Jean Lynette Rundle

JEAN LYNETTE RUNDLE Jean Lynette Rundle, beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, grandmother, mentor, and friend crossed over humbly March 17, 2014 in Kansas City, MO at the age of 55. The fallen world took her life, after suffering a battle with congestive heart failure for over 11 years. Jean was born the daughter of Janice Murphy (Higgins) on August 24, 1958 in Killeen, Texas. Her father, LeRoy Dyer of Middletown Connecticut and sweet mother Janice of Topeka, KS, survive. Jean grew up in Burlington Kansas and graduated from Emporia State, receiving a degree in Health Education in 1980. She moved to Manhattan, where she worked for the American Cancer Society and there met and married the love of her life, Lynn Rundle and together they shared 31 years, 8 months and 21 days together this side of the veil. God blessed them with three thriving incredible children and one blessed granddaughter. Jean's greatest joy in life has been loving well her children. Their oldest daughter is Amy Lynn Fosha and her husband Fred of Boise, ID parents of Prairie Jean Fosha; a son, Jesse Blake Rundle of Washington D.C.; and Anna Christine Rundle of Kansas City. Jean invested her life well, loving Jesus and her family above all else. Jean's true legacy will only be revealed at wedding feast of the Lamb where her crown will be adorned with the shadow of thousands of lives whom she influenced for eternity. Her life giving spirit, her warm gentle way of listening and her gift of music were trademarks, uniquely given and humbly shared with all who knew her. She was a blessed friend, gifted musician and pianist, blessing countless lives with her music at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church, Kansas City Urban Young Life, and Women Heart, in Kansas City. Jean and Lynn invested their lives in Whiting Kansas with the Jackson Heights family and in Manhattan Kansas for 18 years before moving to Kansas City in 2007. In 2011 Jean co-founded the organization Lead to Read KC in the Kansas City Metro. Lead to Read is a growing organization with over 300 volunteer Readers who read once/ week to grade school children in 10 classrooms in the urban core of KC Missouri and Kansas and one school in Manhattan. The vision of Lead to Read was born out of Jean's deep compassion for the homeless and the fatherless; the children who are often educated in the urban core. Please visit www.leadtoreadkc.org. In addition to Janice Murphy; her step-father, Bobby Lee Higgins whom raised her from an early age survives. Jean has three living brothers, James Higgins and his wife Valerie of Burlington, KS, Lee Dyer of Middletown, CT, Tom Dyer and his companion, Dianna Payne of Middletown, CT; Jean has four living sisters, Judy Hutson and her husband Ray, Kim Hatch and her husband Eric, Kathy Kopfman all of Burlington, KS and Sherry Dyer Simonson and her husband Eric of Slingerlands, NY. Jean was preceded in death by her Nannie and Papa Murphy. A visitation will be held on Friday, March 21, from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. at the Maple Hill Funeral Home, Kansas City, KS. Jean's friends are invited to share a meal and fellowship with the family starting at 5:00 which will be held at Colonial Presbyterian Church, located at 9500 Wornall Road KCMO 64114. A memorial and celebration of Jean's life will follow, starting at 7:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, Jean asks that memorial contributions be made to the Lead to Read-KC Fund; National Christian Foundation, 706 N. Lindenwood Drive, Olathe, KS 66062 or visit, www.nationalchristian.com. To share a memory, a story about Jean, or to offer a prayer, please visit Jean's memorial webpage at www.maplehillfuneralhome.com.

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Jean Lynette Rundle

August 24, 1958 - March 17, 2014