
1942 - 2021
Republic

George W. Fick
1944 - 2020
Palm Desert, California

N. Barrett Braun
1946 - 2021
Eureka

David A. Schwartze
1948 - 2021
Vienna

Donald G. (Don) Dylewski
1950 - 2021
St. Louis

Thomas M. (Tom) Deacy
1954 - 2021
Kansas City

Richard E. (Rick) Koenig
1957 - 2020
Leawood, Kansas

Preston Humphrey, Jr.
1972 - 2021
St. Louis

Charles John "Jack" McEnery
1931 - 2021
St. Louis

Cleo H. Muller
1933 - 2021
Blue Springs

Thomas J. Daly
1934 - 2021
Kansas City

Louise McKeon Belt
1936 - 2021
Wildwood

Hon. Charles D. Kitchin
1937 - 2021
St. Louis

Taylor Fields
1944 - 2021
Kansas City

Fred A. Boeckmann
1947 - 2021
St. Louis

Robert J. Blackwell
1949 - 2021
O'Fallon

Lynn N. Bock
1956 - 2021
New Madrid

James R. Stein
1956 - 2021
St. Peters

Gretchen Edison Gaynor
1960 - 2020
St. Louis

Mary Beth Lundak
1962 - 2021
Kansas City

Eli Karsh
1968 - 2021
St. Louis

Giles Michael Walsh
1984 - 2021
Fairway, Kansas

Bradley A. "Brad" Hook
1986 - 2021
Independence

Brandon D. Kerns
1994 - 2021
Kansas City

James F. Nangle, Jr.
1930 - 2021
St. Louis

Hon. G. Jack Moore
1931 - 2020
Belton

Donald L. Dickerson
1931 - 2021
Cape Girardeau

Hon. Robert A. Iannone
1933 - 2021
Belton, Texas

Hon. John G. Miller
1940 - 2021
Odessa

Hon. Edward C. Graham
1946 - 2020
Redondo Beach, California

Michael W. Sagan
1947 - 2021
Kansas City

Hon. Kevin P. Schehr
1954 - 2021
Versailles

Hon. John P. Heisserer
1956 - 2021
Cape Girardeau

Donald J. Sher
1926 - 2021
Clayton

Theodore M. "Ted" Utchen
1929 - 2021
Wheaton, Illinois

Hugh A. Sprague
1931 - 2021
Prairie Village, Kansas

Hon. Thomas E. Sims
1931 - 2021
Kansas City

George (Timinsky) M. Temple
1933 - 2021
Greenvlle, North Carolina

Capt. Frederick M. "Fred" Switzer
1933 - 2020
St. Louis

Charles E. "Charlie" Hamilton
1934 - 2020
O'Fallon

Richard J. "Dick" Fredrick
1936 - 2021
Paris

Frank E. Vigus
1936 - 2021
St. Louis

William J. Shapiro
1937 - 2020
Kansas City

David A. Sawyer
1938 - 2021
Kansas City

William J. "Jerry" Garvey
1939 - 2021
Indianapolis, Indiana

Dale L. Rollings
1940 - 2021
St. Charles

Robert S. "Bob" Wiley
1942 - 2021
Hurley

Gregory B. Vatterott
1942 - 2020
St. Louis

Charles H. "Chuck" Steib
1942 - 2021
Chesterfield

Jerry T. Hoff
1943 - 2020
St. Louis

Melanie Slade Fannin
1950 - 2021
Driftwood, Texas

Vincent D. Zahnle
1952 - 2021
Plato

Sharon G. Ballin
1952 - 2021
Chicago, Illinois

Hon. Randall W. Shackelford
1953 - 2020
Gravois Mills

Paul R. Diekhoff
1959 - 2021
St. Louis

David M. Bays
1960 - 2020
Dallas, Texas

Christopher H. "Chris" Pickett
1970 - 2021
Leawood, Kansas

Brian J. Lewis
1978 - 2021
Kansas City

Maghen M. Waterkotte
1983 - 2021
St. Louis

John H. Windsor, Jr.
1927 - 2020
Overland Park, Kansas

Ralph E. Smith
1928 - 2021
Butler

Martin M. Green
1931 - 2021
Ladue

Frank W. Taylor, Jr.
1931 - 2021
Kansas City

Hon. Paul J. Simon
1933 - 2021
Ballwin

Joseph Howlett
1933 - 2021
Brentwood

Richard S. Rosenthal
1934 - 2020
Chesterfield

Edward Lander
1936 - 2021
St. Louis

Franklin K. Nichols
1936 - 2020
Amazonia

Wm. R. "Dick" Thomson
1939 - 2021
Maryville

Constant John "CJ" Poirier, III
1940 - 2021
Prairie Village, Kansas

Virginia J. Dunmire
1947 - 2020
Prairie Village, Kansas

Herbert Theodore "Ted" Diekemper, Jr.
1950 - 2021
St. Louis

Charles F. "Charlie" Speer
1953 - 2021
Kansas City

Kevin E. Phillips
1955 - 2021
Cape Girardeau

Timothy K. "Tim" Plummer
1956 - 2021
Kansas City

Anita R. Estell
1959 - 2020
Washington, D.C.

Michael K. Nowak
1959 - 2020
Belleville, Illinois

Patrick F. Andre
1964 - 2020
Brentwood

Kenneth M. "Kenny" Geisler, II
1990 - 2020
St. Louis

Charles W. Kullmann
1921 - 2020
St. Peters

Edward William "Bill" Brandecker, Jr.
1921 - 2020
Columbia

Doris J. Banta
1922 - 2020
St. Louis

Harold A. Kennedy
1923 - 2020
Pleasant Hill, California

Hon. W. Stephen Nixon
1951 - 2021
Lake Lotawana

William L. Pannell
1925 - 2021
Festus

Isadore I. Ozar
1926 - 2020
Leawood, Kansas

Courtney W. Perkins
1926 - 2020
Clinton

Warren H. Kawin
1928 - 2021
St. Louis

Robert J. O'Hanlon
1928 - 2021
Fenton

Hon. Benjamin F. Pyle
1930 -2020
Carthage

Nicholas M. Monaco
1930 - 2020
Jefferson City

Rose N. Perotti
1930 - 2020
St. Louis

Martha A. Michaels
1930 - 2021
O'Fallon

Col. Harvey B. Meyer
1931 - 2021
St. Louis

John M. Moellenberg
1932 - 2020
Creve Coeur

C. Dudley Martin
1933 - 2020
Springfield

Hon. R. J. Gordon
1935 - 2020
Pineville

John J. Byrne
1935 - 2020
Anderson, South Carolina

Melvin F. Brown
1935 - 2020
St. Louis

Edward C. Ahlheim
1937 - 2021
St. Charles

Frederic W. Bock
1938 - 2020
Nacogdoches, Texas

John W. Buechner
1940 - 2020
Washington, D.C.

Allan H. Bell
1941 - 2020
North Kansas City

Gerard "Gerry" F. Hempstead
1944 - 2021
Chesterfield

Dawn A. Clayton
1946 - 2021
Vienna

Cynthia C. Campbell
1949 - 2020
Kansas City

Nancy B. Pinkham
1953 - 2021
Osprey, Florida

Joshana L. Offenbach
1972 - 2021
Kansas City

Bernard L. Balkin
1926 - 2021
Kansas City

Richard R. Russell
1928 - 2021
St. Louis

William B. Korth
1929 - 2020
Amarillo, Texas

Thomas L. Duty
1934 - 2021
St. Joseph

Major D. Hammett
1942 - 2021
Independence

Karen Lipschultz Knopf
1942 - 2021
St. Louis

Gerald Nadler
1944 - 2021
Jacksonville, Florida

Donald L. Doggett
1944 - 2021
Wylie, Texas

Daniel R. Sokol
1948 - 2021
St. Louis

Susan C. Burger
1949 - 2020
Jonesboro, Illinois

Kent M. Wells
1954 - 2020
Alexandria, Virginia

William G. Hammond
1955 - 2020
Olathe, Kansas

John R. Watson
1960 - 2020
Lake St. Louis

Richard J. Haskins
1964 - 2020
Las Vegas, Nevada

Virginia C. Gross
1964 - 2020
Kansas City, Kansas

Jason L. Kennedy
1970 - 2020
Chicago, Illinois

Robert Scott Killen
1970 - 2021
Ironton

Erin Elliott
1971 - 2021
Columbia

John Dale Wiley
1972 - 2021
Crane

Robert A. Busch
1977 - 2021
St. Louis

Dustin J. Hayes
1984 - 2020
Lawrence, Kansas

Robert M. Lucy
1926 - 2021
St. Louis

Jerome "Jerry" M. Rubenstein
1927 - 2021
St. Louis

Sherwin L. Epstein
1930 - 2021
Leawood, Kansas

Guy G. Rice
1932 - 2021
Blue Springs

Allen S. Boston
1941 - 2020
St. Louis

Charles "Don" Wilson, Jr.
1947 - 2021
Raytown

Gerald B. Beeny
1949 - 2020
Austin, Texas

Philip R. Dupont
1962 - 2021
Kansas City

James "Jim" R. Williams
1965 - 2020
Belleville, Illinois

Edward "Caith" Thomas Reilly, IV
1975 - 2020
Manchester

Bernard C. Brinker
1931 - 2021
Clayton

Jerome R. (Jerry) Mandelstamm
1932 - 2020
St. Louis

Robert L. (Bob) Meeker
1935 - 2020
Leawood, Kansas

Willard C. Reine
1935 - 2020
Jefferson City

Daniel W. (Dan) Deiter
1940 - 2020
Columbia

Arnold E. Montgomery
1940 - 2020
St. Louis

Lebert D. (Lee) Shultz
1942 - 2021
Olathe, Kansas

Hon. Stephen R. (Steve) Sharp
1944 - 2020
Kennett

William T. (Bill) Lawrie
1945 - 2021
Bremerton, Washington

M. Susan Appelquist
1954 - 2020
Mt. Vernon

Jason M. Gourley
1983 - 2021
Highland, Illinois

Robert Lee Smith
1924 - 2020
St. Louis

Earl F. Steeb
1924 - 2020
St. Joseph

Elwyn L. Cady, Jr.
1926 - 2020
Chicago, Illinois

Paul K. Kirkpatrick, Jr.
1927 - 2021
Monroe, Louisiana

J. C. Lay
1928 - 2020
Gainesville, Florida

John C. Christian
1929 - 2020
Madisonville, Louisiana

Robert Leo Lyng
1929 - 2020
St. Louis

Walter D. McQuie, Jr.
1929 - 2021
Montgomery City

James (Jim) P. Mannion, Jr.
1930 - 2020
Kirkwood

Warren N. Williams
1931 - 2020
Overland Park, Kansas

Wendell Lee Evans, Jr.
1931 - 2020
Dallas, Texas

R. Richard Straub
1932 - 2020
Ladue

Donald L. Chapman
1932 - 2020
Kansas City

Melvin W. Davidson
1932 - 2020
Prairie Village, Kansas

Robert A. Smith
1933 - 2020
St. Louis

Brent J. Williams
1933 - 2020
St. Louis

Hon. George Filcoff, Jr.
1934 - 2019
Granite City, Illinois

John P. Williams
1934 - 2020
Leawood, Kansas 

John R. Lewis
1934 - 2020
Springfield

Gretchen D. Huston
1936 - 2020
Peachtree City, Georgia

Richard R. Cain
1938 - 2019
Collinsville, Illinois

Thomas (Thom) G. Field, III
1938 - 2020
Springfield

Joseph Webb
1939 - 2020
Perryville

Maynard R. Johnson
1939 - 2020
Cincinnati, Ohio

R. John Bopp
1939 - 2020
Ballwin

G. Michael (Mike) Flotte
1942 - 2020
Florissant

Charles (Chuck) F. Zarter
1942 - 2020
Shawnee, Kansas

Julian (Jack) C. Carey
1942 - 2020
Belleville, Illinois

Jon G. Carlson
1943 - 2020
Edwardsville, Illinois

Bart L. Strother
1944 - 2020
Kansas City

Forrest Shands Fitzroy
1945 - 2020
Manchester

Douglas A. Jones
1946 - 2020
St. Louis

David Francis Seele
1946 - 2020
Zionsville, Indiana

Robert A. Kumin
1947 - 2020
Overland Park, Kansas

Tyrone A. Taborn
1948 - 2020
St. Louis

Linda L. Nixon
1948 - 2020
Kansas City

Barbara S. Barrett
1950 - 2020
Evansville, Indiana

Gary Steven Godwin
1951 - 2019
St. Louis

Stephen J. Stephenson
1951 - 2019
Winter Haven, Florida

Steven Culver Alberg
1955 - 2020
Lenexa, Kansas

Maureen Slaten
1957 - 2019
Chesterfield

Aaron S. Dubin
1957 - 2020
O'Fallon

Jeffrey (Jeff) T. Wurster
1958 - 2019
Kansas City

Terrence (Terry) J. Anastas
1958 - 2020
Quincy, Illinois

John M. Cichelero
1959 - 2020
Clayton

Mary Beth Hardin
1959 - 2019
New Canaan, Connecticut

Nancy Rebecca Kistler
1960 - 2020
St. Louis

Keith A. Wenzel
1960 - 2020
Jefferson City

James F. McCartney
1962 - 2020
Chesterfield

Michael W. Born
1965 - 2020
Olathe, Kansas

Nathan Daniel Leadstrom
1976 - 2020
Topeka, Kansas

Corey Tomas Fannin
1980 - 2010
Lexington, Kentucky

JoEllen Flanagan Engelbart
1988 - 2021
Independence