1948
Carolyn
2007
Carolyn Short
April 3, 1948 — May 28, 2007
Carolyn Sue (Hutchens) Short passed away on Monday, May 28, 2007 in Overland Park, Kansas after a brave battle with colon cancer.
Carolyn was born in Beckley, West Virginia in 1948. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School and Beckley College. She moved to southern California and then returned to Beckley in 1978 to serve the executives of Westmoreland Coal Company. She moved to Tallahassee, Florida in the early nineties where she was a frequent volunteer at Birdsong Arboretum as well as her children?s schools. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in the late nineties where she helped run a small business. She relocated with the business to Overland Park in 2002 and worked until the month of her death. Carolyn loved to travel and was a British car enthusiast, winning several prizes at nationally sanctioned car shows.
She is survived by her husband, L. Mark Short of Overland Park and her three children: Phillip C. Meyers of Greenwich, Connecticut; Jennifer L. Kemp of New Orleans, Louisiana; and Savanna K. Kemp of Overland Park. She is also survived by a large and loving extended family.
A very special thank you to the loving care given by the professionals at Kansas City Cancer Center on Holmes Boulevard.
A viewing will be held at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Chapel at 8201 Metcalf Avenue on Friday June 1 from 5 to 7 followed by a funeral service at 7pm. As an alternative to flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Carolyn?s name to the Kansas City Hospice Foundation, 9221 Ward Parkway Suite 100 Kansas City, MO 64114 or the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Attn: Gifts & Donations 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021.
Carolyn was born in Beckley, West Virginia in 1948. She graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School and Beckley College. She moved to southern California and then returned to Beckley in 1978 to serve the executives of Westmoreland Coal Company. She moved to Tallahassee, Florida in the early nineties where she was a frequent volunteer at Birdsong Arboretum as well as her children?s schools. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in the late nineties where she helped run a small business. She relocated with the business to Overland Park in 2002 and worked until the month of her death. Carolyn loved to travel and was a British car enthusiast, winning several prizes at nationally sanctioned car shows.
She is survived by her husband, L. Mark Short of Overland Park and her three children: Phillip C. Meyers of Greenwich, Connecticut; Jennifer L. Kemp of New Orleans, Louisiana; and Savanna K. Kemp of Overland Park. She is also survived by a large and loving extended family.
A very special thank you to the loving care given by the professionals at Kansas City Cancer Center on Holmes Boulevard.
A viewing will be held at D.W. Newcomer?s Sons Chapel at 8201 Metcalf Avenue on Friday June 1 from 5 to 7 followed by a funeral service at 7pm. As an alternative to flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Carolyn?s name to the Kansas City Hospice Foundation, 9221 Ward Parkway Suite 100 Kansas City, MO 64114 or the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Attn: Gifts & Donations 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021.
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