Harold Louis Czar

Harold was born in Higginsville, Missouri to Paul Louis Czar and Mabel Irene Getz Czar. Harold and his family moved to Kansas City in 1945 and he is a 1956 graduate of Northeast high school.

Harold attended Kansas City Business College and entered the workforce as a draftsman at the age of 19, working for the Missouri highway department. He spent the bulk of his career in heavy construction management, retiring from Overland Park-based, Black and Veatch in 2004. Although he worked throughout the United States and internationally, he always regarded the time he and his wife Audrey spent working in Australia as a “chance of a lifetime!”

Harold is preceded in death by his parents, his brother Donald Charles Czar, his stepson Grant Hackley, his stepdaughter Rena Hackley-Long, his grandson Jordan Leake, his grandson Noah Leake.

Harold is survived by his wife Audrey Jennings Czar, His sons Lamont “Butch” Czar and daughter-in-law Patricia, Christopher Czar and daughter-in-law Staci, his daughter Michelle Leake and son-in-law Anthony, his sisters Marjorie Gieseke of Blue Springs, Missouri, and Barbara Reed of Longmont, Colorado. He’s also survived by his grandchildren Paul, Mary (McGovern) , Patrick, Sarah, Emily, Daniel, and Anthony Czar, Abbie and Emma Czar, Christian, Micah, Rachel, Grace, Lydia, Gideon, Joel, Ruth, Nathanael, Abel, Rebekah and Emmaus Leake.

Harold was also honored to be known as a step grandfather and a great grandfather of "13". He was a gifted wood worker and master builder and worked with his hands all the days of his life.