Deanna “Dee” Calhoon, 74, of Kansas City, Kansas, passed away Thursday, June 21, 2012 at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas. Funeral Services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, June 25th at the Chapel Hill-Butler Funeral Home, 701 North 94th Street, Kansas City, Kansas. Interment will follow in Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Friends may call from 4pm until 6pm Sunday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or the American Cancer Association.
Dee was born April 1, 1938 in Kansas City, Kansas to Oliver and Bessie M. (Jobe) VonDerBruegge. She loved to play video poker, but her greatest hobby was her grandkids. Dee enjoyed taking many motorcycle rides with her husband. She loved to travel, including, three trips down Route 66 to raise money for cancer research.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her son Samuel "Buddy" Jones and her sister Jacquelin VonDerBruegge.
Survivors include her husband of 37 years, Dan E. Calhoon of Kansas City, Kansas; her children, Fred Holt and his wife Kathy of Kansas City, Kansas, Coreen Gunja and her husband Bob of Kansas City, Kansas, Pam Eveland and Mike Eveland of Bonner Springs, Kansas, and Dortha Meier of Bonner Springs, Kansas; her grandchildren, Jeff Holt, and his wife Diane of Kansas City, Kansas, Dawn Swartz and her husband Justin of Bonner Springs, Kansas, Amy Stevinson, and her husband Eric of Greenwood, Missouri, Courtney Meier of Bonner Springs, Kansas, Tara Hovey, and her husband James of Lenexa, Kansas, Kristy Shelton, and her husband Brett of Kansas City, Missouri, Teann Frazier, and her husband Keith of Bonner Springs, Kansas, Lindsey Freeman, and her husband Eli of South Carolina, Haley Meier of Bonner Springs, Kansas; her great grandchildren, Carter, Jacob, Brylie, Tyson, Kayla, Piper, Paige and Seth; her siblings George VonDerBruegge and his wife Mary of Kansas City, Kansas, Oliver VonDerBruegge and his wife Patricia of Kansas City, Kansas, Clara Gene Weaver, and her husband Charles of Wichita, Kansas, Rozanna Selley, and her husband Craig of Topeka, Kansas.
Arrangements under the direction of:
Chapel Hill-Butler Funeral Home
701 N. 94th Street
Kansas City, Kansas 66112
913 ~ 334 ~3366
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