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95 Years (founded 1928) George K. Baum & Co. Jack Cooper Transport Co. McCarthy Morse Chevrolet Midwest Supply Orr Radiator

them like family, with respect, appreciation and love, our teammates will take care of our customers and treat them with the same respect, appre ciation and love,” Ball says. “Then the customers will take care of our company by continuing to shop with us in clean, well-organized stores where our teammates are passionate about providing excellent customer service with great quality products in first-class facilities. This philoso phy has served us well for the past 100 years …. we are confident that it will continue to produce successful results for our teammates, customers and our company.” John A. Marshall Co. Four generations deep into family ownership after a century in busi ness, Lenexa-based John A. Marshall Co. serves the office market with furnishings, flooring, and architectural products. In addition to cor porations, the company serves clients in health care, government, and educational markets in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. The ability to form relationships—long-lasting ones—are the key to its longevity, the company says, and current success flows from an experienced team and additional services, from space planning to flooring solutions and furni ture applications. Russell Stover Candies A century of “Yummm.” It’s been that long since Clara and Russell Sto ver put the kitchen of their Denver bungalow to his highest and best use, pulling together a staff of seven to produce Mrs. Stover’s Bungalow Can dies. Within a few years, factory production was moved to Kansas City, then the whole shooting match by 1934, including an ice-cream factory. Nearly a decade after the Ward family sold the enterprise to Swiss choco latier Lindt & Sprungli, Russell Stover remains a key corporate citizen of Kansas City. University of Saint Mary Liberal arts instruction in the Catholic tradition lives strong in Leaven worth, where the Sisters of Charity opened a post-secondary institution for young women 100 years ago. Today, the fully co-ed University of St. Mary serves roughly 1,200 students, undergrad, and graduate, with a wide range of degree programs, including an MBA track to support the regional busi ness community. “Saint Mary remains essential because the institution has adapted with the times and the needs of our students,” says Sister Diane Steele, USM’s president, and is positioned for its next century. “Over the past few years, the university has grown its focus on health care educa tion—meeting a key need of society, and providing excellent opportunity for its students, she says. “An ever-growing portion of the USM student body is first-generation, and the university continues to grow its impactful First Generation Scholars program to ensure that these students succeed. Saint Mary continues to add options for students—growing its cyber- security program; expanding online offerings—to continue to meet their needs.” Vance Brothers Most of us bleed red. At Vance Brothers, “asphalt is our lifeblood,” and has been for a century. “After putting it down for nearly a century, you could also say it’s in our blood,” the company declares. “Each year teach es us new ways to build a better surface and do more for our customers. We work at every layer, with professionals whose skills and experience go above and beyond.” The specialty contractor traces its success to a proven strategy of investing in the technology, materials, equipment and training it takes to do every job right the first time. It’s motto: “Expect the Best. Every Time.”

Ross Miller Cleaners Shirley Construction Williams-Gaughan Insurance Agency 90 Years (founded 1933) Bliss Associates Harry J. Epstein Co. Rolland Studios Shaw Electric Co. Standard Press Summit Insurance Group The Bessenbacher Co. W.L. Cassell & Associates 85 Years (founded 1938) Abbey-Simons Co. Acme Music & Vending Co. Guy’s Snacks Kansas City Air Filter Kansas City P&G Employees Credit Union Midwest Regional Credit Union Murray, Tillotson, Burton Myers Brothers of Kansas City Overland Christian School Paragon Marketing 80 Years (founded 1943) Door Controls Holliday Sand & Gravel Co. Mcintosh Heating & Cooling Price Line Truck Pur-O-Zone RMF Industries Tanan Floral The Employment Security Employees Credit Untion 75 Years (founded 1948) Allied Concrete Products Best Exterminators B.A. Green Construction Cameron Regional Medical Center Consolidated Transfer and Warehouse Co. David E. Ross Construction Co.

DIT-MCO International Gladstone Furnace Co. Hicks-Ashby Co. J.C. Myers Construction Co. Key Lighting L&C Meat

Lift Truck Sales & Service Newmark Grubb Zimmer Ozanam School Patchen Electric and Industrial Supply Posty Cards Smiley’s Golf Complex Superior Bowen The Homes Vermeer Great Plains

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