JAMES LOUIS GREENE, SR.

JAMES LOUIS GREENE SR., 79, OF INDEPENDENCE, MO., WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD ON MARCH 11, 2018. HE WAS BORN FEBRUARY 20, 1939 IN KANSAS CITY, MO.  HE WAS LIFELONG KANSAS CITY RESIDENT. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY IN FORT HOOD, TX. FROM 1961 TO 1963.  HE WAS THE OWNER OF WILD CHILDS CUSTOM SHOP IN WHICH HE OPENED IN 1965. HE RETIRED HIS BUSINESS IN 2007.  HE WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST AND CUSTOM CAR & MOTORCYCLE DESIGNER WHO RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS FOR HIS WORK.  HE WAS AN ORIGINAL MASTER IN HIS FIELD.  HE WAS AN AVID KANSAS CITY CHIEFS FAN. HE LOVED HIS FAMILY.  HIS FAMILY WILL MISS HIS PRESENCE ON THIS EARTH, BUT ARE COMFORTED IN KNOWING HE IS WITH THE LORD.

 HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, OREN AND LUCILLE GREENE OF INDEPENDENCE, MO.  SURVIVORS INCLUDE HIS SISTER, BETTY JEAN GARCIA YURAN OF INDEPENDENCE, MO., HIS SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW, JAMES L AND CONNIE GREENE JR. OF LAWSON, MO., HIS DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW, JACKIE AND RICHARD VOCHATZER OF HOLDEN, MO., HIS DAUGHTER JOLEEN GREENE OF AZ, HIS DAUGHTER STEPHANIE GREENE AND SON JUSTIN GREENE, 8 GRANDCHILDREN, JAMES, JASON, JOSHUA, ALEC, NIA, ALI, LUCA AND HUGO AND 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN INGRID, ANABELLE AND JAMES.

VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT 9:OO AM ON FRIDAY MARCH 16, 2018 AT HEARTLAND CREMATION AND BURIAL SOCIETY IN RAYTOWN, MO., FOLLOWED BY A MEMORIAL SERVICE AT 10:00 AM.  HONORARY SERVICES AT MISSOURI VETERANS CEMETARY IN HIGGINSVILLE , MO. TO BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE. MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE SUGGESTED TO ST. JUDE CHILDREN’S RESEARCH HOSPITAL.