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Jess "Bill" George Jones
Jess “Bill” George Jones, of Sedalia, died Tuesday, August 31, 2004 at Bothwell Regional Health Center.
He was died Monday, November 10, 2003 at Stoney Ridge Village.
She was married to Edward Karaty, who death by two brothers, Howard and Charles Wehner; and a sister, Dorothy Wehner.
Memorial services will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 12 at the Heckart/Gillespie Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Crown Hill died Monday, September 6, 2004 at Bothwell Regional Health Center.
She was married to Richard E. Kasak, who survives of the home.
Mrs. Kasak was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, where she was a member of the Ladies Aide. She enjoyed cooking and teaching kids how to cook in 4-H. She enjoyed sending birthday cards to family and collecting family pictures.
Also surviving are two daughters, Dee Ann Burkhalter, and her husband, Michael, of Sedalia, and Nancy Burkhalter, and her husband, Marvin, of Green Ridge; a sister, Olivia Petersen, of Warrensburg; six grandchildren, Heather Miller, Annie Funk, Wade Burkhalter, Holly Hollenbeck, Clinton Burkhalter and Clayton Burkhalter; and three great grandchildren, Dawson Funk, Caleb Hollenbeck and Alex Miller.
She was predeceased by three brothers, William White, Robert White and Don White.
Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Ken Tatkenhorst officiating.
Pallbearers will be Clinton Burkhalter, Clayton Burkhalter, Wade Burkhalter, Scott Miller, Brian Hollenbeck and Chad Funk.
Burial will be in Memorial Park died Friday, December 17, 2004, at his home.
He was married to Judith Johnson, who survives of the home.
Colonel Kayson was a 1946 graduate of Amsterdam Public Schools. He earned a bachelors of science degree in 1950 from Union College in Schenectady, New York.
Dr. Kayson enlisted in the United States Army in 1951 and was commissioned at Fort Riley, Kansas in 1952. He served a sixteen month tour with the 44th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital as a medical service corps helicopter pilot from 1953-56. He was active in the Army reserves from 1956-63.
During his return to civilian life in 1956, he earned a masters degree from Cornell University in 1957 and a doctor of medicine degree from Albany Medical College in 1963. He served his internship at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas from 1963-64. He served his general practice residency at Santa Cruz County Hospital in California from 1964-65. He was the director of emergency departments at O’Connor Hospital in San Jose, California, and Los Gatos Community Hospital in Los Gatos, California, from 1969-79. He worked in industrial medicine at NASA’s Ames Research Laboratory in Sunnyvale, California, from 1979-80.
Colonel Kayson enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1980. He completed an aerospace medicine primary course and became a flight surgeon at McGuire Air Force Base from 1980-81. He was chief of flight medicine at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany from 1981-84. He was chief of aerospace medicine at Wiesbaden Regional Medical Center from 1984-87. He was chief of aerospace medicine and hospital commander at Whiteman Air Force Base. He retired in 1994. Dr. Kayson was certified with the National Board of Medical Examiners, California State Medical Board and Missouri State Medical Board.
Dr. Kayson was a member of Broadway Presbyterian Church and Sedalia Country Club. He enjoyed golf, tennis, skiing, raising Arabian horses, flying, reading and music. He lived by the philosophy of, “Do the best you can, with whatever you have, wherever you are.”
Survivors include his wife, Judith Kayson, of the home; six sons, Paul Kayson, of Chico, California, Adam Kayson, of San Diego, California, Matt Kayson, of Washington, D.C., Michael Kayson and Marc Kayson, both of Columbia, and Dane Kayson, of Virginia Beach, Virginia; four daughters, Jan Brase, of Reno, Nevada, Sarah Kayson, of San Francisco, California, Martha Weston, of Santa Barbara, California, and Stephanie Windsor, of Fair View Heights, Illinois; seven grandchildren; and an aunt, Lynn Kinder, of Amsterdam, New York.
He was preceded in died Monday morning, June 7, 2004 at his home.
He was married Jane Hickam who survives of the home.
Mr. Kelley was a member of the Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church, Moose Lodge #1494 and the Democrat Breakfast Club. He liked going to drink coffee at Best Western and Pit Stop, playing cards, visiting with friends and was a big St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan.
Survivors include his wife, Jane Kelley of the home; two daughters, Jenny Kelley, Kansas City; Nicki Kelley of the home, three brothers, Jerry Kelley, Sedalia; John Kelley, Kansas City; Jim Kelley, Hermitage; two sisters, Delores Fletcher, Kansas City, Missouri and Colleen Riggs, Independence, Missouri.
He was preceded in Cemetery.
Moose Lodge services will be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday with the visitation to follow until 8:30 p.m.
The family suggests contributions to Pleasant Hill Church or Cemetery.
