Lee's Summit Historical Cemetery of the cemetery. This sign dates back to 1860 and once marked the entrance to the cemetery. The most notable of all people interred at LSHC is Thomas Coleman Younger, better known as Cole Younger. Younger was born in Lee’s Summit in 1844 and killed his first man during a border skirmish serving as a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. He was 21 when the Civil War ended in 1865, and he returned home to join his ailing mother and three brothers. Cole and his brothers, Jim, John, and Bob, all joined the James Gang and lived the lives
Marion Cole Cole was one of the founding members of the Red Devils aerobatic team with Bob Heuer and Gene Soucy. Cole then formed Marion Cole Air Shows. Marion's son Donald Cole, became the first person to solo in a Pitts S2A. His other sons became professional pilots. Cole died in 2011 from pancreatic cancer. He had flown safely for over 31,000 hours. Marion Cole Marion Cole (1924–2011) was an American Aerobatic pilot. Cole was a flight instructor for the United States Navy in World War II. Cole performed from 1947-1957 as part of the Cole Brothers Airshows along with his brothers