Frances Cason's Obituary
Mrs. Frances Christine Tatum Drew Cason, 91, passed away on February 1, 2014 at Shawnee Gardens Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Shawnee, KS. Funeral services will be held on Saturday February 8, 2014 at 12 pm at HT May & Son Funeral Home in Boonville, MO. The visitation will be held from 11-12pm at the funeral home. Burial will be at a later date at Sunset Hill Cemetery in Bunceton, MO.
Frances, daughter of Laymon Tatum and Devolia Hurt, was born on November 9, 1922 in Huntsville, MO. She lived with her fraternal grandmother Henrietta during her early years. She attended grade school and high school in Bunceton, MO, where her stepfather, H.L. Drew was principal. She graduated in 1945 from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO with a Bachelor’s degree in Education which she used to teach Home Economics in rural Missouri.
In 1948 she married Earl Cason and moved to Kansas City, MO. She taught at Northeast and Lincoln High Schools and she was a United States Postal Service employee for 18 years. After she and Earl retired, they moved to Bunceton, MO and then to Columbia, MO. She was an avid bowler in Kansas City and in Columbia. She was a member of the Women’s Greater Kansas City 200 Club and helped win the Women’s International Bowling Championship (WIBC) in 1993-94 and the ABC/WIBC Mixed League Bowling Championship in 1994-95. In 2006 she moved to Kansas City, MO, to western Wyandotte County, KS and to Shawnee, KS.
Frances is survived by a daughter, Phyllis (K.C., KS), and 2 sons, Drew (K.C., MO) and Earl Steven (Denver, CO); 6 grandchildren, and a host of great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl S. Cason, her parents and 4 brothers.
The family of Frances Cason would like to thank each and everyone for all their prayers, love, support, expressions and acts of kindness during this time of grief.
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