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Judith Sumpter Obituary
October 25, 1941 - June 17, 2021
Overland Park, Kansas - Judith Kay (Bichelmeyer) Sumpter, (79), of Lenexa, Kansas, passed away on June 17, 2021 at Kansas City Hospice House in Kansas City, MO.
Funeral services will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 11311 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, Kansas, on Wednesday, June 30th, with visitation at 9:30 am and mass at 10:30 am. Burial will be immediately following at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Arrangements are provided by Amos Family Funeral Home in Shawnee. Following the services, family and friends are invited to gather for a meal and music at the parish hall in the basement of the church.
Judy was born in Kansas City, Kansas. In 1959, she graduated from St. Joseph (Shawnee) Catholic High School. In 1963, she graduated from Marymount College in Salina, Kansas, with a bachelor's degree in secondary education. She taught English and drama at St Joseph (Shawnee) Catholic High School from 1963 to 1965, at Bishop Ward High School from 1965 to 1967, and at Bishop Miege High School from 1967 to 1969. Judy married Richard Wayne Sumpter on July 28, 1969 in Kansas City, Kansas.
Judy was preceded in death by her father John F. Bichelmeyer - 2004, her mother Mary Helen (Matson) Bichelmeyer - 2000, her brother John George Bichelmeyer - 1965, sister Joan (Bichelmeyer) Grimm - 2004, and her son, Richard Wayne Sumpter II – 1985.
Judy is survived by her husband Richard Wayne Sumpter, daughters Andrea Marie Sumpter of Studio City CA, Amanda Britton (Brian) McCoy of Prairie Village KS, and Laura Jane Sumpter of Tucson Arizona; brothers James Noel Bichelmeyer, Joseph Mathias (Martha Jean) Bichelmeyer, and Jerome Lee (Nancy Lucinda) Bichelmeyer, all of Shawnee; sisters Jean Marie (Russ) Jenkins of Emporia KS, Jane Clare (Louis) Wetzel of Westwood KS, Mary Terese (Scott) Lucas of Mission Hills KS, and Barbara Anne (Emily Ward) Bichelmeyer of Lawrence KS. Judy also leaves her beloved grandchildren, Wylie Patrick McCoy, Samantha Judith McCoy and Justin Richard McCoy.
Memorials in honor of Judy may be given either to the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival (kcshakes.org) or to ArtsKC, Kansas City's regional arts council (artskc.org).
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Mike Wheeler
August 7, 2021
Very sorry to learn of Judy´s passing. Judy taught Speech class at St. Joe High School my Sophomore year. I will remember Judy as a great teacher and so much fun in class.
My condolences and sympathies to her family. I will remember Judy in my prayers.
Mary M. Pate
June 30, 2021
Dick, so sorry for your loss. Just remember all the memories you shared together.
I was ready to come to the services today but the heavy rains kept me from driving up.
God Bless you and your family.
Mary Martha
Christine Hayward Moore
June 27, 2021
Though I haven't been in touch for many, many years, mostly because I didn't want to intrude on her life, she was probably one of the four most influential people in my life. Because of her I went on to be both in the entertainment industry and a teacher for many years. I'm so happy she went on to live a full life as a wife and mother besides as a teacher, but I carried her in my heart all my life.
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