Memorial services were this morning at Second Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, Mo., for Homer Forbes Neville, 91, Mission Woods, an architect and former partner of Neville Sharp & Simon.
Mr. Neville died Thursday, May 16, 1991, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
He helped found the architectural firm in 1939 and was a partner until he retired in 1970. Earlier he was a partner in the Neville & Sharp and Gentry, Voskamp & Neville architectural firms. He designed Municipal Auditorium, the Midwest Research Institute, the campanile at Kansas University, the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Dentistry, buildings for Southwestern Bell Telephone and Phillips Petroleum companies and additions to St. Luke's Hospital and the Muehlebach Hotel.
He attended KU and was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity. He received a distinguished alumni award from the KU School of Architecture and Urban Design in 1973. He was a member of Second Presbyterian Church and the Kansas City Club. He was born in Topeka and moved to the Kansas City area in 1907.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Q. Neville, of the home; two daughters, Alix Arthur, Denver, and Nancy Glick, Orlando, Fla.; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Monday, May 20, 1991 ljworld
