Sheryl Christine Costanza, 71, Overland Park KS lifelong KC area resident passed away Sunday, March 28th 2021 at Ascension Living St. Joseph's Place. The graveside funeral service will be at 1:00 p.m. Thursday April 1st at Johnson County Memorial Gardens 11200 Metcalf Ave. Overland Park, KS. Friends welcome. The family request no flowers and suggests memorial contributions to www.greatplainsspca.org.
Sherry was born January 17th 1950 in Kansas City, MO the daughter of Clarence and Norma Gee. She grew up in Shawnee KS and graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School. She worked as an escrow manager for Johnson County banks and lending institutions for 20 plus years. She was a loving and devoted mother, wife, grandmother and great grandmother who selflessly sacrificed to help others succeed. She loved to travel with loved ones. Whether planning which attractions to visit at Walt Disney World with grandchildren or scheduling down time for splashing in the waves and combing for sea shells in "her spot" in south Florida, she was always excited to plan the next adventure. Her other interests including reading, college basketball, live music of all types, and everything her children or grandchildren were interested in.
She was preceeded in death by her parents and Grandmother Eula McDowell of Warsaw, MO. Sherry is survived by her daughter Lisa Gross, sons Scott Oatman and Dustin Gross, granddaughter Halie Pretzl, grandsons Dylan Oatman, Cole Oatman and Tyler Gross, great granddaughters Elsie Pretzl and Sandra Lee Smith ,great grandson Clint Smith and beloved companion Leo Costanza.