Venita Helen Ray

February 10, 1928 - November 20, 2011

Venita Helen Ray, 83, Brookfield, passed away Sunday November 20, 2011 at NorthCare Hospice House, North Kansas City. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 pm Friday November 25, 2011 at Rhodes Funeral Home with Reverend David Blakely officiating. Burial will be in Botts Cemetery, Meadville. Visitation will begin at 9:00 am Friday November 25, 2011 at the funeral home with family receiving friends from 11:00 am to time of service. Memorials have been suggested to NorthCare Hospice or American Cancer Research and may be left at or mailed to the funeral home, 216 Linn Street, Brookfield, Missouri 64628. Venita Helen, daughter of Harold Glen and Bessie Iradee Wyatt Christian was born on February 10, 1928 at St. Catharine, Missouri. She married Buel Archie Brobst in 1947. He preceded her in death in April 1959. She then married N. G. Ray in 1963. He preceded her in death in November 2007. Venita is survived by four daughters, Marcella and husband Tom Belzer, Boiling Springs, South Carolina; Diane Morris, Brookfield; Janette and husband Kevin Teeter, Parkville; Debbie and husband Kenny Wessing, Ankeny, Iowa; one son, Edward Buel (Chuck) and wife Renee Brobst, North Kansas City; grandchildren, Kim and Brian Belzer, Russell Morris, Daniel and Becky Morris, Jessica and Jeff Kreyling, Amber and Dustin Larson, Matt and Kassie Wessing, Kelsey and Kristen Brobst; six step-grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren; two sisters, Willowdean Stirling and Juanita Lambert, Brookfield; one brother, Dale and wife Marilyn Christian, South Bend, Indiana and one sister-in-law, Elnora Christian, Olathe, Kansas. Several nieces, nephews and other relatives. She is also preceded in death by her parents, one granddaughter and one brother, Bob Christian.