Connie Sue Gumm

Connie Sue Gumm 53, passed away on Friday November 20, 2020 at her home in Gladstone, Missouri surrounded by family members. She passed away from a courageous battle with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) also commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday November 27, 2020 at the Spickard Christian Church. Burial will be in the Spickard Masonic Cemetery.

Family visitation will Wednesday, November 25, 2020 from 5:00 P.M. to & 7:00 P.M. at the McGilley Antioch Chapel, 3325 N.E. Vivian Road, Kansas City, Missouri.

Then another family visitation will be Friday, November 27, 2020 from 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. at Spickard Christian Church.

Memorials to ALS(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) these may left or mailed to the Slater-Neal Funeral Home, Trenton, MO. which is in charge of arrangements.

Connie was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on January 29th, 1967. She was raised by loving parents Phyllis “Fitzpatrick” Gumm and Gerald Gumm of Spickard Missouri and lived in Gladstone, Mo. Connie went to school in Kansas City, Missouri and graduated from Oak Park High School in 1985.

Connie was employed at Myron’s Dental Lab when diagnosed and had 25 years in the Dental Business also working at KC Denture Clinic and Dawson’s Dental Lab. Connie also worked at First Student School Bus for the Park Hill School District. Connie enjoyed spending time with family and friends, she loved drawing and making crafts, she loved spending time gardening and had a green thumb and walking in the woods following the creek collecting rocks and going to the beach and horseback riding and she loved making homemade ice-cream and loved bonfires and S’mores and taking pictures.

Connie is survived by a son Brandon Gumm of Gladstone, Missouri and Aunts and Uncles Dixie “Fitzpatrick’’,”Brown” Yates of Mill Grove, Missouri, Bonnie & Otto Gumm of Kansas City, Missouri, George & Virginia Gumm of Maryville, Missouri and Pat Edgeton Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Sisters Kelli Atherton of Odessa Texas, Dina Dotterweich of Monticello, Iowa, Laura Grant of Alexandria, Virginia and Addy Sullivan of Cedar Rapids. Connie is also survived by Nephews Owen, Grant, Quinn Thomas & Will Dotterweich of Monticello, Iowa, Nieces Alex and Sheldon Stewart of College Station, Texas, Randi & Zoe Atherton of Texas, Great Niece Lilly Stewart of College Station and Two Great Nephews of Texas. Also survived by a Biological Mother Susan Clark of Washington, Iowa and Biological Father John Sullivan of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Connie was preceded in death by Parents Phyllis “Fitzpatrick” & Gerald Gumm, Aunts & Uncles Irene “ Fitzpatrick” & Jim Wagner, Gordon Brown, Virgil Yates, Audrey & Edgar Brown and Opal & Herb Harrington, Grandparents Lera “Coon” Fitzpatrick & John Fitzpatrick and Cousin Linda Lewis of Chesterfield, Mo

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