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Dolores DeAngelo Obituary

Dolores "Dory" DeAngelo Dolores "Dory" DeAngelo, long-time Kansas City historian, author, stage actress and director, and architectural preservationist, who dedicated her life to Kansas City culture, civic life, and its history, died on June 23, 2020, of symptoms related to the coronavirus. Dory, the youngest of seven children, of Pete and Lena Basile DeAngelo, and the last remaining sibling, was born into an Italian family who settled in the Northeast neighborhood in the 1870's and maintained a home there for 80 years. She is survived by four generations of nieces and nephews, including, Patty (Emil) Ducoulomber, Diane (Paul) Oliver, Chris Chambers, Jeff (Janice) Chambers, Leanna DeAngelo (Paul Stuckburger), and Jana (Bill) Henley, as well as her long-time friend Pat Bartholome. Dory's family will hold a private memorial Mass in her honor at St. Gabriel Church in Kansas City, Missouri on July 18, 2020. Please see the Cremation Society of KS and MO, kccremation.com, website for an extended biography of her personal and professional life.

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Published by Kansas City Star on Jul. 12, 2020.

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Stella Kartsonis

July 6, 2021

As we prepare to resume the Greek Festival at Annunciation Greek Orthodox church in September I think of Dory so fondly and still regret i was unable to re-connect with her before she passed away !! So many memories to think about from our first meeting and as years passed. Rest in peace, dear Dory !!

Stella Kartsonis

July 15, 2020

I have never forgotten Dory DeAngelo and our relationship....she was my contact with Crown Center when my church the Annunciation Greek Orthodox church had their first festival on the square. It was an exciting time in the lives of my friends at church and Dory was so easy to work with !! She was eager to introduce me and my daughter the first day of the first festival to Mr. Joyce Hall.....he was enjoying our Greek food and entertainment. He planted a kiss on my 9 year old daughter, Christina's cheek !! Perhaps because Dory was Italian and I am Greek we felt a kinship of ethnicity. I have thought of her many times over the years and when I first read the history written by her niece, I wanted to visit her in the nursing home....I never had that opportunity and I am sad it didn't happen. Please know I send my sympathy and virtual hugs to her remaining family !! My memories of those days working with her are as vivid today as then. May her memory be eternal !! Keep all the wonderful, happy times you shared with her and you will build a bridge over your broken hearts !! Stella Kartsonis

Muffy Young Miller

July 12, 2020

So sorry to see that Dory has passed. Always enjoyed having her across the street from my office when she lived on Fairmount. She used to send me hand made cat Christmas cards and gifted me with the books she wrote about Kansas City and the women of Kansas City. We shared a common love for the arts and animals, especially the cats that we took in. When the cat Xmas cards stopped coming I began looking for Dory but so sorry I was never able to find her. Kansas City has lost an icon as well as a lovely lady.

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