Edith Ann Wasser

Edith “Edie” Ann Wasser, 76, of Kearney, Missouri, passed away Saturday, June 15, 2019 at North Kansas City Hospital surrounded by family.

Edie was born June 27, 1942 in Marshall, Missouri, to Louise and Herman Morgan.  She graduated from Hale High School in 1960 and started her family.  She had a love of learning and returned to her education as a non-traditional student following the end of her first marriage in 1979.  August 30, 1980 she married John B. Wasser and enjoyed traveling and pursuing new and interesting hobbies with John.  She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Park University in 1994 with a degree in computer based information systems.  Edie was the kindest of souls who loved her family and friends and spending time with them.  She enjoyed learning, discovering new hobbies, traveling and reading.

Edie was preceded in death by her mother, Louise, father, Herman, sister, Della, and brother, Charles.

She is survived by her husband, John Wasser; her daughter, Chala Flanery married to Rick; her son, Matt Pierson; her daughter, Kathy Sanford married to Matt; her grandchildren, Jamie, Chad, Amber, Jackie, Courtney, Emilie, and Jonah; 18 great grandchildren; her sister-in-law, Sally Wasser; her sister by choice, Daisy Ealey; and several cousins, nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, June 20, 2019 at Fry-Bross & Spidle Funeral Home in Kearney, located at 208 S. Jefferson St., with visitation from 1 to 2 p.m. prior. Burial at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Plattsburg, Missouri. The family suggests memorial contributions to the American Heart Association.