1914
Lucy
2007
Lucy Lee Mineo
August 18, 1914 — July 14, 2007
Lucy Lee Mineo, 92, left this world to be with God on July 14, 2007. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 am, Wed., July 18, 2007 at St. Mark’s Catholic Church, Independence, MO; interment at Mt. Washington Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-7:30 pm, Tuesday at Speaks Suburban Chapel. The Rosary will be recited at 7:30 pm, Tuesday following the visitation. The family requests contributions to Grace Hospice.
Lucy was born in Wilton, MO on Aug. 18, 1914 to Miller and Zula (Roberts) Skirvin. She was one of seven girls and five boys. Her parents passed in 1928 and she spent her remaining school years at Jane Hayes Gates Interdenominational Home for Girls. While there, she continued her Bible and scholastic studies and worked as a housekeeper for several families in the area. She later worked in the Kansas City garment industry for Liberty Frock, Pactor Garment and Melco Garment, retiring in 1976.
She enjoyed dancing and the outdoors. While attending a picnic in Swope Park she met, and fell in love with, Ross Mineo, whom she married in 1939. During WW II, she worked for a short time in the hospitality house at Ft. Hood, TX where Ross was stationed. They parted in 1954 and she later met Carl Caster to whom she was lovingly devoted until his untimely death in 1979. The last three-plus years she enjoyed the color purple, bowling, the Red Hatters, jewelry making, talking about Elvis Presley, and entertaining everyone at Rehabilitation Center of Independence with her poems and stories.
Lucy was preceded in death by four brothers and five sisters. She is survived by her son, Gary Mineo and wife Sharolyn; grandson John Mineo and wife Laura; granddaughter Michelle McCaslin; great-grandchildren Lachelle Mineo, Krysta Brothers, Leeann Mineo, Sonya McCaslin, Ross Mineo and Jenna Mineo. She also leaves one brother, Howard Skirvin, of AZ and one sister, Evelyn Deffenbaugh, of Kansas City, KS, as well as other loving family and friends.
Lucy Lee had a strong work ethic and an intense love for God and her family. The moral and spiritual values and the discipline she insisted on serves as a solid base in which her family’s future is rooted. She was a loving and devoted person and we will miss her immensely.
We love you Mom, Grandma, and Granny.
Lucy was born in Wilton, MO on Aug. 18, 1914 to Miller and Zula (Roberts) Skirvin. She was one of seven girls and five boys. Her parents passed in 1928 and she spent her remaining school years at Jane Hayes Gates Interdenominational Home for Girls. While there, she continued her Bible and scholastic studies and worked as a housekeeper for several families in the area. She later worked in the Kansas City garment industry for Liberty Frock, Pactor Garment and Melco Garment, retiring in 1976.
She enjoyed dancing and the outdoors. While attending a picnic in Swope Park she met, and fell in love with, Ross Mineo, whom she married in 1939. During WW II, she worked for a short time in the hospitality house at Ft. Hood, TX where Ross was stationed. They parted in 1954 and she later met Carl Caster to whom she was lovingly devoted until his untimely death in 1979. The last three-plus years she enjoyed the color purple, bowling, the Red Hatters, jewelry making, talking about Elvis Presley, and entertaining everyone at Rehabilitation Center of Independence with her poems and stories.
Lucy was preceded in death by four brothers and five sisters. She is survived by her son, Gary Mineo and wife Sharolyn; grandson John Mineo and wife Laura; granddaughter Michelle McCaslin; great-grandchildren Lachelle Mineo, Krysta Brothers, Leeann Mineo, Sonya McCaslin, Ross Mineo and Jenna Mineo. She also leaves one brother, Howard Skirvin, of AZ and one sister, Evelyn Deffenbaugh, of Kansas City, KS, as well as other loving family and friends.
Lucy Lee had a strong work ethic and an intense love for God and her family. The moral and spiritual values and the discipline she insisted on serves as a solid base in which her family’s future is rooted. She was a loving and devoted person and we will miss her immensely.
We love you Mom, Grandma, and Granny.
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