Leslie Kenneth "Les" Palmer, age 78 of Warrensburg, Missouri formerly of Clinton passed away Monday, December 8, 2008 at Missouri Veterans Home, Warrensburg, Missouri. Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, Missouri with burial in the Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri. Visitation will be held 10:00-11:00 a.m. prior to the service. Family suggests memorials to the Missouri Veterans Home or to Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation and may be left at the funeral home. Fond memories can be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Leslie was born in Urich, Missouri and grew up and attended school in Deepwater, Missouri. Leslie was the son of Charlie Palmer and Cena Myrtle Palmer. He served in the United States Army from January 10, 1952 through January 10, 1954 and married Adeline Donofrio on January 16, 1954. He retired from Hallmark Cards of Kansas City/Liberty, Missouri in 1986 after 32 years of service. Leslie retired to Clinton, Missouri where he resided until 2003 when he entered the Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg.

He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Roy Lee Palmer, sister Ethel Palmer Frizzell, and sister Rittah (Dee) Palmer Tribble.

Among survivors include his daughter, Barbara Ann Huke and husband Joseph Patrick; granddaughter Theresa Marie Huke; grandson Joseph Patrick Huke, Jr. and wife Michelle; three great-grandchildren, Caleb Patrick, Natalie Renea and Madison Nicole; brother Charles Palmer and wife Peggy; sister, Ada (Peggy) Hendricks and husband Roy; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.