EARL UNELL

December 7, 1928 - March 18, 2017

Earl Unell, 88, of Kansas City, Missouri, passed away March 18, 2017. Funeral services will be held at The Louis Memorial Chapel at 11:00am Monday, March 20, 2017 with burial to follow at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers. The family suggests that contributions be made to Congregation Beth Shalom or Kansas City Hospice Foundation. He was born December 7, 1928. He graduated from Westport High School, served as a proud Marine, and earned a master’s degree from UMKC. Earl started with a career in real estate, then worked for IBM, Waddell and Reed, and retired from the personnel department with KC, MO. He enjoyed his worldly travels, especially his trips with his wife to Paris, Israel, Tahiti, Barcelona, Portugal, Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, and many cruises. Earl had a great sense of humor and enjoyed spending time with his family and friends (you know who you are). He was preceded in death by his parents Joseph and Anita Unell and his sister Lillian Simon. Earl is survived by his college sweetheart/wife of 56 years Shirley Reisbord Unell, his three children Eileen Kershenbaum (Bruce) of Leawood, KS, Lisa Unell of New York, NY, and Joe Unell (Marcia) of Scottsdale, AZ, his granddaughters Kylie, Kirsti, Lexi, Gennifer, Alyssa, and Emma, and granddogs Ziggy and Miley. In addition, he is survived by his brother Sherman Unell of Santa Cruz, CA, his sister-in-law Gloria Sherman (Dick) of Overland Park, KS, his sister-in-law Haya Reisbord of Encino, CA, and numerous nieces and nephews.