1925
2011
801 Northwest 108th Street (Shoal Creek Pkwy)
Kansas City, Missouri
Erma Lee (Haywood) Audsley passed away October 31, 2011, after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.
Visitation will be at 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, at Mount Moriah Terrace Park Funeral Home. There will be a funeral service at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, at Gashland United Presbyterian Church, 8029 N. Oak Tfwy., Kansas City, Mo., followed by interment at Evergreen Cemetery in Dewitt, Carroll County, Mo.
Erma Lee was born Dec. 25, 1925, in Busby, a rural farming community in west Texas near Sweetwater. After high school graduation, she worked as a Western Union operator in Galveston, New Orleans and Kansas City, where she met her future husband, Joseph F. Audsley, whom she married Sept. 12, 1946.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Everett and Pommie Mae Haywood, her sisters, Frances McCullough and Ivy Mae Hurst, and brother, Royce Haywood. She is survived by her husband, Joe, son, Larry (wife Donna) Audsley, daughter, Nancy (husband Merle) Davidson, grandchildren, Scott Audsley, Laura Audsley, Daniel Davidson, Mark Davidson, and great granddaughter, Kyla Davidson.
Lee, as she was known to friends, had a career as a legal secretary in the 1960s and 70s, but home and family were her greatest sources of joy, and she instilled in her own children the importance of maintaining good family relationships. She enjoyed preparing meals for the family, sewing and visiting with friends and family. During their retirement years, Joe and Lee tutored school children through Youth Friends in the North Kansas City School District. Lee was well-suited to volunteer work of this kind as she was naturally gentle and patient with children. She also enjoyed traveling, and Joe and Lee made many trips to visit their children and grandchildren in Texas and Arizona.
Arrangements under the direction of Mount Moriah Terrace Park Funeral Home; 801 N.W. 108th Street; Kansas City, MO. (816) 734-5500
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November 4, 2011
Joe, On behalf on my family I wish to express our sincerest sympathy to you and your family. Charles E. Houlton, Fort Worth, Texas
November 2, 2011
To Joe, Larry, Nancy and families,
Thank you so much for sharing these pictures. It is so good to remember Erma Lee as that young vibrant woman. She would love this page! Just think of all the "catching up" that is going on in heaven between all the Haywoods. We will be thinking of you all in the days and weeks to come. God Bless.
Judy McCullough Winter
November 1, 2011
Linda McCracken
For my aunt Erma Lee,
Erma Lee and family came to Sweetwater every summer when we were kids so the sisters could visit. Now those same three sisters have passed away in such a short time between each's passing but we try to remember that they must be having such a joyous reunion at last together again.
Love, Linda McCracken
November 1, 2011
Allen Lee
Joe,
We were so sorry to hear of your loss. The thoughts of many are with you and your family at this time of sorrow.
Allen and Mary Frances Lee
November 1, 2011
MARILYN KUSS
May the prayers of family & friends lift each of you up during this difficult time & fill your hearts with HIS peace...Having grown up in Sweetwater, I knew both sisters & their families; however, did not know Erma. I am glad God gave us the gift of memories to hold in our hearts until we are reunited forever!
Blessings as you celebrate a life well lived....
Respectfully,
Marilyn Kuss
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