Below is an e-mail received from a former D.A.R.E. student about Officer Kenneth Briggs.
Officer Kenneth Briggs
was a D.A.R.E. Officer in Kansas City, Ks. before they cut the program from schools there. My brother, sister and I looked up to him and none of us
ever touched a drug in our lives. I think he was a big part of that and I wanted his family to know how important the work he did was to a lot of young people. I
am 23 and we are all grown now, but still thought of him often through the
years.
Kenneth M. Briggs
Kenneth M. Briggs, 55, of Overland Park,
Kan., passed away February 15, 2009, at St. Luke's South Hospital.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at Maple Hill
Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, at the
funeral home. Kenneth retired in 2004 from the Kansas City, Kan.,
Police Department after 32 years of service. Survivors include wife,
Ruth DiSilvestro; daughters, Amanda Briggs and Kimberly Mortenson;
sisters, Teresa Roberts and Vicki Benson; grandson, Jove Mortenson.
Arr.: Maple Hill Funeral Home, (913) 831- 3345.
Thank you for your years of service, Rest in peace brother.
