Kathy Lynn Kelley

In Memory
01/23/1957 to 12/13/2021

1975

2021

What we keep in memory 
is ours unchanged forever.
Gone but not forgotten.

Kathy Lynn Kelley passed away on December 13^th, 2021, from Covid. Kathy was born on January 23, 1957, in Independence MO. She graduated from Truman High School, Class of 1975.

Kathy’s first job was at HiBoy on Noland Road. She had a 30-year career at UMB Bank, Downtown Kansas City. She loved cooking, trying new recipes, and discovering new restaurants with different foods. She was an avid reader and collector of hardcover books. She loved all books but especially fiction.

Kathy had numerous hobbies. She was an avid Chiefs and Royals fan. She enjoyed watching hockey teams of the Colorado Avalanches and St Louis Blues. She enjoyed puzzles, movies, and discovering her family history. She collected Winnie the Pooh, Fairies, and lighthouses.

Kathy was preceded in death by her father, Dale Kelley, her mother, Lola Mae Baker Kelley. She is missed dearly by her 3 brothers, Ron (Leigh) of Joplin, MO, Rick (Tammy) of Dixon, MO, and Randy of Sugar Creek, MO. 2 sisters, Kay Long-Vaughn (Jerry) of Lone Jack, MO, and Karen Kelley of Dixon, MO, many nephews, nieces, 4 aunts, Uncle, cousins, friends, and co-workers.