Kate Spade's funeral to be held in birthplace of Kansas City, father says

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A funeral will be held for fashion designer Kate Spade this week in Kansas City, where she was born.

The Kansas City Star reported services for Spade are planned for 3 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Redemptorist Church. Her father, Frank Brosnahan, said it's the same church where Spade's grandparents wed.

Spade was found dead by suicide June 5 in her New York City home. She was 55 and had a teenage daughter and husband.

Spade was working as an accessories editor at Mademoiselle magazine when she launched her company with husband Andy Spade in 1993.

In lieu of flowers, the family has asked for donations to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or a Kansas City animal shelter.