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Timothy Peter Kimsey, 64, Independence, MO passed away Aug. 22, 2007. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 am, Monday, Aug. 27, 2007 at St. Mark's Catholic Church in Independence; interment at White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be 3-5 pm, Sunday at Speaks Suburban Chapel. The family requests contributions to City Union Mission, Christ United Methodist Church, St. Mark's Catholic Church or the American Cancer Society. Tim was born Dec. 20, 1942 in Boise, ID to Orville Fredrick Kimsey and Helen Marie (Schmitt) Kimsey. He graduated from Rockhurst High School in 1959 and then earned a BS in Mathematics and Physics from Regis College in Denver, CO in 1963. Tim was the owner and President of Kim Supply, Inc., a car wash manufacturing and distribution company since 1977. He served on the Board of the National Car Wash Council and a member of the International Car Wash Association, where he was a guest speaker at conventions. He was a member of the Kansas City Club where he served on the Board of Directors, a Past President of the 611 Club (an organization within the Kansas City Club), a founding member of the Junior Club of the Kansas City Club, Past President of the Tomasha Homeowners Association and had served on the Storm Water Advisory Board for the City of Independence. Tim was an avid skier and a past member of the Kansas City Ski Club. He loved to dream and invent, he holds the patents to two medical devices. He loved to travel and traveled extensively worldwide. Tim was preceded in death by his father and mother. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Linda Kimsey, of the home; mother-in-law Lorine Grantham, Kansas City, MO; in-laws Dwight and Elaine Grantham, Atlantic, IA; LaVergne and Mary Pabian, Columbus, OH; eight nieces and nephews; five great-nieces and nephews and many friends, family and business associates. (Arrangements: Speaks Suburban Chapel. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.speakschapel.com).
Published in the Kansas City Star on 8/23/2007.

Tim Kimsey, Fallen Brother

Tim Kimsey was taken from us a few days ago, felled by a terminal disease. The legacy of his help and support to the gun rights movement, particularly that which he lent to a younger WMSA, vitiates his memory and ensure that his spirit will help us in our struggle.

Tim was with WMSA in the earlier days, during that dark period of Clinton's reign. While some of us were busy fighting the political hucksters who were coming for our guns – and the media, which spoke on their behalf - others of us were joining militias, burying guns, pamphleteering, stockpiling guns and ammo and provisions, and working jointly with other groups around the nation against the confiscation orders which we assumed would be coming any day now. Tim and Linda Kimsey came on board WMSA at that time, Linda as a Director and Officer and Tim as member and supporter. Between them, they calmly helped steer us through those troublesome days. Their experience in practical politics and the hands-on business savvy that comes with owning and operating a successful business helped keep us grounded and pointed in the right direction. Many gun rights groups fractured and splintered under the pressure of the unremitting and virulent assault aimed at us by the anti-rights Clinton Administration and their cohorts in media, academia, politics, and law, but Tim and Linda helped keelp us focused on the prize and we are stronger and better for it.

Every gun rights supporter – those new to the game and the veterans, all - owes a debt of gratitude to these fine people.

To Tim – you were 64, young for your age, and much too young to die.

We are proud to have known you.

To the beautiful Linda – you will be in our prayers. We were proud of him, too.