David E. Shiveley

Friday, December 7, 2018, at the age of 57 years and two months. He was

the youngest of five sons born to E. Benton and Dolores M. Shiveley on

October 7, 1961, at Monett, MO. His younger years were spent on a farm

in Newton County, MO, later moving with his family to Cassville, MO, then

to Crane, MO.

David graduated with the class of 1979 from Crane High School and from

Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO in 1984. After

graduation he moved to Kansas City, MO where he held several positions

at the Circuit Court of Jackson County starting as Purchasing Agent

advancing to Supervisor of Support Services until 1994, when he joined

Kansas City’s Lockton Companies telecommunication and IT team. About

ten years ago he was promoted to Lockton’s Communications Vice

President position, which he held at the time of his death. He was an

active member of the Second Presbyterian Church at Brookside in Kansas

City. David was an avid collector of lion memorabilia and an ardent animal

lover which included his in-house feline companions, he lovingly referred

to as “the boys.”

He is preceded in death by his father, E. Benton Shiveley; paternal

grandparents, E.P. and LaVerne (Kennedy) Shiveley and maternal

grandparents, Will J. And Tillie (Haak) Bokker. Survivors include his

mother Dolores Shiveley, Crane, MO; four brothers and their wives, Bill and

Dianne Shiveley, Cassville, MO; Terry and Brenda Shiveley, Aurora, MO;

Roger and Linda Shiveley, Battlefield, MO and Chuck and Karla Shiveley,

Marionville, MO; ten nephews and nieces; one uncle, Hugh Shiveley, Blue

Springs, MO; special friends, Millie Crossland, California, MO and Mark

Hash, Kansas City, MO and childhood friend, the Rev. Julia Wiley,

Armadale, Scotland and former pastor/friends the Rev. Dr. Martin and Jane

Stokes, Clover, South Carolina, plus a host of other relatives and friends.

Services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, December 14 at Second

Presbyterian Church, 55th St. and Brookside, Kansas City, MO. A private

family memorial service will be held at Crane Presbyterian Church, Crane,

MO at a later date. The family suggested that in David’s memory,

Memorial Contributions can be made to Second Presbyterian Church,

Kansas City, the American Diabetes Association.