D.W. GILMORE, FORMER STATE SENATOR AND JUDGE, DIES AT 81

KANSAS CITY - D.W. Gilmore, a former state senator, circuit court judge and prosecuting attorney in Southeast Missouri died Monday, Aug. 2, 1993. Gilmore, 81, of Kansas City, died at the Research Medical Center in Kansas City.

Gilmore served as prosecuting attorney in Scott County from 1947-48, and served in the Missouri Senate from 1949 to 1951.

He was appointed circuit judge of the 28th circuit, which served Cape Girardeau, Scott and Mississippi Counties from 1952-55.

He was born Dec. 25, 1911 in East Prairie to Ernest and Maude Grissom Gilmore.

In 1933, he married Dorothy DeField. She preceded him in death.

Survivors include: two sons, Theodore E. Gilmore of Stanley, Kan. and Webb R. Gilmore of Kansas City, Mo.; one brother, G. Weber Gilmore of Benton, Ky.; one sister, Ernestine Wright of Cape Coral, Fla.; 13 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sons, one daughter, one brother and one sister.

Friends may call at noon Wednesday at the Mount Moriah Funeral Home in Kansas City, where services will be conducted at 1 p.m. in the Mount Moriah Freeman Chapel. Burial will follow in the Mount Moriah Cemetery.

He was educated at East Prairie High School, the U.S. Naval Academy, and the University of Missouri. He graduated from Washburn University Law School in 1938, and entered the practice of law. He was admitted to the bar in Missouri, Kansas and Washington D.C.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1941-45 as a commander.

He was employed by Kansas City Life Insurance Company from 1955 until his retirement in 1977. During his tenure, he served as general counsel, senior vice president and director of the company.

He was active in banking, serving on numerous bank boards throughout Missouri.

He was a member of the board of trustees of the University of Missouri in Kansas City, a member of the Board of Regents of Rockhurst College in Kansas City; and a member of the Board of Trustees of the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation.

He was a director and president of the Kansas City crime commission and vice president of the Kansas City board of police commissioners. He was a member of the Missouri Election Commission. He was president of the Young Democrats of Missouri from 1949-50, and president of the Young Democrats of America from 1950-51. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, Shrine and Jesters in Kansas City.

Arrangements were announced locally by Nunnelee Funeral Chapel.