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Our staff is comprised of dedicated and licensed professionals with the experience to answer all your questions regarding our services. Please feel free to contact any of our staff members at any time.

Bridget Anaya
Bridget Anaya
General Manager/Funeral Director
Bridget Anaya
General Manager/Funeral Director

Bridget has been in the funeral service as a managing funeral director and embalmer in the Kansas City area since 1996.  A native of Coon Rapids, Iowa, she graduated from Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa, in 1994 with a degree in Accounting, and is also a 1995 graduate of the Mortuary Science program at KCKCC.   She has been married to her husband, John, since 2000 and they make their home in Shawnee with their two cats.  She enjoys reading, hiking, exercising, traveling, and volunteering in her spare time.


Bridget is passionate about helping others in their time of need and recognizes the importance of making every service meaningful.

Megan Breedlove
Megan Breedlove
Funeral Director
Megan Breedlove
Funeral Director

Megan joined the death care profession in 2018 as a Family Service Counselor, later being promoted to Funeral Director after completing her license in 2021. She is excited to be working for Longview Funeral Home & Cemetery as well as Terrace Park Funeral Home and Cemetery, helping and educating her hometown communities. Megan is grateful and honored for the opportunity to serve families who are struggling with loss as she aspires to continue making a difference in people's lives with her care and compassion. She met her loving husband in 2013 marrying him in 2016 gaining a full family with 3 stepsons. Megan is currently raising her family in Lee's Summit, MO where she was raised herself.


 

Megan has a strong presence in the community and volunteers for several local organizations. She is a member of the Lee’s Summit High School Music Parents and Booster Club, an Ambassador for the Grandview Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Lee’s Summit Chamber of Commerce with a focus with the military affairs committee and is Past President of the South Kansas City Rotary club. 


 

Megan Graduated from the University of Central Missouri in 2009 with her bachelor's degree in Hospitality Management. This is why she believes in bringing customer service as a priority in her profession and takes pride in honoring each family she serves with comfort and trust. Following this, she continued her education with Stratford Career institute getting a certificate in Funeral Service Administration to better help her understand her craft. She is currently enrolled in the Mortuary Science program at Arapahoe Community College to finish her education to become a licensed embalmer. 

Laura Solis
Laura Solis
Family Service Advisor
Laura Solis
Family Service Advisor

Laura, a California native, moved to Kansas in 2019 following her husband's enlistment in the Army. During their time at Fort Riley, she found her calling in the death care profession and has since devoted herself to assisting families in their time of grieving. She also aids families in making their own prearrangements. 

In her free time, Laura enjoys reading, playing video games with her son, having tea parties with her daughter, and watching movies with her husband. 

Miranda Walker
Miranda Walker
Care Center Manager
Miranda Walker
Care Center Manager

Miranda Walker graduated from Kansas City Kansas Community College, with a degree in Mortuary Science in 2017. Miranda has been a licensed cosmetologist since August 2003. She worked as a Makeup Artist, until deciding to further her education in 2011.


Born and raised in Emporia, Kansas she relocated to Pleasant Hill, Missouri twelve years ago, with her husband and two children. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, and friends. Her hobbies include camping; kayaking, traveling, and watching her children participate in sports.

Susan Morrison
Susan Morrison
Administrative Assistant
Susan Morrison
Administrative Assistant

Susan joined the Park Lawn Corporation as the Administrator for Longview Funeral Home and Cemetery in 2020.


She grew up in Topeka, Kansas and moved to the Kansas City Missouri area in 1988.


Susan has served on many different boards such as PTA, Altar and Rosary, Friends of Oak Grove and Freedom of Road Riders. She has over 20 years of experience as an administrator.


Susan is the mother of 5 and the grandmother of 10, so in her spare time she enjoys spending time with her oldest daughter and family who live nearby in Belton and traveling to see her other 4 children and 8 grandchildren who live in 4 different states. She also enjoys reading, bowling, photography and riding her Harley Davidson.

Barbara Holt
Barbara Holt
Family Service Manager
Barbara Holt
Family Service Manager

Jerry is an accomplished Insurance Executive with over a decade of experience in insurance operations, people management, project management, business development, and sales.  It was an easy transition to a Family Service Director to be able to help families with pre-planned funeral and cemetery policies.  Jerry has been in the Funeral Industry for over four years and has received several awards and recognition for helping families.  He enjoys the quiet small-town life of Lecompton KS where he calls home.  When not at work, he enjoys spending time with his family, coaching youth sports, wheeling off-road in his wife’s jeep and putting miles on his Harley Davidson.



Harlan Breedlove
Harlan Breedlove
Funeral Ambassador
Harlan Breedlove
Funeral Ambassador

Harlan Breedlove came on board with Longview Funeral Home & Cemetery in 2019. He was raised in Platte City, Missouri. He is raising his 3 boys in Lee’s Summit, MO with his Wife Megan.  He has worked in Customer care for over 13 years. 


He enjoys comic books, movies, and traveling with his family.

Crystal Kleyh
Crystal Kleyh
Funeral Ambassador
Crystal Kleyh
Funeral Ambassador

Pat graduated from the Loyola University of the South with a BA in Business Administration. She received the outstanding award for the female student in the School of Business in her Senior year. 


Pat married Bill Schumacher the year after her graduation. Once her children were born, she went back to school to work on her Master’s Degree in Education in Counseling.


Once she completed schooling, she had a varied career. She has taught in high school, technical level, and Johnson County Community College and has administrated a Federal Grant for the sheriff of Orleans Parish in New Orleans, Louisiana.


Pat joined the Family Service Counselors in February of 1990. She has enjoyed a long and fulfilling career assisting families in the Preneed Division as well as in the cemetery at Johnson County Memorial Gardens. While serving families, Pat has earned the highest award as Certified Service Professional on numerous occasions.


Pat has many interests. She loves her family and the care of her home and flower garden. Pat belongs to three bridge groups and has many friends. Pat is a Cure of Ars Catholic Church member and belongs to several groups within the Church.

Mary Kate Gilkey
Mary Kate Gilkey
Funeral Ambassador/Admin Assistant
Mary Kate Gilkey
Funeral Ambassador/Admin Assistant

Mary Kate was born in Saint Joseph, Mo, but was raised mainly in Boyle County, Kentucky. She joined our team in 2023 at Longview Funeral Home and Cemetery as well as Johnson County Funeral Chapel and Memorial Gardens. She has a certificate in Culinary Arts from Le Cordon Bleu, Saint Louis. She loves the funeral business and helping those who are grieving. Mary Kate attends Metropolitan Community College/Kansas City Kansas Community College, studying in Mortuary Science. She loves to read in her spare time and snuggle with her cat, Sriracha and dog, Scrappy.

Mark Snavely
Mark Snavely
Superintendent
Mark Snavely
Superintendent

Mark has been with Johnson County Memorial Gardens since August 2011. He is a Kansas City native and a graduate of NW Missouri State University with a degree in horticulture. He has worked in the grounds maintenance industry for 35 years. Hillcrest C.C., KCMO, and Arbormasters Tree and Landscape, Shawnee Kansas, serve as bookends to his 20yr stay as the Grounds Maintenance Superintendent with Quivira Falls Community Association, Overland Park.

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