Erma Kinnison, a 108-year-old former area resident, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021 at Ignite Medical Resort St. Marys in Blue Springs.
Erma Kinnison
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A visitation will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021 at the First Christian Church of Independence, with the funeral service to begin at 10 a.m.
Burial will follow at 2:30 p.m. at Resthaven Cemetery in Trenton.
Mrs. Kinnison was born on June 17, 1913, the daughter of Juddie and Marie Vandevender Hammons of Mill Grove in Mercer County. She attended school in Mercer County.
She was married to Floyd Kinnison on April 6, 1929 at Princeton. He preceded her in death.
The couple farmed in Mercer and Grundy counties until moving to Independence in Septem-ber 1978. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Independence and had made her home with her daughter, Shirley, until Oct.15, 2021.
She is survived by her children, Gordon Kinnison of Omaha, NE, Madalene Morgan of Lee’s Summit, and Shirley Kinnison of Independence; five grandchildren, Vicki Kinnison, Don Kinnison, Mike Kinnison, Steve Kelly and Phil Morgan; six great- grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
In addition to her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Helen; a brother, Ronald (Inez); a son-in-law, Robert Morgan; a daughter-in-law, Doris Kinnison; and many nieces and nephews.
Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association or the Alzheimer’s Association.
Speaks Suburban Chapel of Independence is in charge of arrangements.