Visitation will be at 9 am on Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at Floral Hills Funeral Home 7000 Blue Ridge Blvd. Kansas City, MO with Funeral Services to follow at 10 am. Donations could be sent to St Luke’s Hospice
Barbra was born on March 13, 1932 in Kansas Ctiy, KS. She was the 4th of 6 children. During her lifetime she worked as a waitress, managed a tax office for Beneficial Finance, and worked on the line at Calmar Plastics in Lee’s Summit, MO.
She loved dancing, fishing, camping, sewing, knitting crocheting and swimming. You could often find her and her husband Roy napping in the pool during the summer months. She spent many years crafting embroidery floss flowers as well as crocheting lap robes for Hospice patients.
She was preceded in death by an infant son, Christopher Engelmohr, step-father Earl Custead, father Olin S. Vinyard, brother Elmo L. Vinyard, husband Leo J. Lueckenhoff, mother Colleen M. Custead, brother Olin C. Vinyard, husband Vernon J. May, sister Velda L. Maxwell, grandson Matthew J. Engelmohr, grandson Jeremy F. Engelmohr, son Ronald E. Engelmohr.
Survivors include her husband Vernon L. (Roy) Runyon of the home; son Gary (Sara) Engelmohr -Walsenburg, CO; Daughter Janie (David) Gates - Independence, MO; Jennifer Keeth -Valdosta, GA; brother Bill (Gloria) Vinyard - Independence, MO; brother Buster (Rosalie) Vinyard - Circleville, OH; stepson Bill (Rennetta) Lueckenhoff - Holts Summit, MO; stepson Curtis (Mary) Speedy-Romeoville, IL; stepson Tim (Theresa) Runyon - Buckner, MO; Multiple grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
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