Betty Jane Shannon, 88, Harrisonville, Missouri, died Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Golden Years Care Center in Harrisonville. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, March 4, 2013 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville with visitation from 10:00-11:00. Private family burial will be in Floral Hills Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer .
Betty was born October 7, 1924 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Paul Baker and Irma Jewel (Greene) Waddell. She was a 1942 graduate of Wyandotte High School. Betty was a member of the Foxy Ladies Red Hats in Harrisonville.
Betty was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Clarence, one daughter, Catherine Mack, one brother, Robert Waddell and one son, David Shannon. She is survived by two sons, Phillip T. Shannon and wife, Karen, Overland Park, Kansas and Paul T. Shannon, Goodyear, Arizona; two daughters, Deborah Shannon, Harrisonville, Missouri and Suzy Ward, Denver, Colorado; 6 grandchildren, Stacy Johnson (David), Michael Shannon (DeeDee), Sean Shannon (Cathy), Paul Hindley (Courtney), Jeremy Cook, Jeffrey Goldman (Julie) and 6 great-grandchildren, Micayla, Dakota, Bryce, Taylor, Hailey and Esther.
