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- Marcella D (Rapp) Shinn, 86, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away on July 9, 2010. Marcella was born on January 3, 1924, in Webb City, Missouri, to Daniel and Alice Rapp. She grew up and graduated high school in Flora, Illinois. Kansas City was where she lived most of her life and worked and raised her two children, Terry W. Shinn and A. Danielle Shinn.
She worked as a single mother and always had a great work ethic in her administrative and accounting roles. Marcella also acted as the Secretary/Treasurer for many organizations throughout her years. She retired from Wagner Industries in 1991. During her retirement she traveled and proudly volunteered at the Harry S. Truman Library.
Marcella was preceded in death by her son, Terry; her parents, and three brothers: Chester, Burl, and William Rapp.
She is survived by her daughter, Danielle S. Shepard and husband, Larry, formerly of Independence, MO; her four grandchildren: C. Patrick Shinn of Desoto, KS; Michelle Smith Dixon of Overland Park, KS; Natalie Smith Pasquarette, and Craig M. Smith of Independence, MO; four great-grandchildren: Lucia Shinn, Lindsey Moritz, Caroline Miller, and Alison Pasquarette, and two brothers, Maurice Rapp of Charlotte, NC, and Paul Rapp of Longview, TX.
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