Hall of Fame
Laura graduated from Northwest Missouri State University in December 2011. She was the Web Content Coordinator at Children’s Mercy Hospital before she was tragically killed in a car accident in November 11th, 2017. Laura was passionate about the arts, especially music and dance. She began volunteering at the age of 7 with Gladstone Theater in the Park and continued to volunteer until her death at the age of 29. In her free time, she taught dance at Ibsen Dance Theater, and was the first instructor for a class for students with special needs. Her contributions live on through the Laura Hay Humphrey Foundation that was created to further her love of helping youth participate in the arts. At Oak Park Laura participated in many fine art related activities. She was in many musicals and theater productions. She received many numerous 1 ratings for choir and performed many solos. She was a member of Oak Street Singers.
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