Rose Gloria Bucksner (Metzger) Obituary (1923 - 2009)

Rose Bucksner, 85, of Overland Park, KS passed away Friday, June 19, 2009 at the Kansas City Hospice House. Funeral services will be at 12 noon, Sunday June 21 in the chapel at Village Shalom, 5500 W. 123rd St. in Overland Park, KS. Burial Kehilath Israel Blue Ridge Cemetery. Kindly omit flowers, the family suggests contributions to St. Joseph Medical Center, 1000 Carondalet Dr, Kansas City, MO 64114. Mrs. Bucksner was a lifelong area resident who was well known in the Kansas City theater community. She volunteered at the Resident Theater in the Jewish Community Center for many years before working in ticket sales at Tiffany’s Attic and Waldo Astoria dinner theaters and Theater League. Before that, she worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse for several family doctors. She was past president of the Center Women’s Guild at the Jewish Community Center and volunteered for over 20 years at St. Joseph Hospital. Mrs. Bucksner was preceded in death by brothers: Lester and Grover Metzger; sisters: Jeannette Usow and Virginia Oliver; parents: Sylvan and Serene Metzger. She is survived by her husband of 58 years: Abe J. “Buck” Bucksner, of the home; sons and daughters-in-law: David P. and Heather Bucksner, Omaha, NE, Brian S. and Nanci Bucksner, Overland Park, KS; grandchildren: Corey N. Bucksner and Ryan Andrew Bucksner, both of Kansas City, MO, Anna Serene Bucksner and Simon J. Bucksner, both of Omaha, NE; great-grandchildren: Corrine Nicole Bucksner and Alex Bucksner, both of Kansas City, MO. Mrs. Bucksner was an outgoing woman with a great sense of humor. She was loved by her family and will be greatly missed by all.