Jerry D. O’Neill, 85, of Liberty, died Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at North Kansas City Hospital.

Graveside services with military honors will be at 1:00 P.M. Thursday, June 1, 2023 at Slater City Cemetery, with Rev. Paul List officiating. Visitation will be from 12:00 until 12:45 Thursday at Weiker Funeral Home in Slater.  Memorials are suggested to the Saline Animal League.

He was born July 8, 1937 in Kansas City, Kansas.  On January 6, 1986 in Gladstone, he married Donna A. Francis, and she survives of the home.

Also surviving are two daughters, Vicki Stephens and her husband Mike of Shawnee, Kansas, and Diane Keller and her husband Bob of Shawnee, Kansas; six grandchildren, Kenzie Stephens, Shelby Stephens, Shae Stephens, Olivia Keller, Morgan Keller, and Jacob Keller; and a sister, Sue Mock of Independence, Missouri.

Mr. O’Neill was a U.S. Navy veteran, and retired in 1997 from the FAA as an air traffic controller after more than thirty years of service.