Katherine Colleen Nunnelly, 63, of Kansas City, passed away September 29, 2011, with family at her side. Colleen was born April 12, 1948, in Schenectady, New York, to Davault and Emily Louise Cardwell Nunnelly. She grew up in New Florence, Mo.
Colleen was a member of the founding class of Antioch Law School, where she graduated with a Doctorate in Jurisprudence in 1975. The Legal Aid Society of Western Missouri employed Colleen until 1984. She was then hired as managing attorney for UAW Legal Services for three offices in the Kansas City area. Colleen retired in May of 2010.
She served on the Board of Directors of Unicorn Theater, and was Missouri State Chairman for the National Organization of Bankruptcy Attorneys.
She is survived by her mother, her two sisters, Cherie Bledsoe-Sutton, and Robin Nunnelly (Stephen Chappell), niece Kama Bledsoe (Michael Owen), nephew, Timothy Davault Chappell, great-niece Isabelle Owen and great- nephew Will Owen.
Memorials are welcomed at: -The Legal Aid of Western Missouri Endowment, 1125 Grand Blvd., #1900, Kansas City, Mo., 64106 -New Florence United Methodist Church, PO Box 1
Michael Alexander
KATHERINE NUNNELLY Obituary
Katherine Colleen Nunnelly, 63, of Kansas City, passed away September 29, 2011, with family at her side. Colleen was born April 12, 1948, in Schenectady, New York, to Davault and Emily Louise Cardwell Nunnelly. She grew up in New Florence, Mo.
Colleen was a member of the founding class of Antioch Law School, where she graduated with a Doctorate in Jurisprudence in 1975. The Legal Aid Society of Western Missouri employed Colleen until 1984. She was then hired as managing attorney for UAW Legal Services for three offices in the Kansas City area. Colleen retired in May of 2010.
She served on the Board of Directors of Unicorn Theater, and was Missouri State Chairman for the National Organization of Bankruptcy Attorneys.
She is survived by her mother, her two sisters, Cherie Bledsoe-Sutton, and Robin Nunnelly (Stephen Chappell), niece Kama Bledsoe (Michael Owen), nephew, Timothy Davault Chappell, great-niece Isabelle Owen and great- nephew Will Owen.
Memorials are welcomed at: -The Legal Aid of Western Missouri Endowment, 1125 Grand Blvd., #1900, Kansas City, Mo., 64106 -New Florence United Methodist Church, PO Box 1
Michael Alexander