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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Benita Irene Sperry
Benita Irene
Sperry
Sep 7, 1926 — Jun 22, 2015
Benita Irene Sperry's Obituary
Benita Irene Sperry, 88, passed away on Monday, June 22, 2015, at Bishop Spencer Place in Kansas City, MO, her home for more than five years.
She was born Benita Irene Driggers to Benjamin and Susie Driggers on September 7, 1926 in Clinton, MO. She attended Clinton Public Schools, graduating from Clinton High School in 1944. She met the love of her life, Kenneth Sperry, when they were both sophomores playing French horns together in the Clinton High School Band. They were married on January 3, 1946, upon Kenneth's return from the United States Navy.
They spent the next 14 years living in various cities in MO and around the Midwest as a result of Kenneth's employment with the Railroad Express Company. In 1955, their only child, Sue Ann Sperry, was born in Tulsa, OK. In 1960, they returned to Clinton where they lived for the rest of their 58-year marriage. Benita's life was devoted to her husband, her daughter and her faith through her long-time membership at New Hope Baptist Church in Clinton. In 2010, she moved to Bishop Spencer Place in Kansas City, MO, to be near her daughter.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth, in 2004; her parents; her sister-and brother-in-law, Margie and Ed Rissell; her father- and mother-in-law, Rev. Hugh and Cora Sperry; her sister- and brother-in-law, Frances and Bill Glasscock; her sister-in-law, Virgina Sperry; and her niece, Julie Rissell. She is survived by her daughter, Sue A. Sperry of Kansas City; her brother-in-law, Derral Sperry of Houston, TX; her nieces, Debbie Parks of Clinton and Glenda Wall of Houston, TX; her nephews, Mike Rissell of St. Louis, Kent Glasscock of Manhattan, KS, Terry Glasscock of Boston, MA, and Steve Sperry of Seattle, WA.; and her beloved cat, Ping.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m., on Saturday, June 27, 2015 in Englewood Cemetery in Clinton. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Kitty City Kansas Rescue, 12800 Santa Fe Trail Drive, Lenexa, KS 66215; kittycityks.com. Sue extends her sincere gratitude to the wonderful staff of Bishop Spencer Place and the nurses of Kansas City Hospice for their dedicated and loving care of her mother.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.
She was born Benita Irene Driggers to Benjamin and Susie Driggers on September 7, 1926 in Clinton, MO. She attended Clinton Public Schools, graduating from Clinton High School in 1944. She met the love of her life, Kenneth Sperry, when they were both sophomores playing French horns together in the Clinton High School Band. They were married on January 3, 1946, upon Kenneth's return from the United States Navy.
They spent the next 14 years living in various cities in MO and around the Midwest as a result of Kenneth's employment with the Railroad Express Company. In 1955, their only child, Sue Ann Sperry, was born in Tulsa, OK. In 1960, they returned to Clinton where they lived for the rest of their 58-year marriage. Benita's life was devoted to her husband, her daughter and her faith through her long-time membership at New Hope Baptist Church in Clinton. In 2010, she moved to Bishop Spencer Place in Kansas City, MO, to be near her daughter.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth, in 2004; her parents; her sister-and brother-in-law, Margie and Ed Rissell; her father- and mother-in-law, Rev. Hugh and Cora Sperry; her sister- and brother-in-law, Frances and Bill Glasscock; her sister-in-law, Virgina Sperry; and her niece, Julie Rissell. She is survived by her daughter, Sue A. Sperry of Kansas City; her brother-in-law, Derral Sperry of Houston, TX; her nieces, Debbie Parks of Clinton and Glenda Wall of Houston, TX; her nephews, Mike Rissell of St. Louis, Kent Glasscock of Manhattan, KS, Terry Glasscock of Boston, MA, and Steve Sperry of Seattle, WA.; and her beloved cat, Ping.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m., on Saturday, June 27, 2015 in Englewood Cemetery in Clinton. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to Kitty City Kansas Rescue, 12800 Santa Fe Trail Drive, Lenexa, KS 66215; kittycityks.com. Sue extends her sincere gratitude to the wonderful staff of Bishop Spencer Place and the nurses of Kansas City Hospice for their dedicated and loving care of her mother.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.
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