Terry Robert Bryson passed away on May 18, 2022 at the age of 84 in Plano, Texas. Terry was born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 15, 1937 to Robert (Albert) and Emma Bryson. He grew up in Kansas City and Falls City, Nebraska. While at Northeast High School in Kansas City, Terry played nose guard on the football team, and met his first love, Karen. Karen and Terry married shortly after high school and immediately started a family (3 daughters). While working full-time during the day, Terry earned his engineering degree, taking night courses at Finlay Engineering College.
After his wife's passing from a long battle with cancer in 1977, Terry reconnected with a high school friend Mary Crouch-Nigro, who he married in 2002 and settled with in Plano, Texas.
Terry had 30 successful years at Armco Steel where he started as a draftsman in his teens and working his way up to District Sales Manager of the Midwestern Division in Minneapolis. He continued his career with Huntco Steel in St. Louis, MO as their general Manager, then went to Talbot Industries to become Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing in Joplin, MO.
He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church in Plano, and a 60 year member of the ancient Free and Accepted Freemasons. Terry was an avid golfer, Oklahoma Sooners and Kansas City Chiefs football fan, and most importantly, a devoted family man. He loved to laugh and share stories, jokes and wisdom that he had accumulated through his many chapters of life.
Terry is preceded in death by his parents, first wife Karen, sister Kay Bryson Ransier, daughter Jan Bryson Howard, granddaughter Jaime Koscielniak, niece Jennifer Bryson and Mary's grandson T.J. Nigro.
Internment at Floral Hills Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
(extracted from Dignity Memorials pbituary)
After his wife's passing from a long battle with cancer in 1977, Terry reconnected with a high school friend Mary Crouch-Nigro, who he married in 2002 and settled with in Plano, Texas.
Terry had 30 successful years at Armco Steel where he started as a draftsman in his teens and working his way up to District Sales Manager of the Midwestern Division in Minneapolis. He continued his career with Huntco Steel in St. Louis, MO as their general Manager, then went to Talbot Industries to become Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing in Joplin, MO.
He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church in Plano, and a 60 year member of the ancient Free and Accepted Freemasons. Terry was an avid golfer, Oklahoma Sooners and Kansas City Chiefs football fan, and most importantly, a devoted family man. He loved to laugh and share stories, jokes and wisdom that he had accumulated through his many chapters of life.
Terry is preceded in death by his parents, first wife Karen, sister Kay Bryson Ransier, daughter Jan Bryson Howard, granddaughter Jaime Koscielniak, niece Jennifer Bryson and Mary's grandson T.J. Nigro.
Internment at Floral Hills Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
(extracted from Dignity Memorials pbituary)
Terry Robert Bryson passed away on May 18, 2022 at the age of 84 in Plano, Texas. Terry was born in Kansas City, Missouri on September 15, 1937 to Robert (Albert) and Emma Bryson. He grew up in Kansas City and Falls City, Nebraska. While at Northeast High School in Kansas City, Terry played nose guard on the football team, and met his first love, Karen. Karen and Terry married shortly after high school and immediately started a family (3 daughters). While working full-time during the day, Terry earned his engineering degree, taking night courses at Finlay Engineering College.
After his wife's passing from a long battle with cancer in 1977, Terry reconnected with a high school friend Mary Crouch-Nigro, who he married in 2002 and settled with in Plano, Texas.
Terry had 30 successful years at Armco Steel where he started as a draftsman in his teens and working his way up to District Sales Manager of the Midwestern Division in Minneapolis. He continued his career with Huntco Steel in St. Louis, MO as their general Manager, then went to Talbot Industries to become Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing in Joplin, MO.
He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church in Plano, and a 60 year member of the ancient Free and Accepted Freemasons. Terry was an avid golfer, Oklahoma Sooners and Kansas City Chiefs football fan, and most importantly, a devoted family man. He loved to laugh and share stories, jokes and wisdom that he had accumulated through his many chapters of life.
Terry is preceded in death by his parents, first wife Karen, sister Kay Bryson Ransier, daughter Jan Bryson Howard, granddaughter Jaime Koscielniak, niece Jennifer Bryson and Mary's grandson T.J. Nigro.
Internment at Floral Hills Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
(extracted from Dignity Memorials pbituary)
After his wife's passing from a long battle with cancer in 1977, Terry reconnected with a high school friend Mary Crouch-Nigro, who he married in 2002 and settled with in Plano, Texas.
Terry had 30 successful years at Armco Steel where he started as a draftsman in his teens and working his way up to District Sales Manager of the Midwestern Division in Minneapolis. He continued his career with Huntco Steel in St. Louis, MO as their general Manager, then went to Talbot Industries to become Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing in Joplin, MO.
He was a member of Christ United Methodist Church in Plano, and a 60 year member of the ancient Free and Accepted Freemasons. Terry was an avid golfer, Oklahoma Sooners and Kansas City Chiefs football fan, and most importantly, a devoted family man. He loved to laugh and share stories, jokes and wisdom that he had accumulated through his many chapters of life.
Terry is preceded in death by his parents, first wife Karen, sister Kay Bryson Ransier, daughter Jan Bryson Howard, granddaughter Jaime Koscielniak, niece Jennifer Bryson and Mary's grandson T.J. Nigro.
Internment at Floral Hills Cemetery in Kansas City, Missouri.
(extracted from Dignity Memorials pbituary)
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