Harold Pilcher

Kansas City North Veterinarian, Dr. Harold Wayne Pilcher, Lt. Colonel, USA, Ret., died  July 25, 2011.   He was born August 3, 1922 in Gilman City, Missouri to Jesse and Eliza Pilcher and spent his early days on the family farm near Bethany, Missouri.  He was preceded in death by his former wife, Ruth Pilcher.  He is survived by his daughter, Janet Johnson and her husband Doug of Kansas City, his son, Tom Pilcher and his wife Nancy of Tulsa, OK, his sisters, Bertha Parker of Bethany and Zoellen Armour of Kansas City, sister-in-law, Hattie Mae Pilcher of Hope, KS, five grand children (Nick (Alba), Brett and Tim Pilcher, Lauren Ryan (Sean) and Brian Wonderly), and four great-grandchildren. During World War II, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant, artillery forward observer in Battery B, 308th Field Artillery Battalion, of the 78th Infantry Division.  He completed his service and was promoted to 1st Lieutenant before returning to the U.S. where he then entered the Army Reserve.  He graduated from the U.S. Command and General Staff School after the war and served in the Reserves for 27 years when he retired as a Lt. Colonel.After returning from the war, he continued with his education at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where he received a Bachelors Degree in Agriculture and went on to graduate in the first graduating class of the University Of Missouri Veterinary School Of Medicine in 1950.  Upon graduation, he moved to the Kansas City North area where he established a veterinary practice.  He built the Pilcher Animal Hospital in 1958 and practiced small animal medicine there until he sold the practice in 1984.  In addition to a full time career as a veterinarian, he also enjoyed his favorite hobby of raising registered Black Angus cattle.  After he retired, from veterinary practice, he established Lakeview Angus Farms near Gallatin, Missouri and bred Angus cattle until he dispersed his cattle herd in 2006. He was a member of Alpha Gamma Sigma Fraternity and the Gamma Delta Sigma Honorary Society of Agriculture at the University of Missouri. He served on various professional, community and church boards and committees.Visitation will be on Thursday,July 28 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Mount Moriah Terrace Park Funeral Home.  Funeral service is 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 29 at the funeral home. Burial with military honors will follow at 1:30 p.m. in Leavenworth National Military Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas.  The family sincerely thanks the caregivers and health professionals from the Galway Home and Crossroads Hospice Service for their loving care and companionship during his time there.  In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations are made to Crossroads Hospice, Gashland Methodist Church 7715 N. Oak Trafficway, Kansas City MO 64118 or the Honor Flight of Kansas City C/O Kendallwood Hills Estate, 8559 N. Line Creek Parkway, Kansas City, MO  64154.Arrangements under the direction of Mount Moriah Terrace Park Funeral Home; 801 N.W. 108th Street; Kansas City, Missouri (816) 734-5500

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