Kansas City native and entrepreneur, Floyd Irving Looney, 62 passed away suddenly on April 13, 2021 at his Kansas City home. At the time of his passing he was treasurer of the Local Locksmith Association. Family and friends will gather to celebrate his life on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at Charter Funeral Chapel located at 5000 Blue Ridge Cutoff, Kansas City, MO 64133. Visitation, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Funeral service, 12 p.m.
Looney, who grew up attending the Kansas City public schools, graduated from Wendell Phillips Elementary, Lincoln Middle School and Lincoln High School.
Contacted on Wednesday, his mom, Charlyne Hardin-Looney who is retired from the Kansas City Public School District, and who also taught private piano lessons for many years, talked about Floyd’s love for music.
While he was well versed on playing the piano, he loved playing the trumpet in the orchestra and in high school band.
“Floyd liked to work and he was an outstanding student in the COE class as well, studying under then instructor Sam Cofield.
His mom noted, “That’s probably why he always had more than one job at a time. He started out at around 13 or 14, delivering newspapers and working for M&M Bakery.”
Floyd graduated from Lincoln High School in 1976. He later married and he and his wife, Rachel soon became a team while raising their two children, Shantrice and Floyd Looney, Jr. The elder Floyd’s strict work ethic, a trait he probably inherited from his late father, Floyd (Joe) Looney, led him to become a locksmith, and to start a lawn service, both part-time businesses he was able to do in addition to holding down other full-time jobs such as working for Commerce Bank, Time- Warner, and as an IT Tech at DST, the company where he worked until 2020.
Floyd has been described as a “people person, a motivator, a mediator, and someone who could always bring smiles to faces with his sense of humor.”
Floyd accepted Christ at an early age at Bethel AME church in Kansas City, Mo. where he actively attended until later uniting with Paseo Baptist Church in Kansas City, Mo.
Among his favorites, Floyd had a love for classic and vintage cars which he owned; but most important, he loved his family and enjoyed spending time with them.
Mom Charlyne concluded in the interview, “He was a very caring person and he always wanted everyone to get along. I think that is what stands out about him most. We will all miss him.”
Note: At K.C. Globe presstime, a complete obituary was unavailable. For more information, refer to the Charter Funerals website at: charterfunerals.com. Persons attending the funeral service are asked to wear a mask due to COVID pandemic guidelines.