Ms. Edith M. Galvin

Edith Haney-Galvin, 79, passed away on March 8, 2024, at Meadowbrook Rehabilitation Hospital in Gardner, Kansas. She was born on May 21, 1944, in Kansas City, Missouri to Eddie Lee Sr. and Charlene Edwards Haney. Edith grew up in Kansas City, MO and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1962. She attended Kansas City Junior College and then furthered her education at St. Augustine College in Raleigh, NC studying Sociology. Edith has served the community in many capacities, including 45 years of service to the State of Missouri as a social worker and in the Kansas City, MO school district. Amongst other contributions, she worked in the civil rights movement serving alongside many key leaders. Edith was an activist in her own right and walked the picket lines at an early age of 12 years old, with Roy Young, Thurgood Marshall, Medgar Evers, A.P. Randolph, Whitney Young, and Harry Belafonte. She also served as the president of the NAACP youth council and the first youth president of Freedom, Incorporated, working with the late Leon Jordan. In 2006, she received the Liberty Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Service Award, and the Lorenzo Greene ASALH Award for Community Service. Edith was a member of St. James United Methodist Church where she was very active in Sunday School, weekly noon bible study and various church community projects. You could always count on her donations of delicious desserts for special church occasions and events. She was charismatic, energetic, outspoken, and well loved. Her favorite thing to do was “talk.” Edith was married to the late Walter T. Galvin, Jr. in 1969. They were married for fourteen years and had one son, Jonathan. Edith was a devoted and nurturing mother who was involved throughout Jonathan’s educational endeavors, as well as sports and civic activities. Her commitment to building a strong and positive man of character lives in Jonathan today. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eddie Lee Sr. and Charlene Haney, her brothers Gregory Haney and Eddie Lee Haney, Jr., and her close cousin Beverly “DeeDee” Cottman. Edith leaves to cherish her memories: Her loving son, Jonathan Galvin (Yonic) of Conyers, GA; her brother Roger “Chinello” Haney of Lutz, FL, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Funeral Services will be held on Saturday, March 23, 2024, 11:00am at St. James United Methodist Church. Interment Blue Ridge Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10:00am-11:00am at the church. Services conducted by Lawrence A. Jones & Sons. Condolences may be shared on our website.

Ms. Edith M. Galvin

May 21, 1944 - March 8, 2024