Don DJ Ozbun

Don "DJ" Ozbun was a Grandview, Missouri resident whose life was rooted in the everyday ties of neighborhood and community. Public records and contemporaneous news accounts identify him as a 42-year-old man living in Grandview at the time of his death on October 24, 2022. While an extended obituary or family-published memorial was not located in public funeral-home listings, local news reports and memorial resources confirm his name, age, and place in the community.

Those who knew Don likely remember him not through headlines but through ordinary moments — the ways neighbors recognize one another, a familiar face in the neighborhood, and the relationships people build where they live. Local reporting about the events of October 24, 2022, made clear that Don’s life and the suddenness of his death touched his town; community members and organizations later included his name among those mourned in Grandview remembrance efforts.

Because no family-authorized obituary was located in public funeral-home or memorial records matching the exact date of death, many personal details about Don’s early life, work, family, and passions remain private in the public record. That absence does not lessen the reality of his life or the significance of the people who cared for him. He is named in local memorial lists and covered in regional reporting, which together attest that Don was a real person whose life mattered to his community.

In remembering Don "DJ" Ozbun, it is appropriate to hold to what is verifiable and to honor him with a quiet, respectful acknowledgment: he was a Grandview neighbor whose untimely death on October 24, 2022, left a void for those who knew him. If family, friends, or others wish to share memories, photographs, or a fuller tribute suitable for a memorial page, those remembrances would add the human details that public records do not provide.

May this notice serve as a respectful place-holder and invitation for loved ones to contribute personal memories that reflect Don’s life beyond public reports.