Adelia E. Spann

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Adelia E.(Dawes) Spann, loving wife and mother, passed peacefully on February 5, 2022. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. John Francis Regis Catholic Church, 8941 James A. Reed Road, Kansas City, MO, 64138 on Friday, February 18 at 1:00 p.m.. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Friends may call at St. John Francis Regis Catholic Church Friday, February 18, from 12:00-1:00 p.m. (Rosary 11:30-12:00p.m). You may make contributions in her memory to St. Regis Catholic Church or to the Little Sisters of the Poor (LSP).
Adelia, born January 30, 1921, was a native of Kansas City, MO. After high school, she attended an art institute for two years before working for Bordens Dairy. She married Robert (Bob) F. Spann, Sr. in 1946, and they were married for 55 years before his death in 2002. She was a homemaker for 10 years before working as a compensation assistant for General Services Administration for 25 years. After retirement, she volunteered for 30 years as a librarian at LSP. Adelia loved shopping and enjoyed crafts, ceramics, and painting birdhouses that Bob built. She was a Scrabble Queen, and played Lexulous on-line until blindness overcame her in 2021. She was devoted to her family and had a heart for the elderly, pushing LSP residents wheelchairs to chapel and helping with grocery shopping and errands. She loved the Lord and attended daily Mass. Faith was her #1 priority, then family, friends, and herself last. She led an active prayer life ("Prayer works!") and read from the Bible every day.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert F. Spann, Sr.; her parents, George and Jessie Dawes; her brother George Dawes; her sisters, Cecilia DiCanzio and Rosemary Bales; and a grandson, Paul Reiner. She is survived by her sons, Robert F. Spann, Jr. of Santa Fe, NM and Michael D. Spann (Donyall) of Harrisonville, MO; daughters, Susan Nealy of Lenexa, KS and Jody Reiner (Mark) of Colorado Springs, CO; grandson William H.T. Nealy, Jr. (Masami); granddaughter, Therese K. Becker (Caleb); five great-grandchildren: Joe and Ray Nealy and Cody, Grace, and Nolan Becker; and beloved nieces and nephews.
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Rosary
Friday, February 18, 2022
11:30 AM

St. John Francis Regis Catholic Church 8941 James A. Reed RdKansas City, MO 64138

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Visitation
Friday, February 18, 2022
12:00 PM

St. John Francis Regis Catholic Church 8941 James A. Reed RdKansas City, Missouri 64138

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Mass of Christian Burial
Friday, February 18, 2022
1:00 PM

St. John Francis Regis Catholic Church 8941 James A. Reed RdKansas City, Missouri 64138

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Burial
Friday, February 18, 2022

Mt. Olivet Cemetery 7601 Blue Ridge Blvd.Kansas City, Missouri 64138

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