SPALDING OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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SPALDING, Gayle Eugene 1910 - 2000

Kansas City Star, Jan 16 2000 - Gayle Eugene Spalding, Lake Tapawingo, MO, 
(formerly of Windsor, MO), made his transition on January 10, 2000, at Baptist 
Memorial Hospital. His body was donated for research at the University of Kansas 
Medical Center and he will be cremated. A celebration of Gayle's life will be held 
at 7 p.m. Monday, January 17, at the Lake Tapawingo Clubhouse, and at 7 p.m. 
Tuesday, January 18, at the Christian Church in Windsor, MO. The family suggests 
memorial contributions be made in Gayle's name to Children's Mercy Hospital, or 
an organization of choice. Gayle was born in Eugene, MO, on November 18, 1910. 
He was the son of James T. and Nellie Spalding. James T. Spalding and his family 
were skilled in masonry and constructed a large part of the town of Eugene. The 
family moved to the town of Windsor in 1919, where Gayle excelled in sports 
during his high school days. He was captain and co-captain of his basketball team 
during the years the Greyhounds won the state championship. He was also a 
multiple track and field star. Gayle was a United States Navy veteran of WWII, 
serving aboard a Landing Craft Support Large in the Pacific Arena. He was present 
at the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima. He is mentioned in the book, "Dolly Five: A 
Memoir of the Pacific War", as being blessed with a generous streak of 
creativity. He was a multi-talented and artistic man, with skills in watch 
making, masonry, carpentry, and all areas of construction. He loved hunting, 
fishing, round dancing, and square dancing. In his retirement years he spent many 
hours waltzing and square dancing with his wife. Gayle had two brothers who 
predeceased him, Herbert Spalding of Raytown, MO, and Raymond Spalding of 
Windsor, MO. He has three surviving sisters, Edith Johnson, Helen Wooldridge, and 
Billie White, all of Windsor, MO, plus many nieces and nephews. Gayle leaves his 
wife of 65 years, Mary A. (Mickey) Spalding; and his son, Jeffrey A. Spalding, both 
of residences at Lake Tapawingo, MO. He was loved and admired by all who knew 
him.

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