Cheryl Lou McAfee was born 10/01/1959 in Independence, Missouri, to Marvin & Ferne McAfee. She was the youngest of four daughters. She graduated from Van Horn High School in Independence in May 1977 and left for active duty in the US Navy in October 1977. During her military career, she served as a Radioman, and was stationed in the Philippines, Guam, and at Mayport, Florida. She was honorably discharged in November 1982, and in October 1984 joined the Selected Reserves. She spent over thirteen years in a NATO unit, SACLANT det 118, Kansas City, then transferred into the Individual Ready Reserves from which she retired in August 2004 as a Petty Officer First Class.
On October 18, 1980, she married Darion Zan Tyler, and they were the parents of two daughters, Rebecca and Katherine.
Cheryl worked for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers at Harry S Truman Power Plant in Warsaw for almost 28 years, the last six years as the senior electrician. She retired April 30, 2016, due to her illness. Cheryl was a longtime member of the Alpha Beta Rho chapter of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority and the Ray County Genealogical Association.
She was proceeded in death by her maternal grandparents, Lawrence & Mary Shepard, paternal grandparents, Lulian & Opal McAfee, her father Marvin K McAfee, sister Teresa Butcher, uncle & aunt, Tom & Tot McAfee, and a cousin, Jim McAfee.
Survivors include her daughters, Rebecca Veach (Vaughn) of Sparta, Illinois; and Katherine Tyler (William Ripperger) of Warrensburg, MO; a granddaughter, Alexis Tyler; 5 step-grandchildren, Cole Ripperger, Kaden Ripperger, Lydia (Veach) Burkhart, Wyatt Veach, and Emily Veach; a step-great-granddaughter, Ava Burkhart; her mother Ferne Briscoe, Raymore, MO; 2 sisters, Marilyn Keck, Oak Grove, MO, and Kristen Hawley, Harrisonville, MO; several nieces and nephews; and cousins Ken McAfee and Leisa McAfee Cook.
On June 27, 2018, at the age of 58, Cheryl passed away at her home due to metastasized uterine cancer.

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