Visitation Scheduled For Victim Of OP Plane Crash
5 People Died Friday When Plane Crashed Shortly After Takeoff
POSTED: 7:41 am CST January 24,
2005
UPDATED: 10:45 am CST January 24,
2005
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A visitation service will be held Monday for one of the five victims killed in a plane crash Friday morning in Overland Park, Kan.
Kevin Holzer (pictured, left), 50, was a passenger in the plane headed for a Florida golf trip. The plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Johnson County Executive Airport.The plane crashed into the patio of a home in the 11600 block of West 148th Street.
Friends told KMBC that Holzer was an avid golfer who traveled the country. Holzer also loved his work, building a heating and air conditioning business from scratch.He is remembered as a man who worked hard and played hard."Go, go, go. You couldn't slow him down. You could tell him to slow down, but he wouldn't slow down," friend Jackie Rogers said.Holzer was a husband, father and grandfather.His visitation is at 4 p.m. at the Southwoods Christian Church on Metcalf Avenue. Holzer's funeral will be held at the same church Tuesday morning.Armour D. Stephenson Jr., 49, of Lee's Summit, Mo.; Shirley F. Stephenson, 46, of Lee's Summit; Lewis Bradley Smith, 73, of Kansas City, Mo.; and pilot James L. Kingston, 60, Stillwell, were also killed in the crash.Armour Stephenson III, 20, is one of four suriviving children now praying for guidance."I was crying, praying, like God, 'Let me know. Give me peace about this. Dad, just tell me what I need to do,'" Armour Stephenson III said.Armour Stephenson III is facing the task of burying both his parents. Armour and Shirley Stephenson (pictured, right) had preached the word of God inside Kansas City's Parkway Baptist Church for 10 years."I was laying there and on the inside I heard his voice plain as day say, 'Wait, wait on God. Just wait.' That's all we can do is wait and that brings tears to my eyes. But I was at peace and I was like, 'Thank you. Thank you,'" Armour Stephenson III said.Holly Hagen's father, Bradley Lewis Smith (pictured, left), 73, ran Ringo Onion Rings of Kansas City for 40 years.Her business partner, friend and dad was also once a professional baseball catching prospect.Pilot Jim Kingston was active in Angel Flight, volunteering his time and his plane to help others in need. Kingston had flown two dozen trips in the past two years alone.Holzer, Smith and Kingston were golfing buddies. Armour and Shirley Stephenson were getting a ride so they could go on a cruise in the Bahamas. They met the others for the first time Friday morning.The National Transportation Safety Board is looking into what happened. KMBC reported that it could take a year before the investigation is complete.
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