"Betty" OR "Betty Jo"
My Mother thought her name was Betty Jo, until she was 12-13, she was snooping in her mother's cedar chest, and found her birth certificate. My Grandfather thought Elizabeth Josephine was too "fancy", so he shortened it to Betty Jo.
She was born to:
Arthur Franklin Ackerman
& Josephine Bell Stanley
at home on the family farm in Chesapeake
She attended the Take-In School in rural Chesapeake
from 1st thru 8th grade
Graduated Marionville High School in 1946
Attended Kansas City Business College
She worked at Luzier Cosmetics
3225 Gillham Rd, KC, MO
in the typing pool 1948-1950
My Mother was the only daughter of 7 children
& the last to go...
Married, Marvin Lee Dukes
June 10 1951 Jackson Co MO
In the Pastor's Study
Troost Ave Methodist Church
2534 Troost Ave, KC, MO
by, Rev Arthur Samuel Olsen
3 children:
Marvin Leroy "Roy"
Shirley Ann
Linda Lee
Grandmother of :
Shane
Lorie
Jason
Jacob
Annie
Heather
Candie
Lindsay
Kristen
Joshua
Tucker
Chance
Rachel
Started Dating Donald Martin Bruns in 1983
they married in 1985
they were married until his death in 2000.
Excellent Mother, Gentle & Kind,
Wonderful and True Friend.
She was not perfect, none of us are, but she was the love of my life!
She worked at Westport Bank
331 Westport Rd, KC MO
for over 30 years as a Bookkeeper
Kansas City News Distributors
Part time in the 1970's
Dillards at Oak Park Mall for 10 years
Part time evenings after work
& Jones Store at Metcalf South for 8 years
Part time evenings after work
before retiring in 2000
Member of the Red Hat Society
(many years)Member Emaunuel Baptist Church
103rd & Metcalf OP KS
(2013-2016)Member Ascension Lutheran Church
4900 Blue Ridge Blvd, KC, MO
Member Nobody's Perfect RV Club
In 2003 She had her entire right arm removed because of Sarcoma Cancer.
She asked me more than once...
"Do you think I'll get my arm back when I get to Heaven?"
I was my Mother's 24/7 caregiver after she was diagnosed with Terminal Cancer, from July 2016-until Nov 21 2016, when we took her to the Hospice House, where she died early morning on the 25th.
There was never a more precious job, OR a more heartbreaking one.
COD: Terminal Sarcoma Cancer in her lungs.
Place of Death:
Kansas City Hospice House, Room#10
12000 Wornall Road, KC, MO
Grandson#15396296
Great Grand daughter#134670286
My Mother thought her name was Betty Jo, until she was 12-13, she was snooping in her mother's cedar chest, and found her birth certificate. My Grandfather thought Elizabeth Josephine was too "fancy", so he shortened it to Betty Jo.
She was born to:
Arthur Franklin Ackerman
& Josephine Bell Stanley
at home on the family farm in Chesapeake
She attended the Take-In School in rural Chesapeake
from 1st thru 8th grade
Graduated Marionville High School in 1946
Attended Kansas City Business College
She worked at Luzier Cosmetics
3225 Gillham Rd, KC, MO
in the typing pool 1948-1950
My Mother was the only daughter of 7 children
& the last to go...
Married, Marvin Lee Dukes
June 10 1951 Jackson Co MO
In the Pastor's Study
Troost Ave Methodist Church
2534 Troost Ave, KC, MO
by, Rev Arthur Samuel Olsen
3 children:
Marvin Leroy "Roy"
Shirley Ann
Linda Lee
Grandmother of :
Shane
Lorie
Jason
Jacob
Annie
Heather
Candie
Lindsay
Kristen
Joshua
Tucker
Chance
Rachel
Started Dating Donald Martin Bruns in 1983
they married in 1985
they were married until his death in 2000.
Excellent Mother, Gentle & Kind,
Wonderful and True Friend.
She was not perfect, none of us are, but she was the love of my life!
She worked at Westport Bank
331 Westport Rd, KC MO
for over 30 years as a Bookkeeper
Kansas City News Distributors
Part time in the 1970's
Dillards at Oak Park Mall for 10 years
Part time evenings after work
& Jones Store at Metcalf South for 8 years
Part time evenings after work
before retiring in 2000
Member of the Red Hat Society
(many years)Member Emaunuel Baptist Church
103rd & Metcalf OP KS
(2013-2016)Member Ascension Lutheran Church
4900 Blue Ridge Blvd, KC, MO
Member Nobody's Perfect RV Club
In 2003 She had her entire right arm removed because of Sarcoma Cancer.
She asked me more than once...
"Do you think I'll get my arm back when I get to Heaven?"
I was my Mother's 24/7 caregiver after she was diagnosed with Terminal Cancer, from July 2016-until Nov 21 2016, when we took her to the Hospice House, where she died early morning on the 25th.
There was never a more precious job, OR a more heartbreaking one.
COD: Terminal Sarcoma Cancer in her lungs.
Place of Death:
Kansas City Hospice House, Room#10
12000 Wornall Road, KC, MO
Grandson#15396296
Great Grand daughter#134670286
"Betty" OR "Betty Jo"
My Mother thought her name was Betty Jo, until she was 12-13, she was snooping in her mother's cedar chest, and found her birth certificate. My Grandfather thought Elizabeth Josephine was too "fancy", so he shortened it to Betty Jo.
She was born to:
Arthur Franklin Ackerman
& Josephine Bell Stanley
at home on the family farm in Chesapeake
She attended the Take-In School in rural Chesapeake
from 1st thru 8th grade
Graduated Marionville High School in 1946
Attended Kansas City Business College
She worked at Luzier Cosmetics
3225 Gillham Rd, KC, MO
in the typing pool 1948-1950
My Mother was the only daughter of 7 children
& the last to go...
Married, Marvin Lee Dukes
June 10 1951 Jackson Co MO
In the Pastor's Study
Troost Ave Methodist Church
2534 Troost Ave, KC, MO
by, Rev Arthur Samuel Olsen
3 children:
Marvin Leroy "Roy"
Shirley Ann
Linda Lee
Grandmother of :
Shane
Lorie
Jason
Jacob
Annie
Heather
Candie
Lindsay
Kristen
Joshua
Tucker
Chance
Rachel
Started Dating Donald Martin Bruns in 1983
they married in 1985
they were married until his death in 2000.
Excellent Mother, Gentle & Kind,
Wonderful and True Friend.
She was not perfect, none of us are, but she was the love of my life!
She worked at Westport Bank
331 Westport Rd, KC MO
for over 30 years as a Bookkeeper
Kansas City News Distributors
Part time in the 1970's
Dillards at Oak Park Mall for 10 years
Part time evenings after work
& Jones Store at Metcalf South for 8 years
Part time evenings after work
before retiring in 2000
Member of the Red Hat Society
(many years)Member Emaunuel Baptist Church
103rd & Metcalf OP KS
(2013-2016)Member Ascension Lutheran Church
4900 Blue Ridge Blvd, KC, MO
Member Nobody's Perfect RV Club
In 2003 She had her entire right arm removed because of Sarcoma Cancer.
She asked me more than once...
"Do you think I'll get my arm back when I get to Heaven?"
I was my Mother's 24/7 caregiver after she was diagnosed with Terminal Cancer, from July 2016-until Nov 21 2016, when we took her to the Hospice House, where she died early morning on the 25th.
There was never a more precious job, OR a more heartbreaking one.
COD: Terminal Sarcoma Cancer in her lungs.
Place of Death:
Kansas City Hospice House, Room#10
12000 Wornall Road, KC, MO
Grandson#15396296
Great Grand daughter#134670286
My Mother thought her name was Betty Jo, until she was 12-13, she was snooping in her mother's cedar chest, and found her birth certificate. My Grandfather thought Elizabeth Josephine was too "fancy", so he shortened it to Betty Jo.
She was born to:
Arthur Franklin Ackerman
& Josephine Bell Stanley
at home on the family farm in Chesapeake
She attended the Take-In School in rural Chesapeake
from 1st thru 8th grade
Graduated Marionville High School in 1946
Attended Kansas City Business College
She worked at Luzier Cosmetics
3225 Gillham Rd, KC, MO
in the typing pool 1948-1950
My Mother was the only daughter of 7 children
& the last to go...
Married, Marvin Lee Dukes
June 10 1951 Jackson Co MO
In the Pastor's Study
Troost Ave Methodist Church
2534 Troost Ave, KC, MO
by, Rev Arthur Samuel Olsen
3 children:
Marvin Leroy "Roy"
Shirley Ann
Linda Lee
Grandmother of :
Shane
Lorie
Jason
Jacob
Annie
Heather
Candie
Lindsay
Kristen
Joshua
Tucker
Chance
Rachel
Started Dating Donald Martin Bruns in 1983
they married in 1985
they were married until his death in 2000.
Excellent Mother, Gentle & Kind,
Wonderful and True Friend.
She was not perfect, none of us are, but she was the love of my life!
She worked at Westport Bank
331 Westport Rd, KC MO
for over 30 years as a Bookkeeper
Kansas City News Distributors
Part time in the 1970's
Dillards at Oak Park Mall for 10 years
Part time evenings after work
& Jones Store at Metcalf South for 8 years
Part time evenings after work
before retiring in 2000
Member of the Red Hat Society
(many years)Member Emaunuel Baptist Church
103rd & Metcalf OP KS
(2013-2016)Member Ascension Lutheran Church
4900 Blue Ridge Blvd, KC, MO
Member Nobody's Perfect RV Club
In 2003 She had her entire right arm removed because of Sarcoma Cancer.
She asked me more than once...
"Do you think I'll get my arm back when I get to Heaven?"
I was my Mother's 24/7 caregiver after she was diagnosed with Terminal Cancer, from July 2016-until Nov 21 2016, when we took her to the Hospice House, where she died early morning on the 25th.
There was never a more precious job, OR a more heartbreaking one.
COD: Terminal Sarcoma Cancer in her lungs.
Place of Death:
Kansas City Hospice House, Room#10
12000 Wornall Road, KC, MO
Grandson#15396296
Great Grand daughter#134670286
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