Obit. of Everybody's Favorite Uncle (10/24/98)

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CECIL McCALL
APRIL 23, 1910 - OCTOBER 24, 1998
OBITUARY FROM THE KANSAS CITY STAR *** Cecil Eugene McCall, Kansas City, Missouri passed away October 24, 1998 at his home. Funeral services will be at 10 am, Wednesday, October 28 at Epworth-Roanoke United Methodist Church, Kansas City, Missouri; burial will be at 2:00 pm Wednesday at Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kansas. Parking for the church will be available on Wednesday at 42nd & Genessee. Friends may call 6:30-8:00 pm Tuesday, October 27 at McGilley Midtown Chapel, Kansas City, Missouri. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the Kansas City Hospice or to the church. Cecil was born in Wellsville, Kansas on April 23, 1910 to William Keeling & Phoebe Evans McCall. He married Elsie Irene Atwood in 1934. He resided in Richmond, Kansas, where he served on the city council and school board. He then moved to Kansas City where he worked for Dealers Transport Company until retiring in 1971. After retiring, he worked as a desk clerk at the Mission Inn Motel, Mission, Kansas until 1988. He had been a member of Epworth-Roanoke United Methodist Church since 1950. He was also a member of the local Teamsters Retirees Club, served as a Boy Scouts of America leader for several years, and was an honorary warrior in the Tribe of Mic-o-Say. He also served for several years on the board of the Westwood Homes Association, Kansas City, Missouri. He was preceeded in death by his parents, a brother, William Raymond McCall and a sister, Margaret McCall Green. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Elsie; a brother, Myron E. McCall of Ottawa, Kansas; daughters, Frances Irene Kimball, of the home; Cecilia Lucille Van Velzen and her husband, Bill, of Independence, Missouri; Linette Lee Marcotte and her husband, Allan of Kansas City, Missouri; a son, William Eugene McCall and his wife Betty Lou of Pleasant Hill, Missouri; 13 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandson and many other family members and friends. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ THE FAMILY GATHERS *** Upon word of his death, family members from as far away as Japan, California, Michigan, Texas, New York, Atlanta and Virginia made their way to Kansas City. As it has been for many decades, the McCall house is considered by most to be the family home. It has always been the place where family could just drop by unannounced, plop down, make themselves at home, enjoy a meal, or even stay for days at a time. This week would be no different. So many family members arrived by Monday, that even though the house has five bedrooms, mats had to be placed in one room for a bunch of kids to bed down for the night. Although there were periodic bouts of crying, the mood was mostly upbeat. Everyone talked and laughed about their favorite "grandpa" stories. Kids, whose names could be remembered by few other than Grandma herself ran amok around the house. Friends dropped by to call, the phone rang often. When visitors would attempt to console Grandma, she would say, "I'm fine, I've got my family". ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________- VERY SPECIAL MENTION *** Thanks to Allan Marcotte for an especially moving tribute in his eulogy at the church on Wednesday morning. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ If you would like to contribute your own tribute or story about Cecil McCall, please send it to: jay.sarajevo@excite.com
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