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WRIGHT
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Wright, 2600 Hub Drive North, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception at 2:30 p.m. March 6 at the Eastview RLDS Church, Kansas City.
Hosts for the reception will be their children, Mrs. Vanice G. Maitland and Lyle D. Wright of Independence, Mrs. Duvonne A. Sparks, Blue Springs, and Ramon L. Wright, Kansas City. The Wrights have eight grandchildrena and one great grandchild.
They were married on March 4, 1933, in Cameron, Mo., and have lived in the Kansas City area most of their lives.
Mr. Wright served as an insurance salesman with Pioneer Life Insurance Co. until he retired.
They attend the Spring Branch RLDS Church, Independence. Mr. Wright is an elder in the RLDS church and has pastored several church congregations in the metropolitan area.
Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri December 19, 1999
Ada Rose Wright, 88, Independence, MO, passed away Friday, December 17, 1999, at the Independence Regional Health Center. Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, December 21, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel; burial in Mound Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be 7-8:30 p.m. Monday, December 20, at the chapel. Contributions are suggested to the Parkinson's Support Center, 7808 Foster, Overland Park, Kansas 66204, or to the American Heart Association.
Mrs. Wright was born June 13, 1911 in Cameron, Missouri, the sixth child Henry and Icey Rice. Ada was married to Joseph Lyle Wright on March 4, 1933. Ada and Joseph lived in California for several years, and returned to the Kansas City area in 1950. Ada and Joseph were very active in the RLDS Church. Ada had been a member of the Buckner Restoration Branch and the Rosewood Restoration Branch. Ada was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Lyle Wright on December 6, 1991. Ada was a devoted mother, and is survived by two sons, Lyle D. Wright, Independence, MO, and Ramon L. Wright, Bonner Springs, KS; two daughters, Vanice G. Maitland, Independence, MO, and DuVonne A. Campbell, Albuquerque, NM; a sister, Minerva J. Myers, Monnett, MO; seven grandchildren; six great grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews. Ada touched the lives of many friends and extended family members, and will be truly missed and continually loved. (Arrangements: Speaks Suburban Chapel)
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1911 - 1999 (88 years)
