Susanne Michele Talley, 44, Harrisonville, MO, died Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at Cass Medical Center, Harrisonville. Funeral services 2:00 PM Saturday, August 25 at the Antioch Southern Baptist Church, Harrisonville. Visitation 6:00-8:00 PM Friday at the Atkinson Chapel, Harrisonville. Cremation.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Talley Family Memorial Fund, c/o BC National Bank, 401 E. Mechanic St., Harrisonville, MO.

Michele was born November 5, 1962 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, the daughter of Walter Scott and Evelyn Susan (Doyle) Prothero, Jr. Michele married William David Talley, Jr. on February 5, 1984 in Kansas City, MO. Michele had lived in Hawaii before moving to the Kansas City, MO area. She moved to Harrisonville in 1987.

Michele was a homemaker. She was a member of the Antioch Southern Baptist Church in Harrisonville and the Harrisonville High School Band Boosters. She was active with the M.M.O. organization, Marine Moms Online.

Michele was preceded in death by one brother, Scott Prothero. She is survived by her husband, David, of the home; three sons, William "Bill" Thomas Scott Talley and his wife, Tabatha, Nathaniel "Nathan" Sean Kawika Talley and Daryl Edward Kauhou Talley and one daughter, Deänna Victoria Liliawai Talley, all of Harrisonville, MO; her father, Walt Prothero, Bremerton, Washington; her mother, Sue Prothero, Ewa Beach, Hawaii; her paternal grandfather, Walter Scott Prothero, Sr., Tuscon, Arizona; two brothers, Michael Prothero, Bremerton, Washington and Thomas Prothero, Ewa Beach, Hawaii and two grandchildren, Kirstin and Brayden Talley.

(Arrangements-Atkinson Funeral Home, Harrisonville, MO).