Meade, Everett A. 1945-2025 St. Joseph, Mo.

Everett Allen Meade, 80, of St. Joseph, passed away Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, in St. Joseph. He was born July 6, 1945, in Pattonsburg, Missouri, son of the late, Vera and Kenneth Meade.

He graduated from Benton High School in 1963. He served in the Army and is a veteran of the Vietnam War. He worked as a truck driver and at Altec Industries as an assembly worker for many years.

Everett enjoyed to hunt, fish, play cards, and loved football. He was a Chiefs fan for life. He liked giving his wife a hard time and would tear things apart with his step dad and never put them back together, because who needs an instruction manual?

Everett was preceded in death by his parents; step-dad, Gordon Root; son, Anthony “Tony” Thomas Meade; brothers, Roger Meade and Joe Meade; and his maternal and paternal grandparents.

Survivors include wife, Connie Meade, of the home; daughter, Elizabeth (Keoki) Kaahea; son, Kenneth (Jessica) Meade, of Vanceborough, North Carolina; grandchildren, Shelby, Kyrie, CeciliaJean, Everett, Kayla (Isha), and Kenneth Jr.; and great-grandson, Mahalo.

The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, at Rupp Funeral Home. Funeral services and public live stream 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, at Rupp Funeral Home.

Online condolences, obituary and public live stream at www.ruppfuneral.com. As published in the St. Joseph News-Press.