Mary Ann Clevenger

Mary Ann Clevenger, 88, formerly of Raytown and Pleasant Hill, MO passed away December 14, 2017. Visitation will be 9:30am, Friday, December 22, 2017, followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30am at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 8812 E. Gregory Blvd, Raytown, MO. Burial in Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the church.

Mary Ann was born February 4, 1929 to William and Martha Struemph in St. Elizabeth, MO. She graduated from a one room school house that was on the family farm. She worked one summer as a nurse’s aide at St. Mary’s Hospital in Jefferson City, MO. She would then go on to graduate from St. Mary’s School of Nursing, in Kansas City in 1951. She loved being a nurse at St. Mary’s, the VA Hospital and Baptist Memorial Hospital in Kansas City, MO.

She married Ralph R. Clevenger, Jr., in November of 1953 and together they raised five children in the Raytown area. Mary Ann loved sewing and quilting and was a member of the quilting clubs at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Raytown and Nativity of Mary Parish in Independence. She also enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and going to the lake.

Mary Ann is preceded in death by her husband Ralph in 2016; daughter Peggy Palmer in 1989 and sisters, Ludmilla Kliethermes, Margie Johnson, Odellia Struemph, and Virginia Beach. Survivors include son Gary Clevenger (Meg Lovejoy), Sulphur, LA; daughters Susan Clevenger (Russell King), Overland Park, KS; Diane Watkins (Clark), Raymore, MO; Nancy MacDonald (Larry), Independence, MO; son-in-law Chuck Palmer (Pauley), Blue Springs, MO; grandchildren Dillon, Bridget and Collin MacDonald; Tess Hart; Ryan, Evan and Robin King; Chase Watkins (Caprise); Eric Palmer; Hayley (Tyler) Wright; Sarah and Katie Clevenger; great grandchildren Carrington and Maks Wright; and brothers John Struemph (Mary), Jefferson City, MO and Francis Struemph (Delores), St. Elizabeth, MO.

Arr: McGilley and Sheil Chapel, 11924 E. 47th St, Kansas City, MO 64133.