Suzanne May (Aurand) Kirk, 47, Greenwood, MO, died Monday, June 6, 2011 at her home, after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at the Atkinson Chapel in Harrisonville, MO. Burial will be in Sharon Cemetery in Drexel, MO. Friends may call from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 7 at the Atkinson Chapel. Memorial contributions may be made to the Suzanne Kirk Memorial Educational Fund, c/o Blue Ridge Bank & Trust.

Suzanne was born September 26, 1963 in Harrisonville, MO, the daughter of Merton Lee and Mary Ellen (Endecott) Aurand. She was raised in the Drexel and Freeman, MO area and was a 1981 graduate of Cass Midway High School. She later moved to the Lee's Summit and Greenwood area where she had lived for the last 24 years.

Suzanne received a BS in Food Science & Nutrition from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1985. She later received a teaching certificate in Early Childhood from the University of Central Missouri in 2006. She married David Kirk on June 6, 1987 in Freeman, MO.

Suzanne was employed by Raytown School District and worked as an Early Childhood Teacher at New Trails Early Learning Center in Raytown. She was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Lee's Summit.

Suzanne was preceded in death by her mother, Mary Ellen Aurand on January 8, 2008. She is survived by her husband, David and two children, Ellen and Christopher Kirk, all of the home; her father, Merton L. Aurand, Drexel, MO; one brother, Aaron Aurand and his wife, Karla, Belton, MO; two nieces, Mikaela and Kiersten Aurand; many other aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and friends.