Don A. Sousley

DON A. SOUSLEY

Don A. Sousley was born January 21, 1932 in Linn County, Missouri and departed this life on June 5, 2025 in Pleasant Hill, Missouri at the age of 93 years.  Don was surrounded by the love of family at his home when he passed.  Don was the final surviving child of the 13 children born to Logan O. and Emma (Walls) Sousley.

When Don was very young, the Sousley family moved to Versailles, Missouri where he attended school. As a kid, Don would work as a farmhand to help support the family due to losing his father at a very young age.  Often he would have to ride the train to and from different farms for this work. Don gave the money to his mother to help support her and his 12 siblings. Don left Versailles in 1949 and moved to Kansas City for more employment opportunities and maintained a vigorous work ethic his entire life. 

Don worked full time as a truck driver, and a member of Teamsters Local #955, for most of his adult life.  Don also routinely worked a second job in the afternoons and evenings. He retired from truck driving in 1984. After this retirement, Don worked full time for several years with his wife, Shirley, at the store they owned and operated, G & M Grocery.

An active outdoorsman, Don was passionate about bird hunting and gardening, often bragging on his tomato plants to other gardeners and sharing the superb tomatoes with friends. Don loved baseball and was an avid Kansas City Royals fan, watching every game he could find on TV and listening to the others on the radio. Also a big fan of basketball, Don was often seen at the Pleasant Hill Roosters and Chicks basketball games.  Don greatly enjoyed watching his grandchildren, great-grandchildren, other family members, and anyone else he knew play sports. 

Don loved living in the Wingate Community where his neighbors became like family to him. He was a member of the Kingsville Baptist Church where he was very fond of his church family.  Don will be remembered as someone who was always laughing, having fun and enjoying life. 

Don was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley A. Sousley; son, Donald Eugene “Donnie” Sousley; grandson, Donnie Jeffery Sousley; six brothers and six sisters. He is survived by two daughters, Becky Clutter and husband Tim of Cleveland, Missouri, and Karen Couts and husband David of Whiteside, Missouri; one step-son, Art Skeens and wife Charlotte of Lee’s Summit, Missouri; two step-daughters, Jeanne Bell and husband Jim of Olathe, Kansas, and Danna Ross and husband Mike of North Carolina; six grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; two step-great-grandchildren; nieces, nephews, other relatives and many, many friends.

The family of Don A. Sousley will receive friends from 11:00 A.M.-12:00 Noon Thursday, June 12, 2025 at the Wallace Funeral Home. Funeral Service will follow at 12:00 Noon with Rev. Tim Casteel officiating. Casket Bearers will be James Clutter, Samuel Dalrymple, Mason Street, Logan Dalrymple, Evan Utterback and Jordan Skeens. Interment will be in the Staley Mound Cemetery.