Colleen received her education in Schuyler County Greentop, MO and graduated in 1962. She worked as a beautician and then as a dental assistant/office manager until retirement. She enjoyed playing golf, landscaping in her yard, her grandchildren and her two dogs, Maggie & Bailey. She enjoyed playing NFL football picks against her son and daughter-in-law. She was a diehard Kansas City Chiefs fan and watched them faithfully.
Colleen was a member of Hazel Creek Primitive Baptist Church in Greentop, MO. She attended using Zoom when she couldn’t attend in person.
Colleen was proceeded in death by her parents, her twin brother, and best friend and golfing buddy, Barbara Shumaker. She is survived by two sisters, Rose Ilene Aldridge (Larry), Queen City, MO and Anita Carole Jackson (Jody Bryson), Richards, MO; her son, Todd Klingaman (Paula), Hume, MO; two grandchildren, Heather Stone (Rocky), Nevada, MO and Johnathan Klingaman, Hume, MO; seven great-grandchildren, Kamrie Klingaman, Rocklyn Stone, Angel Stone, Mason Gilliland, Timothy Stone, Gabe Stone, and Marshall Westerhold; three nieces and nephews, DeNita Homer (R.D.), Queen City, MO, Eric Jackson (Lona), Winigan, MO and Michael Snyder (Becky), Kirksville, MO; an uncle, Richard Hill (Joyce), Unionville, MO; and several cousins.
Services are planned for Monday, July 31, 2023, in Kirksville, MO, at Travis-Noe Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to Hazel Creek Primitive Baptist Church and can be made in care of Ferry Funeral Home. Local arrangements are under the direction of Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, MO.
