Naomi L. Mitchell, 90, Independence, MO passed away July 5, 2011. Services will be 10 am, Friday, July 8 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave, Independence, MO 64052; interment at Mound Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Thursday at the funeral home.
The family suggests contributions to the B-29 All Veterans Memorial & Museum, c/o Jack McCalley, 1303 School St., Pratt, KS 67124 or NorthCare Hospice, 2900 Clay Edwards Drive, #2, North Kansas City, MO 64116-3233.
Naomi was born Dec. 6, 1920 in Independence, MO and lived there most of her life. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse who worked at Kansas City General Hospital, which later became Truman Medical Center. She enjoyed her family and grandchildren, working in her flower gardens, crocheting afghans, bird hunting and traveling. She was a member of the Ridgewood Congregation of the Community of Christ. She helped in the planning and organization of reunions of the 29th Bomb Group and accompanied her husband to many B-29 crew reunions throughout the country and Japan.
Naomi was preceded in death by her husband Harry F. Mitchell, daughter Rosalie Collins, grandson Matthew Price, two brothers and three sisters. She is survived by son Cliff Mitchell and wife Donna, Cleoria, OK; daughters Barbara Jones, Kansas City North, MO; Jean Price and husband Greg, Jacksonville, NC; granddaughter Nancy Butterfield and husband Charles, Independence, MO; nine other grandchildren; twenty-seven great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.