Kevin R. Kidwell, 42, Lee’s Summit, formerly of Independence, died Saturday, Sept. 26, 1998, in Kansas City.
Mr. Kidwell was born Sept. 19, 1956, in Independence, and was a lifelong area resident. He was a machine operator for the Jim Kidwell Construction Co., and a member of Local 101 of the Organized Labor/Operating Engineers. He was an Army veteran.

His survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, James Robert and Debra Kidwell, Independence; a daughter, Tia Nicole Kidwell, Lee`s Summit; three brothers, Jim Kidwell, Greenwood, Dennis Kidwell, Kingsville, and Russel Kidwell, Blue Springs; two sisters, Norma Bourne, Blue Springs, and Linda Kidwell, Lee`s Summit.

Services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at D.W. Newcomer`s Sons Noland Road Chapel. Burial will be in Mount Olive Cemetery, Kansas City. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 tonight at the chapel.