Lodena Guzzy, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and teacher, passed away on Thursday, March 19, 2015. She was a former resident of Metropolis, Illinois, and was residing in Kansas City, Missouri. Lodena was born on September 28, 1921 in Cherry Corners, Kentucky. She graduated from Metropolis Community High School in 1939, and attended Murray State College. She was a fourth grade teacher in the Metropolis schools for 14 years, and lived in Phoenix, Arizona, from 1994-2004. Lodena was preceded in death by her parents, Elizabeth (Roberts) Hurt and Clarence D. Hurt, and stepmother, Bess (Atwell) Hurt. She is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, Frank G. Guzzy of Kansas City, Missouri; daughters Mary Guzzy of Corning, New York, Catherine Cartland of Harvard, Illinois, and Judith (Ed Alderman) Guzzy of Overland Park, Kansas; four grandchildren: Timothy, Benjamin (Charity) and Susannah Cartland, and Eden Alderman.
Service information to come at a later date.