Almyrta Faye Long, age 80, Raymore, Missouri passed away November 25, 2015 at Truman Lake Manor, Lowry City, Missouri. Funeral services will be held 10:00 am Thursday, December 3, 2015 at the Clinton United Methodist Church in Clinton, Missouri. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Memorial contributions are suggested to Clinton Animal Rescue Endeavor (C.A.R.E) and may be left in care of the funeral home. Interment will be at Englewood Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri. Fond memories and condolences can be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Almyrta was born March 10, 1935 on a farm south of Urich, Missouri. She was the youngest child and only daughter of Uel Elmer Long and Mary Angeline (Hull) Long. She attended Willow Branch grade school and was a 1953 graduate of Clinton High School, Clinton, Missouri. Almyrta attended night school and graduated with an Associate of Arts Degree from Junior College, Kansas City, Missouri in 1961. She also graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Degree from Rockhurst College, Kansas City, Missouri in 1976 also attending night school. During this time, she was employed with American Telephone and Telegraph Co. and was an Engineering Associate at the time of her retirement in 1987 with 32 years of service. Almyrta was a member of the U.S. Naval Reserve with 20 years of service and retired as a Yeoman First Class in 1985. She earned the Naval Meritorious Awards and Armed Forced Awards. She was a member of the St. Paul's United Methodist Church of Raymore, Missouri and the Kindred Spirits. She was a member of the National Society of Daughters of American Revolution and the Mary Sibley Chapter (DAR), also the Veteran's Club of the DAR, and she was a member of the WAVES National and Heart of America Unit #9 of Kansas City. She was also a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America and Communications Workers of America, and a member of the Heritage Society of Rockhurst University.

Her hobbies were genealogy, music, reading and attending her flowers and pets. She traveled extensively both seeking genealogy and researching her ancestors and recording it to be preserved for future generations. She also enjoyed traveling abroad and made many trips to Europe and Canada, taking pictures and seeking historical sites. Almyrta was blessed with her pet dogs and enjoyed the companionship of her beloved pets, Muffi, Peppi, Laddi, and Blacki. Growing up on a farm instilled her love of animals.

She was preceded in death by one brother, Robert Gene Long.

Almyrta leaves one brother Kenneth Dale Long of Ozark, Missouri; two nieces, Kathy Sue Himes, Clinton, Missouri and Linda Ann Wallace, St. Charles, Missouri, one nephew Kenneth Lee Long, Lafayette, Louisiana, also two great nieces and four great nephews, as well as 4 great great nephews and 5 great great nieces.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.