This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lassiter, Farris, Heller, Frey, Irwin Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeV.2ACEB/2161 Message Board Post: Kansas City Star Kansas City, MO April 10, 2006 Farris, Linda Jane After battling cancer for two years, Linda passed peacefully from this life on April 8, 2006. She was born January 19, 1937 in Almo, Kentucky, to Addie and Atmer Lassiter. Her family later moved to Windfall, Indiana, where she was a popular co-ed and graduated in the class of 1955. In 1958 she married Jim, her loving husband of nearly 48 years, who survives. She bore two sons, Scott of Tulsa, OK, and Robert of Overland Park. Linda and Jim moved to Overland Park in 1982, where they were active members of the Johnson County Christian Church, and later the Overland Park Church of Christ where she was loved by all. Linda was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Cartelle, Art and Jack Lassiter; as well as two sisters, Lillian Heller and Iva Frey. In addition to her husband and children, Linda is survived by a brother, Jerry Lassiter of Peru, Indiana; two sisters-in-law, Katie Lassiter of Peru, Indiana, and Paulette Irwin of Mayfield, Kentucky; daughter-in-law, Donna ! Farris of Tulsa; as well as several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, April 10 at the Overland Park Church of Christ. A memorial service will be held at the church at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 11. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations to Kansas City Hospice or Children's Family Services. (Arr; D.W. Newcomer's Sons Johnson Co. Chapel, 913-451-1860).