US designer Spade mourned at hometown funeral
(Artdaily.org)

Friends and loved ones said goodbye Thursday to American fashion designer Kate Spade at a funeral in Kansas City, Missouri, birthplace of the 55-year-old who committed suicide two weeks ago. Spade was one of the biggest names in American fashion, known especially for her sleek handbags. An additional tragedy befell the family hours before the late-afternoon service, as Spade`s `heartbroken` 89-year-old father died at his home in the Midwestern US city. The family said Earl Brosnahan had been in failing health. Mourners gathered at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Redemptorist Church on a rainy, dark afternoon, but The Kansas City Star reported that some of Spade`s school friends carried signature handbags of the designer whose use of bright colors and prints proved a hit with career women. `She was incredibly kind and had a very memorable laugh,`