Frances Lee Weeks

***SERVICES RESCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16th***

Frances Metzger Weeks, age 102, died at 8:50 PM on February 27, 2022. She was born in Kansas City, Missouri on August 30, 1919. Her parents were George Victor Metzger and Gladys Myers Metzger. She married William W. Weeks on May 2nd, 1947. They were happily married for 61 years.

Frances attended Bryant Elementary School and Southwest High School in Kansas City, MO and graduated in 1936. She attended Lindenwood College in St. Charles, MO, which is the same college her Mother attended. She received a B.A. degree from the University of Kansas in 1941. She then received her Registered Nursing degree from K.U. in 1943. She was a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the National Honorary Nursing Sorority. She worked as a registered nurse in California for two years, and then returned to Kansas University Medical Center as a teacher for several years.

Following the birth of her sons, Robert & Donald, Frances gave up the nursing profession to dedicate her time to the family. After the children were older, Frances worked as a school nurse at the Barstow School in Kansas City, MO.

Frances was a lifetime member of the American Association of University Women and a Deacon in the Second Presbyterian Church located at 55th & Oak. She was a tutor-mentor at the Troost Academy and later at the Swinney School.

Late in life, she was a contributor to Crittenton Children’s Center. In 2011 she became a member of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution (Three Trails West DAR Chapter located in Stilwell, KS). In 1984 she was a founding member of the Leawood Garden Club and an active member and past President of the Art Study Club of Kansas City which celebrates their 100th anniversary in 2022. Frances was an avid gardener and showed her garden on several garden tours. In 2017 she retired to Bishop Spencer Place at the age of 98.

Her parents George & Gladys, her brother Edmund, her sister Helen, and son Don preceded her in death. She is survived by her son, Robert & wife, Linda, and daughter-in-law Ellen; (3) grandsons, Christopher and his wife Mandy, William Kurt and Benjamin & wife Megumi; and (6) great grandchildren, Joey, Kurt, Maggie, Hana, Landon & Kylie.

A memorial service will be held at the Park Lawn Funeral Home, 8251 Hillcrest Road, Kansas City, MO, Wednesday, March 16 at 2PM.  There will be a private burial at a later date in Memorial Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri. Donations should be made to the Kansas City Art Institute on their website – [email protected]. Click on “Ways To Give”, then click on “Give” (upper right corner), then click on “In Honor/Memory” tab.

You may also mail check donations made payable to Kansas City Art Institute to:
KCAI, 4415 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64111.

A memorial service will be held at the Park Lawn Funeral Home, 8251 Hillcrest Road, Kansas City, MO, Wednesday, March 16 at 2PM.  There will be a private burial at a later date in Memorial Park Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri. Donations should be made to the Kansas City Art Institute on their website – [email protected]. Click on “Ways To Give”, then click on “Give” (upper right corner), then click on “In Honor/Memory” tab.

You may also mail check donations made payable to Kansas City Art Institute to:
KCAI, 4415 Warwick Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64111.