Sally Julia (Leddy) Flood

She was born in New York City in 1930 to Irish immigrant parents Patrick and Catherine Leddy and never forgot her Irish and Bronx beginnings. Sally attended Cathedral High School and Manhattanville College before going to work at the newly opened United Nations in 1952 in the Tour Service Department. A move to Kansas City in 1973 for her husband Robert’s career brought numerous friends into her life (and additional teams to root for – go Jayhawks!), but the 50 years never impacted her Bronx accent. A former Hallmark Card shop owner, Sally signed off her cards and notes with “Floods of Love,” and all who received those kind words felt lucky to be in her world.

Sally was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and her brother Pat, and is survived by sons Robert (Christine), Stephen (Sharon), Thomas (Bridget) and John Flood, grandchildren Molly (Cooper) Krause, Sarah (Corey Jenkins) Flood, Kevin, Elizabeth, Caroline, Ashley and Declan Flood, and great-grandsons Sutton Leddy Krause and spring-arrival Jenkins.

A visitation will be held Friday, December 1, 5:00 – 7:00 PM, at Mt. Moriah, Newcomer and Freeman Funeral Home. A funeral mass will be celebrated Saturday, December 2, 6:00 PM, at Curé of Ars Catholic Church, with a private burial on Monday at Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery.

The family suggests donations to Lakemary Center or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

For more information, please go to mtmoriah.net.