1915
Marthabel
2008
Marthabel Kassen
February 22, 1915 — December 14, 2008
Marthabel (Marty) Wilson Kassen, 93, of Independence, died Sunday December 14, 2008, at Independence Manor after an 11 year battle with Alzheimer’s.
Born Feb. 22, 1915 in Grant City, MO, she had lived in Independence since 1941. Marty was the youngest in a family with 6 brothers, playing sports, piano in the local theater for silent movies, and helping her mother run a boarding house. She graduated from Grant City H.S. and later K.C. Business College. When her husband, Francis, went to war in 1942, Marty worked for the U.S. Signal Corps on Indep. Ave. in KC and later was one of the first employees of the Lake City Ammunition Plant, doing secretarial work in the first building there �" a farm house. She finished her career as Executive Secretary to the Mid-Continent Council of Girl Scouts.
Marty was also active as a Cub Scout leader, PTA volunteer and president, Sunday school piano player, and member of the First Christian Church of Indep. She loved tennis, games of all kinds, trips to the lake with friends, and visiting family from Missouri to Wyoming.
Marty was preceded in death in 1999 by Francis (or as she called him �" “Kassen”), her husband of 59 years.
Survivors include son Mike (Kay), grandchildren Wes (Sarah) with two great-granddaughters, Bret (Staci), Carly Martz (Jim), -and son Randy (Sharon), grandson Ryan, grandsons Todd and Greg McQuade with three great-granddaughters.
A memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, December 21 at First Christian Church of Independence, with a private family inurnment following at Oakridge Memorial Gardens. Marty requested, in lieu of flowers, donations to Memorial Fund, First Christian Church of Independence, MO. Arrangements are under the direction of Speaks Funeral Chapel.
Born Feb. 22, 1915 in Grant City, MO, she had lived in Independence since 1941. Marty was the youngest in a family with 6 brothers, playing sports, piano in the local theater for silent movies, and helping her mother run a boarding house. She graduated from Grant City H.S. and later K.C. Business College. When her husband, Francis, went to war in 1942, Marty worked for the U.S. Signal Corps on Indep. Ave. in KC and later was one of the first employees of the Lake City Ammunition Plant, doing secretarial work in the first building there �" a farm house. She finished her career as Executive Secretary to the Mid-Continent Council of Girl Scouts.
Marty was also active as a Cub Scout leader, PTA volunteer and president, Sunday school piano player, and member of the First Christian Church of Indep. She loved tennis, games of all kinds, trips to the lake with friends, and visiting family from Missouri to Wyoming.
Marty was preceded in death in 1999 by Francis (or as she called him �" “Kassen”), her husband of 59 years.
Survivors include son Mike (Kay), grandchildren Wes (Sarah) with two great-granddaughters, Bret (Staci), Carly Martz (Jim), -and son Randy (Sharon), grandson Ryan, grandsons Todd and Greg McQuade with three great-granddaughters.
A memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, December 21 at First Christian Church of Independence, with a private family inurnment following at Oakridge Memorial Gardens. Marty requested, in lieu of flowers, donations to Memorial Fund, First Christian Church of Independence, MO. Arrangements are under the direction of Speaks Funeral Chapel.
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