Family announces venue change for former KSHB 41 anchor Cynthia Newsome’s funeral
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- Family announced funeral moved to Church of the Resurrection in Leawood.
- Public viewing will run from 9 to 11 a.m., followed immediately by the funeral service.
- Newsome died last Tuesday and was diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2025.
The family of former KSHB 41 anchor Cynthia Newsome announced on Sunday that her funeral will now be held at Church of the Resurrection in Leawood on Saturday.
The original plan was for the service to take place at United Believers Community Church in Kansas City. Rev. Darron LaMonte Edwards, lead pastor at United Believers, will still officiate the service, according to a news release.
The public viewing will take place from 9 to 11 a.m., followed immediately by the funeral service. Newsome will then be buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery South in Kansas City.
Newsome, who spent 25 years at the television station — first as a reporter and anchor, then as community relationships director — died last Tuesday. She was diagnosed with brain cancer in May 2025.
In 2012, Newsome was inducted into the Silver Circle by the Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the organization that awards local Emmys.
In December 2025, in recognition of Newsome’s contributions, KSHB named its newsroom “The Cynthia Newsome Newsroom” in her honor.
Outside the newsroom, Newsome co-founded Awesome Ambitions, a nonprofit, with former Star reporter Angela Curry. The organization focused on college and career readiness for Black and brown girls.
The Star’s Eleanor Nash and Eric Adler contributed reporting.
This story was originally published May 25, 2026 at 9:52 AM.
