Sonja Sue Gessley, 51, Lee's Summit, a librarian, died July 4, 1993 at the Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. She had memorial services at the Mount Moriah & Freeman Chapel, was cremated and entombed in the Mount Moriah Cemetery Mausoleum. The family had suggested contributions to The American Cancer Society.
Sonja was born in Clinton, Missouri on November 27, 1941 to John "Jack" and Edythe (Smith) Fortney. She attended a Clinton elementary school and Clinton High School, graduating in 1958. Her only sibling was an older brother, Ronald "Ronnie" Fortney (deceased).
She first married a CHS classmate, Fredrick "Fred" Duensing, who died tragically in an auto accident in 1967. She later married Robert Gessley (deceased in 2015) and they had a daughter, Jennifer (Gessley) Gayman.
Sonja Lived most of her life in the Lee's Summit, Missouri area serving as a librarian in the Lee's Summit School District for 30 years. She was also a past president of the Lee's Summit Chapter of the National Education Association.
Sonja was born in Clinton, Missouri on November 27, 1941 to John "Jack" and Edythe (Smith) Fortney. She attended a Clinton elementary school and Clinton High School, graduating in 1958. Her only sibling was an older brother, Ronald "Ronnie" Fortney (deceased).
She first married a CHS classmate, Fredrick "Fred" Duensing, who died tragically in an auto accident in 1967. She later married Robert Gessley (deceased in 2015) and they had a daughter, Jennifer (Gessley) Gayman.
Sonja Lived most of her life in the Lee's Summit, Missouri area serving as a librarian in the Lee's Summit School District for 30 years. She was also a past president of the Lee's Summit Chapter of the National Education Association.
Sonja Sue Gessley, 51, Lee's Summit, a librarian, died July 4, 1993 at the Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. She had memorial services at the Mount Moriah & Freeman Chapel, was cremated and entombed in the Mount Moriah Cemetery Mausoleum. The family had suggested contributions to The American Cancer Society.
Sonja was born in Clinton, Missouri on November 27, 1941 to John "Jack" and Edythe (Smith) Fortney. She attended a Clinton elementary school and Clinton High School, graduating in 1958. Her only sibling was an older brother, Ronald "Ronnie" Fortney (deceased).
She first married a CHS classmate, Fredrick "Fred" Duensing, who died tragically in an auto accident in 1967. She later married Robert Gessley (deceased in 2015) and they had a daughter, Jennifer (Gessley) Gayman.
Sonja Lived most of her life in the Lee's Summit, Missouri area serving as a librarian in the Lee's Summit School District for 30 years. She was also a past president of the Lee's Summit Chapter of the National Education Association.
Sonja was born in Clinton, Missouri on November 27, 1941 to John "Jack" and Edythe (Smith) Fortney. She attended a Clinton elementary school and Clinton High School, graduating in 1958. Her only sibling was an older brother, Ronald "Ronnie" Fortney (deceased).
She first married a CHS classmate, Fredrick "Fred" Duensing, who died tragically in an auto accident in 1967. She later married Robert Gessley (deceased in 2015) and they had a daughter, Jennifer (Gessley) Gayman.
Sonja Lived most of her life in the Lee's Summit, Missouri area serving as a librarian in the Lee's Summit School District for 30 years. She was also a past president of the Lee's Summit Chapter of the National Education Association.
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