Kathleen Price

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Kathleen Price passed away Oct. 9, 2012, at Kansas City Hospice House after a long bout of cancer. She was born Dec. 10, 1939, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Thomas R. and Marianne C. Porlier Cooney.

She was a Catholic and attended St. Mary's Grade School and graduated from Fort Scott High School in 1957. She graduated from St. Joseph School of Radiology in Kansas City, Mo., in 1959, and worked for private doctors and hospitals, the last being St. Joseph Hospital where she specialized in mammography until retirement.

She was predeceased by her parents and is survived by a daughter, Lisa Price of London, England, and a son, Eric Price of Kansas City, Mo., two brothers, Robert J. Cooney and wife, Mary of Prairie Village, Kan., Thomas P. Cooney and wife, Carol of Springfield, Mo., and one sister, Anna Marie OdNeal of Los Angeles, Calif. She is also survived by three nieces, Kim Raynor, Springfield, Mo., Dana Gorman, Los Angeles, Calif., Denise Pace, Montclair, Virginia and four nephews, Jeff Cooney of Lindsey, Texas, Paul Cooney of Redondo Beach, Calif., Mark Cooney and Dennis Cooney of Prairie Village, Kan. She is also survived by great nephews and nieces.

Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated at 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, by Father Robert B. Wachter of Mary Queen of Angels Catholic Church, Fort Scott, Kan., with burial following in St. Mary's Cemetery, Fort Scott, Kan. She was cremated.

Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Mary's Catholic School and may be sent to the school at 702 S. Eddy St., Fort Scott, Kan., 66701.

She was a loving daughter, mother and a devoted friend to many.

Condolences may be shared with the family at www.CremationCenterKC.com

Arrangements: Cremation Center of KC, (913) 384-5566.