1925
Mrs.
2014
Mrs. Josephine Shawver
January 9, 1925 — April 29, 2014
Josephine Andrea Shawver, 89, died on April 29, 2014, in Shawnee, Kansas. She was born in Los Angeles on January 9, 1925, to Joseph and Nell Kirkham, and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1959 she married Frank L. Shawver and assumed the role of step-mother to his two young sons and teenage daughter. A career woman at Union Carbide when she inherited her new family, she helped them bridge a difficult time and continued to be a loving wife and mother throughout her life. Before retiring, Andrea spent many happy years working for the Nelson Trust at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
She was preceded in death by her husband. Her survivors include step-children Tom (Nancy) Shawver, Vince (Marylynn) Shawver and Phyllis (Carl) Deane, sister Kathleen Page, nephew David (Donna) Schupp and niece Toni (Ed) Phillips, four grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. She also leaves her close friend Mary Beth Daigneaux and all the fine people at Overland Park Place.
There will be a private family service. Interment will be at Antioch Pioneer Cemetery, Overland Park. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to Eric's Camp Fund, an organization for children with cancer, P.O. Box 8138, P.V., Ks., 66208.
She was preceded in death by her husband. Her survivors include step-children Tom (Nancy) Shawver, Vince (Marylynn) Shawver and Phyllis (Carl) Deane, sister Kathleen Page, nephew David (Donna) Schupp and niece Toni (Ed) Phillips, four grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren. She also leaves her close friend Mary Beth Daigneaux and all the fine people at Overland Park Place.
There will be a private family service. Interment will be at Antioch Pioneer Cemetery, Overland Park. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to Eric's Camp Fund, an organization for children with cancer, P.O. Box 8138, P.V., Ks., 66208.
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