Sandra Kilgore Harrisonville, Mo.

Sandra Jean Kilgore, 72, of Harrisonville, Mo., died Sept. 20, 2012, at John Knox Village Care Center.

Funeral services will be 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, at Stanley-Dickey Funeral Home, Pleasant Hill, Mo. Damon Sasyk will officiate. Visitation with family present will be after the service. Cremation will be accorded after the services and inurnment will be in Graceland Cemetery in Creston at a later date. Memorials are suggested to Creston Animal Rescue Effort in Creston. Online condolences may be left at www.stanley-dickeyfuneralhome.com.

Sandra Jean Kilgore, daughter of Arlene Viola (Isenhour) and Russell Martin Orr, was born May 10, 1940, in Creston.

Sandra was a 1958 Creston High School graduate.

Sandy was first married to Larry Lee Shepard. She later married Charles E. Kilgore in April 1985 in Lee’s Summit, Mo.

Sandy was a switch board operator for Creston Mutual Telephone Company; later she was employed as a PBX operator for Lee’s Summit Hospital.

Sandy was a member of the Faith Presbyterian Church in Kansas City.

Sandy and her husband sold their produce at the Harrison County Arkansas farmers market.

Sandy is survived by her husband Charles of Harrisonville, Mo.; sons, Robert (and Kara) Shepard, Richard Shepard and Charles (and Liana) Kilgore, all of Pleasant Hill, Mo.; daughters, Vella J. (and Rodney) Christesen of Harrisonville, Mo., Lori Thorpe of Warrensburg, Mo., and Charlene Kilgore of Yellville, Ark.; brother James Orr of Orient; 11 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; close friend Beverly (and Marvin) Campbell of Kansas City; other relatives and many friends.

Sandy was preceded in death by her parents; an infant brother and grandson Christopher Vernon.