JUDITH C. ROSS

Judith Carol Drury Cooley Ross, 66, Harrisonville, MO, died November 16, 2007. Services 10:00 AM Monday, November 19 at Atkinson Funeral Home, Harrisonville. Burial in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Adrian, MO. Visitation 5:00-6:30 PM Sunday at the Chapel. In Lieu of flowers donate to American Cancer Society.

Judith Carol Drury Cooley Ross, 66, Harrisonville, MO, died Friday, November 16, 2007 at home. Judy was born August 8, 1941 in Adrian, MO, the daughter of Henry Richard and Lois Christine (Snow) Drury. She attended school in Altona and Austin and graduated from Archie High School in 1959. Judy worked as a secretary at the Cass County Courthouse for 17 years and the VFW National Headquarters in Kansas City, MO until her retirement in 1993.

Judy loved her grandchildren and was an avid sports fan. She enjoyed playing cards ,dice games, and bingo and spent much of her time cooking and canning for her family and friends enjoyment. Judy was a member of the Cass County Women's Democratic Club and Women's VFW Auxiliary.

Judy was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Joseph, her sister Maryann Hoenshell and her niece Jonakay Hoenshell. She is survived by one son, Randy Cooley, Drexel, MO; two daughters, Ronda Reinert and husband Bob, St. Joseph, MO and Raylene Justice, Harrisonville, MO; three sisters, Sharon Ford, Archie, MO, Henrietta Ward and husband Larry, Harrisonville, MO and Marsha Bonnette and husband Randy, Belton, MO; one brother in-law, Dean Hoenshell, Harrisonville, MO; five grandchildren, Kelsey and Dallas Justice, Trevor Cooley and Bobbi Jo Howe and Jamie Hobick and other relatives and friends.

(Arrangements by Atkinson Funeral Home, Harrisonville (816) 380-3268).