Josephine M Byrne

JOSEPHINE MAYBELL HALEY BYRNE Josephine Maybell Haley Byrne, 90, of Raytown, Missouri, died December 4, 2015, at John Knox Village. Visitation will be from 6-8 PM Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015 at Floral Hills Funeral Home. Funeral services will be at 10 AM Friday, Dec. 11 at the funeral home with burial in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens. Contributions are requested to the Humane Society or to H.A.V.A. Josephine was born March 29, 1925, notoriously, in a Kansas City, Missouri Police paddy wagon to John E. Haley Sr. and Mabel P. Haley. Mrs. Byrne was a lifelong resident of Kansas City, residing in Raytown her whole life. She was a member of Local 218 Bakery & Confectionery Workers, served at TWA as Supervisor of Reservations for twenty-six years, and worked as a Sales Associate at The Jones Store. She volunteered at Park Lane Hospital as a “Happy Hoofer” and was a member of the Red Hat Association. Josephine was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Vincent Byrne Sr., her two sons, Joseph Vincent Byrne Jr. and John William Byrne Sr., and her siblings John Haley, Jessie Brown, Tommy Haley, and Donald Haley. She is survived by her daughter-in-law, Jayne L. (Byrne) Dougan; her grandchildren, John W. Byrne Jr. and wife Cassie, Jennifer Eileen Byrne, Joseph Vincent Byrne III, Jared Warren Byrne and wife Megan, and Michael Patrick Byrne; and rounding out “GG’s darlings,” her great-grandchildren, Riyah Josephine Byrne, Leo Warren Byrne, and John William Byrne III. Josephine was loved by all and welcomed all into her home and into her life. She was affectionately an eternal matriarch for so many. She was always moving and didn’t slow down long enough for life to ever get her down. Josephine has just as many people greeting her in Heaven, as those holding her hand on Earth. Her legacy lives on and will echo through eternity.