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Name of Deceased: Georgia R SHORE [nee Rolls]

Newspaper: Kansas City Star

Submitters Name: Sally Rolls Pavia

Georgia R. Shore passed away Thursday, May 29, 2003, at the John Knox Care Center. She was born to William and Eliza (Lida) Rolls in Lone Jack, MO on  October 13, 1903. She graduated from Oak Grove High School and received her teacher certification from Central Missouri Teachers College at Warrensburg. She taught school prior to her marriage to Mark Shore on August 11, 1925. They lived and farmed in the Lone Jack and Pleasant Hill area during their 47 years of  marriage. Mr. Shore passed away on July 23, 1973. Georgia moved from the farm to Lee's Summit in 1980 and to John Knox Village where she lived for 19 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lee's Summit. Services will be held Tuesday, June 3, at the First Baptist Church of Lee's Summit, 1st and Douglas Streets. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. with Service following at 2 p.m. Burial will be in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Her survivors include her daughter, Pauline Hinck of Raytown, MO; two granddaughters, Cindy Bowman of Leawood, KS and Karen Kupersmith of Warrensburg, MO; two great-grandsons, Kyle and Tyler Kupersmith; and several nieces and nephews.
(Arrangements: Wallace Funeral Home,  Pleasant Hill, MO)

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Name of Deceased: George Walter STUBBS

Newspaper: Kansas City Times, dated 16 Dec 1942

Submitters Name: Sally Rolls Pavia

Obit: GEORGE W. STUBBS
For Fifty Years He Practiced Law -- Former Nebraska Judge

George W. STUBBS, 76, died yesterday at his home, 3319 the Paseo. He had been practicing for the last fifty years. He served as a district judge of the seventh judicial district in Nebraska from 1900 to 1904. He came to Kansas City in 1905. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Winifred C. STUBBS, of the home; four sons, Herbert G. STUBBS, Oakland, Calif.; Allan H. STUBBS, 5000 Euclid avenue; Donald C. STUBBS, 6523 Blue Ridge road; and Tom J. STUBBS, 5527 Holmes street; three daughters, Mrs. W. V. CREAVY, 1532 East Forty-ninth street; and Mrs. I. M. HELMEY and Mrs. J. F. GIER of Oklahoma City; three brothers, Dr. Ernest STUBBS and Dr. Claude STUBBS, Chillicothe, MO., and Schuyler STUBBS, Muskogee, Ok., and a sister, Mrs. Ray ROGERS, Los Angeles. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday at the Stine & McClure Funeral chapel.
Burial will be in Memorial Park cemetery.

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Name of Deceased: Donald G STUBBS

Newspaper: Kansas City Star on 11/8/2002

Submitters Name: Sally Rolls Pavia

Donald G. Stubbs, 71, retired lawyer and former Kansas City Council member, died November 4, 2002, 
at his home in Kansas City. He was born June 19, 1931, in Omaha, NE, but lived nearly all his life in Kansas City. 
A memorial service in celebration of his life will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, November 9, 2002, at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church,
4501 Walnut St. Cremation and private burial. 
The family will receive friends at the church following the service. In lieu of flowers, they suggest contributions to Coro Kansas City, 
1010 W. 39th St., Kansas City, MO 64111. Don was married to the former Karen Kirtley in 1959. They had a son and two daughters.
Don was the son of Helen Stubbs Snyder of Sun City, AZ, and the late Judge Tom J. Stubbs. His mother was the first woman to serve
as president of the Kansas City School Board. Don attended Rockhurst High School and graduated from Southwest High School. 
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1952 and his J.D. degree from the
University of Missouri School of Law in 1954. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Order of the Coif and Phi Delta Phi. From 1967 to 1971,
he served on the Kansas City Council and the Metropolitan Planning Commission, of which he served as chairman in 1971, when it became known 
as MARC. He served on the Jackson County Board of Equalization, 1973-74.
He was admitted to the bars of Missouri and Illinois and the U.S. Supreme Court. Don was a member of the Missouri and Illinois State Bar 
Associations and the Lawyers Association of Kansas City. A man with a creative mind and many interests, Don loved to travel and spoke three languages. 
He relished good food and wine and was an accomplished cook, turning out everything from Coquille St. Jacques to 
chili in his own kitchen. A lover of music, he built a harpsichord, which he played in addition to the organ and piano. He sang with several community 
choruses. He loved classical music and spent many happy summers with friends at the Aspen Music Festival. Until recently, he was a longtime member of the 
Carriage Club. Besides his wife and his mother, survivors include his son, David Kirtley Stubbs and his wife, Janeen, and their children, Allison Marie and 
Daniel Alan, all of Littleton, CO; his daughter, Laura Culbertson Stubbs of Delaplane, VA; another daughter, Julie Ann Stubbs Waldman; her twin sons,
Jacob Kirtley and Benjamin Stubbs, and her daughter, Sarah Nickell, all of Harvard, MA; his brothers, Robert T. Stubbs and his wife, Bette,
of Moneta, VA,  and James S. Stubbs of Kansas City; and several nieces and nephews. (Arrangements: Speaks Suburban Chapel) 
Published in the Kansas City Star on 11/8/200

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