Jennifer Lee Middaugh, 63, Harrisonville, Missouri went home to Jesus Sunday, January 13, 2013 at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri, surrounded by family. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 17 at the Atkinson Funeral Home in Harrisonville. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Atkinson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Parker Cemetery in Creighton, Missouri.

Jennifer was born January 23, 1949 in Clinton, Missouri, the daughter of Edwin Paul and Ethel Edna (Gregg) Middaugh. She was a 1967 graduate of Harrisonville High School and attended Longview Community College in Lee's Summit, Missouri. She had lived in Harrisonville for most of her life. She worked for V&K Frame Shop in Hollister, Missouri and was a machine operator at Sioux Chief in Harrisonville before retiring in 2011.

Jennifer had a zest for life and especially for her family and friends. She never met a stranger and in addition to her own, she had many "adopted" children. She was Mom and Grandma to many through the years as to know her was truly to love her. Jennifer gave freely of all she had and never expected anything in return. She loved to learn new things and through her example taught her children that there isn't anything you can't do if you only put your mind to it.

Jennifer loved Jesus, her grandchildren and her fur babies dearly. She had an amazing sense of humor, was an avid reader; and loved fishing, gardening and sewing. Jennifer would want us to remember the good times and celebrate a life well lived and continue her legacy of loving life, books, animals, and most importantly people.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Roger Middaugh. She is survived by one son, John Paul Moser, Wichita, Kansas; two daughters, Michele Morris and her husband, Tim, and Shawna Middaugh, all of Harrisonville, Missouri; three brothers, Edwin Paul Middaugh, Jr., Huntington, Texas, John Middaugh, Pensacola, Florida and Shaun O'Neal, Aberdeen, Washington; three sisters, Patsy Wisner, Harrisonville, Mary Hansen, Archie, Missouri and Tammy Middaugh, Harrisonville and five grandchildren, Dalton, Jaxon, Tiffany, Corwin and Isobel.