Violeta Concio Cortez Ignacio

Violeta Concio Cortez Ignacio, PhD., 88 of Kansas City, MO passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at Saint Lukes Plaza. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 27, 2026, at the Carson-Speaks Chapel with burial to follow in Woodlawn Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 9:00 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the chapel. Violeta was born January 27, 1938, in Pateros, Philippines to Gabriel and Marciana (Concio) Cortez and spent her early life in the Philippines where she graduated from the University of the Philippines with a doctorate in metaphysics and served as a professor for the University of the Philippines. She moved to the US in 1969 first living in Seattle, WA and later New York before settling in Kansas City, MO where she was a teacher for Cleveland Chiropractic College and later worked for KC Labs. She was also a published author of books and other publications. She was Catholic by faith and had attended St. Frances Catholic Church. She is survived by extended family in the Philippines and her close friends, Thelma Serrano, Cathy Markley and husband Dennis and Michelle Harkey. Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.speakschapel.com (Arrangements: Carson-Speaks Chapel (816) 252-7900)