Delores “Adair” Puff

Delores "Adair" Puff

Delores "Adair" Puff, 96, passed away peacefully December 30, 2020. Adair was born in Cardin, Oklahoma on July 28, 1924, to Charles and Myrtle Henderson. When 3 years old, she moved to the Kansas City area with her mother, while her father looked for work in Colorado. Adair attended Manual High School in KC. She married her childhood friend and sweetheart, Eugene Victor Puff, in 1942.  They remained married for 68 years.

Adair worked for TWA during the war, distributing aviation tools to the mechanics. In 1969 Adair and Eugene moved to Independence, MO. While raising four daughters, she worked at various school cafeterias including Melcher Grade School and Truman High School.  She worked for Montgomery Wards in Independence for 13 years. Adair was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one son, Michael Eugene, one sister and two brothers. She is survived by one sister, Theresa Root, Overland Park, Kansas, four daughters and their spouses: Marilyn Mata (Robert), in Friendswood, TX, Deborah Hart (Ben), Susan Groves (Mike), Denise Geier (Ed), all in Kansas City, MO; 8 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren. Adair was a respected and devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She will be greatly missed. Private family graveside service will be 1:30pm Tuesday, January 5, in Green Lawn Cemetery. (Arr.: Park Lawn Funeral Home, 816-523-1234)

Private family graveside service will be 1:30pm Tuesday, January 5, in Green Lawn Cemetery. (Arr.: Park Lawn Funeral Home, 816-523-1234)