Betty Sue Farmer
1924-2013
Kansas City, Missouri

Betty Sue Farmer, the daughter of Forrest and Sophronia (Crawford) Thompson was born July 21, 1924, in Anabel, Missouri. Betty graduated from Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Missouri and then from Chillicothe Business School in Chillicothe, Missouri with a 2 year degree.

On November 9, 1946, Betty was united in marriage to W.D. “Buck” Farmer at the Westport Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1950, they purchased a home in Gashland, Missouri, which later became Kansas City, Missouri, where they lived to the present time.

Betty was employed for twenty years as a secretary for the executive director of the Federal Aviation Administration in Kansas City. In 1965, they became the parents of a daughter, Linda, and Betty retired to stay home with her family. Betty passed away Friday, September 13, 2013, at Garden Valley Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation in Kansas City, Missouri at the age of 89.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by sisters, Ana Lou Farmer and her husband, Delbert, and Ima Gene Porter and her husband, John Al, and a nephew, Kenny Porter. Survivors include her husband, W.D. “Buck” Farmer, Kansas City; daughter, Linda S. Casey, Fairfax, Missouri; grandson, James T. Casey, Carterville, Illinois; three great grandsons, Zachary, Shane and Easton Casey; numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral Service: 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, September 18, 2013,
Gashland Presbyterian Church, Kansas City, Missouri.
Interment: 3:00 P.M., Wednesday, September 18th, Mount Tabor Cemetery, Atlanta, Missouri.
The family will receive friends Tuesday, September 17, 2013, from
7:00 -9:00 P.M. at the Gashland Presbyterian Church, Kansas City.
Memorials: American Cancer Society.
Online obituaries and condolences at www.minterfuneralchapels.com.
Services directed by Minter Funeral Chapel, Rock Port, Missouri.