Ima Dillard Wright

Ima Dillard Wright, 80, Kansas City, KS, died April 5, 2004, at her home. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, April 10 at the Porter Funeral Home, 1835 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, KS. Friends may call 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Porter Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 2007 Broadway, Kansas City, MO, 64108. She was born in Audrain Co., MO, on March 30, 1924, to Jessie Mae Risk Pool and James Weaver Pool. She attended a one room schoolhouse and graduated from Mexico, MO, High School in 1941. She worked for the Selective Service in Mexico during WWII and began working for AT&T in Mexico, a job she continued after marrying Robert W. Wright, Jr., and moving to Kansas City, KS, in 1945. In the 1970's, she worked for Dr. L.J. Eker. Ima D. contributed her many talents and much energy to the medical auxiliaries of St. Margaret's and Providence Hospitals. Education was a priority in the Wright's Home, and she held various offices with the PTA's of Bryant, Chelsea, Northwest Junior High, and Wyandotte High School. She was a longtime member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Ima D. had many interests, including indoor and outdoor gardening, cooking, knitting, bridge, crossword puzzles, and sports of all kinds. During the years that her children participated in competitive swimming, she was an active partner in their successes at Victory Hills CC, the Kansas City Athletic Club, and the University of Kansas. She had very recently enjoyed her 80th birthday with dear friends and family in Wichita, KS. We think she died happy. Ima D. was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Robert W. Wright, Jr., one sister, and one brother. She is survived by three children, Carol Normandin, Dr. Robert W. Wright III and wife Deborah, and Wiley Davis Wright and wife Cynthia; other survivors include six grandchildren, Christopher R. Normandin and wife Michelle, Laura Normandin, Scott W. Wright, Kellie Ann Wright, R. Matthew Wright, and Andrew D. Wright; and great-granddaughter Logan Rene Normandin; also surviving are two sisters, Georgia Mae Beasley, Mexico, MO, and Jessie Ann Beasley, Centralia, MO. Many other friends and relatives will miss her special insight and enthusiasm about everything life had to offer. (Arr. Porter Funeral Home, 913-621-6400)