Dale Kays

Dale Freeman Kays, 73, of Maysville, Missouri passed away September 24, 2018. Memorial services will be held at 2:00-4:00pm on Friday, September 28, 2018 at Heartland Cremation & Burial Society 6113 Blue Ridge Blvd Raytown, MO 64133. Born in the small town of Barnett Mo Dale grew into a car loving teen. He hustled to buy his own vehicles and taught himself how to fix them up and make them go fast. He had a true gift of fixing anything either the right way or the cheap way. Dale was drafted in 1968 shortly after marrying Karen. He was sent to Texas to train as a medic and later shipped to Japan. Karen later joined him in Japan and their first son Darren was born. Dale and his family returned State side in 1970 and later completed his family with a son Ty and a daughter Rachel. Dale gave himself to the Lord and devoted himself to the church. Dale helped build the Tri City Christian School. He was the Sunday School bus driver as well as the mechanic. He would often buy the kids ice cream and encourage them to return the following Sunday. Dale shared the love of God with everyone so they would also know that love. Around 1978 Dale moved his family to 28 acres in Eldon Mo. His dream to build a home on that property. After some time of living in a camper, he did complete a version of that home. He did most of all the work himself. In 1984 the family moved back to the Kansas City area. Dale spent some years finishing concrete beside his dad Casey. Dale did not like being told what to do so he found it fitting to work for himself often. Concrete Finisher, car mechanic, painting cars, laying Rock the man could do it all. Dale spent some of his life as an alcoholic which led to his liver issues in the end. In March of 2016 Dale completed a program starting his sobriety and stuck to being sober until the end. His family was proud and grateful. He explained to his granddaughter not to be sad, it is better on the other side. He knew the Lord. When asked if he was ready, Dale would always say that he is like pork and beans, always ready. Even though he was not ready to leave us, we know his soul was ready to meet Jesus. After 3 weeks in the hospital Dale was able to come home and be with his family. It was a bitter sweet end with his daughter holding his hand and talking to him until his last breath.