Obituary for Sue Plesa
Myrna Elizabeth “Sue” (Peterson) Plesa of Basehor, Kansas was born July 27, 1945, and left this world on April 4, 2024 at the age of 78. She will spend eternity in heaven because she received Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. A visitation will be 10 a.m. to Noon, on Saturday, April 13 at the Alden-Harrington Funeral Home, with a Graveside Funeral Service to follow at 12:30 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Memorial Garden Cemetery in Kansas City, Kansas. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Maywood Community Church Ladies Council.
Sue grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, and graduated from Wyandotte High School in the class of 1963. She went on to further her education at the University of Kansas and achieved her Master's Degree in Education from MidAmerica Nazarene University. After a 13-year courtship Sue and Johnny Plesa were united in marriage and they made their home in Basehor, Kansas. Sue retired after 32 years of teaching in the Kansas City Kansas Public School system, first at Stony Point Elementary School and later at Arrowhead Middle School, where she taught Special Education. Over the years, she made friends with many faculty and students that she had made such an impact on and truly cherished. Her love for reading, teaching, participating in water aerobics, and her family, were the things she shared with so many people. Sue loved her travels to both Ireland and the “cousins cruise” to Alaska. She would often talk of those trips that she held close to her heart.
Her bright and contagious smile, kindness, beauty (both inside and out), and laughter will be missed. She is now whole again, and for this we give thanks.
Sue was preceded by her parents, Russell and Myrna (Harrah) Peterson, brother Russell Peterson, Jr., brother-in-law Marshall Parish, Jr., and a niece Cristen Plesa.
Survivors include her husband Johnny Plesa of the home, brother-in-law Eddie Plesa and wife Renee of Easton, Kansas, sister-in-law Amey Parish and husband David Anderson of Kansas City, Kansas, niece Annette Parish-Newman and husband Michael, Alex Hitchcock and husband Elliott, nephews Johnny Ray Parish and wife Kellie, Nick Plesa and wife Angie, her longtime friend Judy Dunn Castle, as well as several grandnieces, grandnephews, extended family and friends.
Sue grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, and graduated from Wyandotte High School in the class of 1963. She went on to further her education at the University of Kansas and achieved her Master's Degree in Education from MidAmerica Nazarene University. After a 13-year courtship Sue and Johnny Plesa were united in marriage and they made their home in Basehor, Kansas. Sue retired after 32 years of teaching in the Kansas City Kansas Public School system, first at Stony Point Elementary School and later at Arrowhead Middle School, where she taught Special Education. Over the years, she made friends with many faculty and students that she had made such an impact on and truly cherished. Her love for reading, teaching, participating in water aerobics, and her family, were the things she shared with so many people. Sue loved her travels to both Ireland and the “cousins cruise” to Alaska. She would often talk of those trips that she held close to her heart.
Her bright and contagious smile, kindness, beauty (both inside and out), and laughter will be missed. She is now whole again, and for this we give thanks.
Sue was preceded by her parents, Russell and Myrna (Harrah) Peterson, brother Russell Peterson, Jr., brother-in-law Marshall Parish, Jr., and a niece Cristen Plesa.
Survivors include her husband Johnny Plesa of the home, brother-in-law Eddie Plesa and wife Renee of Easton, Kansas, sister-in-law Amey Parish and husband David Anderson of Kansas City, Kansas, niece Annette Parish-Newman and husband Michael, Alex Hitchcock and husband Elliott, nephews Johnny Ray Parish and wife Kellie, Nick Plesa and wife Angie, her longtime friend Judy Dunn Castle, as well as several grandnieces, grandnephews, extended family and friends.