Buckley, Barbara S. Kansas City, Mo.

By NewsPress Now

Barbara S. Buckley

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Our very smart, funny, loving, wife, daughter, sister, aunt and great-aunt, Barbara Sue Keller Buckley, passed away Jan. 20, 2024, after a battle with cancer.

She was preceded in death by her baby sister, Debra Diane, and her father, Robert Keller.

Barb had a wonderful career beginning at age 16 in the lab at Sister’s Hospital and after college as a Medical Technologist at Heartland/Mosaic Hospital. She spent nine years as an educator/trainer and received a most valuable person award and retired in 2014 after 41 years of service.

Following her passion for education Barb has donated her body to the Division of Clinical Anatomy, Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. There will be a memorial at a later date.

Barb is survived by her loving family, husband Craig; her mother, Delores Keller; sister, Bev Bennett (Russell); nephew, Alex (Sara); great-nephews, Grayson and Brooks, from Australia.

Donations can be sent to University of Kansas Cancer Center at Kansashealthsystem.com/giving. As published in the St. Joseph News-Press.