Kathleen E. Stanley

Kathleen Ellen Stanley, 88, of Olathe, Kansas, formerly of Kansas City, Missouri, died on Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at Villa St. Francis Care Center. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at Redemptorist Fathers/Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 pm on Monday, May 10, 2010 at McGilley Midtown Chapel, where the rosary will be prayed at 7:00 p.m. The family requests contributions to Catholic Community Hospice, 9740 W. 87th Street, Overland Park, KS 66212.

Kathleen was born on January 26, 1922 to Charles Matthew and Nona C. (Olden) Stanley in Kansas City, Missouri. She attended Redemptorist High School on a four year scholarship. For more than 30 years she was a secretary for the U.S. government. Kathleen was a lifelong member of the church and a member of the Altar Society. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Dr. Charles Stanley, John Stanley, and Edward Stanley; and sister, Noreen Stanley Godard. Kathleen’s survivors include her sister, Martha Jackson of Kansas City, Missouri; 23 nieces and nephews and many great-nieces and great-nephews.