Shirley Jean Merriwether

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Serenity Funeral Home LLC - Kansas City

Posted events

December 1, 2025

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Visitation

10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Serenity Funeral Home

1101 E Bannister Rd, Kansas City, MO 64131

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Funeral service

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Serenity Funeral Home

1101 E Bannister Rd, Kansas City, MO 64131

Dec

Interment

12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Mount Moriah Cemetery

10507 Holmes Rd, KCMO, MO 64131

Serenity Funeral Home LLC - Kansas City

Posted an obituary

December 1, 2025

Shirley Merriwether Obituary

Shirley Jean “Butch” Merriwether, age 83, slipped peacefully into the arms of her Creator on November 28, 2025, leaving behind a legacy as vibrant, bold, and unmistakably original as the African textiles she loved to design. Born May 5, 1942... Read Shirley Merriwether's Obituary