Mary E. Beggs, 83, passed away Thursday, July 19, 2018 at her home in Kansas City, Kansas. Memorial Mass will be 11:00 am Friday, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, with inurnment following in Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Friends may call from 10am to 11am, before the mass at church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to the Catholic Education Foundation, 12615 Parallel Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas 66109.
Mary was born September 13, 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri to George Bryan Fitzgerald and Elsie (Lenzen) Fitzgerald. A lifelong area resident, she graduated from Redemptorist High School and worked for TWA before meeting her husband and starting her family. After her family was raised, she worked for both J. C. Penney and Stone Container before she retired in 2000. She will be remembered for her ability to remember any phone number, holding Saturdays as her sacred ‘Hair Day’, as well as her strong Christian Values, and her ability to endure and always land on her feet. She enjoyed playing cards, reading, and binge watching television. She loved her family, and wanted to remain part of everyone’s life, always asking all about them before speaking about herself. She was a Former Member of Christ the King Catholic Church and was a current member of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 44 years, John C. Beggs, when he died in 2002; her son, John B. Beggs when he died in 2011; her brother George Fitzgerald; and her sister, Annette Jette.
Survivors include 4 sons, Joe Beggs of Wichita, Kansas, Jim Beggs, Jeff Beggs and Jerome Beggs, all of Kansas City, Kansas; 2 daughters, Janice Kraly and her husband Mike of Kansas City, Kansas, and Joan Beggs of Lenexa, Kansas; daughter-in-law, Tammy Beggs of Basehor, Kansas; 2 brothers, William Fitzgerald of Plano, Texas and Joseph Fitzgerald of Oceanside, California; 7 grandsons and 6 great grandchildren.
Condolences for Mary may be left at www.chapelhill-butler.com, as arrangements are under the direction of Chapel Hill – Butler Funeral Home, 701 North 94th Street, Kansas City, Kansas; 913-334-3366.
