Doris Lee "Johnnie" Christie passed away peacefully August 16,2014 at the family home after a courageous battle with lung cancer. She was born September 16, 1927. Upon graduating from Lexington High School in Lexington, MO, she moved to Kansas City, MO and became a switchboard operator for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. Doris met and married Chris Cross (V.B. Christie) and raised 6 children. She later retired from Kansas City's City Hall. Doris was preceded in death by her husband and daughter, Celeste'. She is survived by her three daughters, two sons, ten grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren as well as her youngest sister and many nieces and nephews. Memorial Mass 10:30am, Friday, August 22, 2014 St. Patrick’s Catholic Church,1357 NE 42nd Terrace, Kansas City, MO 64116 . The family will have a Rosary at 7:00pm, Thursday, August 21, 2014 with a visitation to follow until 9:00pm at White Chapel Funeral Home, 6600 NE Antioch Rd., Gladstone, MO 64119. Family suggests memorial gifts to St. Patrick’s Catholic Church.
