Judith Lamar Kerr

Judith Lamar Kerr, 65, Kansas City, MO, passed away peacefully Monday, May 31, 2004, at Overland Park Regional Hospital. Memorial services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, June 3 at First Baptist Church. Burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Donations can be made to the Organ Transplant Program at the University of Kansas. Judi was born November 8, 1938, in Kansas City to Anne and Bill Lamar, and was a lifelong resident of Kansas City. She graduated from Raytown South High School and CMSU. She taught history before she married James Kerr and had two children. She continued her career working as an event planner with several companies in KC, working for many years at American Humanics. She traveled the world with her job, but relished the time she spent with her family most. Her most recent passion had become being an advocate for organ donation. She was a recipient twice and was the past president of the Liver Transplant Support Group at the University of Kansas Hospital. She leaves behind her beloved mother, Anne Lamar, of Overland Park, KS; son Matt Kerr of Mission Hills, KS, and daughter Katie Crane of Lenexa, KS; she also leaves behind her precious grandchildren, Emily, Mitch, Tommy, Mason, and Natalie; brother, John Lamar and his wife, Susan; sister, JoAnne Rosy and her husband, Richard. She will be missed dearly by her family. (Arr. Mt. Moriah and Freeman, 816-942-2004)