Mary Jane Daniels

Mary Jane Daniels (Coleman Huntman), 91 of Kansas City, MO passed away quietly at Northcare Hospice House Wed., August 1. Funeral services will be Friday, August 3 at Louis Memorial Chapel at 11 a.m. located at 6830 Troost Avenue. Visitation will be at 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow at Rosehill Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers. Contributions may be given to Bishop Sullivan Center and Animal Haven. Mary Jane was born July 23, 1921, one of four daughters born to Mary Ellen and Robert Edward Coleman. She was named for a popular treat of the day, the Mary Jane candy bar. She developed a flair for theatre at an early age, beginning a radio career at age eleven that lasted almost twenty years. Most of her career was with KMBC radio where she was the voice of Mary Jane Thompson, assistant to Joann Taylor on the Joann Taylor Show. In 1941 Mary Jane was selected by the Skelly Oil Company to be Miss Fortified Tagoline. She was a Tower Adorable during the 1940’s at the famous downtown Tower Theater, and was the catalog sales manager at Montgomery Ward at St. John and Belmont. Mary Jane married Harry Huntman in 1946, Sarah was born in 1955. After Harry’s death, Mary Jane met the love of her life, Leon Daniels. They were married in 1975 and had 5 glorious years together before his untimely death in 1980. Mary Jane was a long-time employee of the Missouri Division of Employment Security Office in Gladstone, MO. Mary Jane was preceded in death by her parents Robert Edward and Mary Ellen Coleman (Fulton), her sisters Emalou Hurst and Carolyn Foster. She is survived by one sister Hanna Mann and her husband Howard of Overland Park, a daughter, Sarah Jane and her husband R. Douglas Reed of Kansas City, many nieces, nephews, and extended family members who loved her as a second mother.