Louis “Lou” Emil Bockelman

Louis “Lou” Emil Bockelman, 93, of Warrensburg, Missouri, passed away on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at Lee’s Summit Medical Center in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 AM on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at Park Lawn Funeral Home, 8251 Hillcrest Rd, Kansas City, MO 64138. A visitation will be from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM prior to the service. The burial will follow in Green Lawn Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri. In lieu of flowers, memorials and contributions are suggested to Samaritan’s Purse (www.samaritanspurse.org).

Louis was born on January 3, 1929 to Louis Henry and Hulda Bockelman in Great Bend, Kansas. By the time he was school age, they purchased a farm in Higginsville, Missouri to be near Louis Henry’s parents. The family attended St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Concordia, Missouri.

At the age of 17, Louis enlisted in the U.S. Navy, which had him traveling around the world. After his two years of service, he decided that he would return to his home in Higginsville.

In 1950 in Higginsville, Lou married VanDella Luedders, a church secretary at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Higginsville. They had three girls. Lou and Van purchased a farm in Higginsville near his parent’s farm. In 1958, the family sold the farm and moved to Kansas City, where Lou had found work at the Leed’s Chevrolet Plant. He worked there until he retired. He spent his retirement years serving and helping other people as he saw their needs.

Lou served as a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather for his remaining years. He is preceded in death by his wife, Van; his parents; and his brothers and sisters, Verna, Loretta, Lorenz, Juanita, and Mark. He is survived by his brother, Mel Bockelman; his sister, Naomi Foster; children, Vicki Maynard, Angela Zuehsow, and Conni Burks; five grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren. We will all dearly miss him, but we rejoice that he is now in Heaven with Jesus.

Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 AM on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 at Park Lawn Funeral Home, 8251 Hillcrest Rd, Kansas City, MO 64138. A visitation will be from 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM prior to the service. The burial will follow in Green Lawn Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri. In lieu of flowers, memorials and contributions are suggested to Samaritan’s Purse