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Our Valued Staff


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.

Philip J. Zehms
Philip J. Zehms
General Manager
Philip J. Zehms
General Manager

Phil has been in Funeral Service since 1998 and has had a variety of experiences in Pre-Arranged and Immediate Need Funeral and Cemetery Services including burial and cremation services as well as Pet Services. Phil focuses on tailoring the services to meet the family's financial and service needs in all areas. His favorite part of funeral service is getting to meet so many interesting people and helping them create services that reflect a life well lived.


Phil earned two bachelor's degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia (Go Tigers!!) and is a licensed Funeral Director in both Ohio and Missouri. Phil is a Certified Funeral Celebrant, he earned his cremation certification from the Cremation Association of North America (CANA) and Matthews Cremation; and is a member of other professional organizations including the Associated Cemeteries of Missouri (ACM); where he serves as Secretary, National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) and the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association (ICCFA); graduating from the ICCFA University in 2018 and is a past member of the Pet Loss Professional Alliance (PLPA).


Phil is originally from St. Louis, Missouri area. He moved to Kansas City in 2014; he is an avid volunteer spending a great deal of time with the Gladstone Rotary Club, serving as the Club President from 2017-2018; an active member of both the Smithville and the Northland Chambers of commerce, the Northland Breakfast Club; and a variety of other activities during the year. He especially enjoys using his skills as an Emcee to enhance any event. Phil enjoys reading, running, and playing golf when he is not working or volunteering.

Brinkley Grado
Brinkley Grado
Funeral Director
Brinkley Grado
Funeral Director

Brinkley moved from her hometown of Wichita, KS in 2012 to Kansas City to pursue her career in the funeral industry. She is a Kansas licensed Asst. Funeral Director and earned her Missouri Funeral Director license in 2019. Outside of work Brinkley enjoys spending time with her family, playing tennis, hiking, and traveling.

Devyn Bailey
Devyn Bailey
Funeral Director
Devyn Bailey
Funeral Director

Devyn has been in funeral service as a funeral director and embalmer since 2016, serving communities such as, Kearney, Lawson, Excelsior Springs, and her hometown of St. Joseph, MO.


She was born and raised in St. Joseph and Savannah, MO, graduating from Savannah High School in 2015. She then became a graduate of the Mortuary Science program at KCKCC. Following this, she began her journey in the funeral industry.


The funeral business has been her top priority and she believes that God has blessed her to help those in need during a time of grief. She believes in treating every family with compassion and integrity and will always do her best to help families navigate through the loss of their loved ones. As well as the funeral business, Devyn has a love for fitness and hopes to become a Personal Trainer soon. She has competed in her first competition and hopes to continue on to help others learn more about health and fitness.

Pam Lucito
Pam Lucito
Office Manager
Pam Lucito
Office Manager

Pamela J Lucito was born and raised in Kansas City, MO, the oldest of four children. She attended Ruskin High School and graduated in 1978. She left the area for about 6 years and traveled to the United States. When she came back to Missouri she went to work for DW Newcomer’s at Brush Creek and Paseo in May of 1984. She transferred to Floral Hills in 1987 and became the office manager for that location in 2005. In 2013 she transferred to Johnson County as the office manager. She transferred to Terrace Park in 2015.


Pam has been able to grow and learn a lot during her 32 years with the company. She has seen lots of changes, but has thought of those as learning opportunities. One of the changes that she has seen was using a computer to do all of her work and learning all of the different programs that were offered to make her work much easier, instead of doing everything by hand. However, the biggest change she has seen are the type of services we can offer to our families. We can personalize the families service to almost anything they want to be able to remember their loved one.


During the same 32 years, she has raised 2 children and became a grandmother of 2. She was the soccer mom for 12 years, a girl scout leader for 15 years, along with being the girl scout cookie coordinator for 4 of those years. Coordinator for collecting and packing food for many food pantries. Coordinator for collecting school supplies for a Raytown organization for 2 years. She volunteers at Safe Haven(a domestic violence shelter for women and children) in the kitchen on Friday nights serving dinner and cleaning up afterward.


Pam loves the fact that she has been able to stay in the same industry for 32 years and hopes to be here many, many more. She feels that it is so important to be able to help families, no matter how minuscule it may be. All questions are important and she loves being able to help get the answers to those questions to the best of her ability. Even though she has always worked behind the scenes for the most part, Pam feels that the administrative team plays a very important role in the funeral industry and loves having the opportunity to play that part.

Christy Amerine
Christy Amerine
Sales Manager
Christy Amerine
Sales Manager


Candy Fortner
Candy Fortner
Administrative Assistant
Candy Fortner
Administrative Assistant


Mike Mohr
Mike Mohr
Funeral Director and Ambassador
Mike Mohr
Funeral Director and Ambassador

Mike Mohr was born in St. Louis and moved to Kansas City in 1986. He has invested most of his adult life in helping people. For 42 years he has been an ordained Baptist minister serving small churches throughout Missouri, currently, he is serving the Rock Falls Baptist Church. In 2007 Mike came to Terrace Park as a funeral director. He finds it rewarding to serve families during difficult times in their life. His role is to help provide a meaningful service that honors a loved one and gives comfort and hope. Mike has a good sense of humor and is willing to listen to any jokes a person may have; he is a regular blood and platelet donor, and he enjoys photographing nature and bass fishing.

Kathleen Stokes
Kathleen Stokes
Administrative Assistant
Kathleen Stokes
Administrative Assistant


Pamela Price
Pamela Price
Ambassador
Pamela Price
Ambassador


Debbie Goddard
Debbie Goddard
Ambassador
Debbie Goddard
Ambassador

Debbie has lived in the Kansas City area her entire life. Being the oldest of 4, she moved out as soon as she graduated, lived in a funeral home and learned several aspects of the business. Then comes love and marriage, raised two kids and now has four grandkids. She have been a church organist forever and loves working with community theater. After retiring from the corporate world, she ended up back in the funeral home business and now have come full circle.

Jay Thompson
Jay Thompson
Ambassador
Jay Thompson
Ambassador

Jay joined the Terrace Park family in 2016. He is a lifelong resident of Kansas City, Missouri where he grew up in the historic northeast area. He graduated from Penn Valley Community College with an associate's Degree in Administration of Justice. 


Jay joined the Independence, Missouri Police Department in 1978 where he was employed for five years. He then joined the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department in 1984 and served on the department in various assignments for thirty-two years. He received three Awards for Valor from KMBC-TV 9 and the metropolitan Chiefs and Sheriff's Association as well as Certificates of Commendation from the Kansas City, Missouri Police Department.


He and his wife Lyla still reside in Kansas City and have one son Jim, daughter-in-law Tara and three beautiful grandchildren, Delaney, Deyton and Drake. He especially enjoys attending the sports activities of all three grandchildren. He enjoys spending time outdoors by going on daily walks and going on annual hunting trips.


Jay has particularly enjoyed serving as an ambassador at Terrace Park and assisting families during their time of grief.

Joan Lowe
Joan Lowe
Ambassador
Joan Lowe
Ambassador

Joan joined the Terrace Park Team in 2015, she is originally from Texas and is married to David an A&M Aggie, and proud Texan. JLowe and David have 2 children; a son in St. Charles, Missouri a daughter who lives in Germany. She is a PROUD grandma of 4 -- they are the light of her life. She enjoys traveling, especially cruises. Her favorites have been Alaska and Hawaii-- then "all the rest".

Janet Ravenscraft
Janet Ravenscraft
Ambassador
Janet Ravenscraft
Ambassador

Janet joined the Terrace Park Team in late 2021.  She is originally from northeast Missouri where she grew up on a farm in Macon County.  Both Janet and her husband Kent are graduates of Truman State University and have made Kansas City their home for 30+ years.  Janet retired from Hallmark Cards, Inc. after a career in product development, supply chain and market development.  One of the roles she enjoyed most was working on the Sympathy, Get Well and Thinking of You card lines.  She continues her passion for caring for people during difficult times in their lives through her work as a funeral ambassador.  Janet and Kent have adult, twin daughters who are both Elementary school teachers.  Janet enjoys traveling, cooking, quilting and spending time with family.

Brent Bachtel
Brent Bachtel
Grounds Supervisor
Brent Bachtel
Grounds Supervisor

Brent was born and raised in Independence Missouri, where he graduated from Truman High School. He is married with three beautiful daughters: a definite girl dad! He previously worked as a concrete finisher in a family-owned concrete construction business for many years.  He loves working at Terrace Park Cemetery and could not ask for a better team to be on board with.


Brent's hobbies include writing music, camping, fishing, barbecuing, working in the yard, bowling, and most of all spending valuable time with family.

Jason Thompson
Jason Thompson
Grounds Maintenance
Jason Thompson
Grounds Maintenance


Daniel Lintner
Daniel Lintner
Grounds Maintenance
Daniel Lintner
Grounds Maintenance


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.

Edwin Donelson
Edwin Donelson
Embalmer
Edwin Donelson
Embalmer


Shannon Nixon
Shannon Nixon
Funeral Director/Embalmer Apprentice
Shannon Nixon
Funeral Director/Embalmer Apprentice


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