Donna Louese “Meme” Kagarice, age 81 of Butler died Sunday, January 26, 2025 at Carriage Square Rehab and Healthcare Center in St. Joseph, Missouri. She was born April 11, 1943 to Donald Dean and Mary Louise Miller Snodgrass in Bates County, Missouri.
Donna is survived by a son, Roy Kagarice and wife Cindy of Spruce, Missouri; two daughters, Carol Bright and husband Gene of Adrian, Missouri and Tina Oerke and husband Neale of Butler, Missouri; 10 grandchildren, Charity (Troy) Englehardt, Cole (Tina) Kagarice, Jesse (Jayme) Kagarice, Lacie (Jeremy) Friesz, Shanie (Keith) Mitchell, Lane (Aimee) Oerke, Weston (Morgan) Oerke, Garrett (Serenity) Oerke, Kale Oerke and Lexie Ward; 14 great-grandchildren, Tanner, Lilly, Hayden, Harper, Abigail, Finley, Hanna, Sadie, Max, Olivia, EnsLea, Rustin, Tateyn, Paxtun and one due in September; a brother, Jim Snodgrass and wife Julie of Warsaw, Missouri; a sister, Norma Robinson of Pittsburg, Kansas; a son-in-law, Mike Ward of Nevada, Missouri; and a special friend, Lynn Light. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 50+ years, Rob Roy Kagarice on September 13, 2011; and a daughter, Beverly Ann Ward.
