Glenice E. Lawrence

Glenice Lawrence, 86, of Kansas City, MO, passed away peacefully on the morning of Friday, April 25, 2025, at the home of her only son, Jeff, surrounded by his love as he gave selflessly to care for her. Visitation will be Friday, May 9th at 10:00 am, located at The Park Lawn Funeral Home - 8251 Hillcrest Rd, Kansas City, MO 64138, services at 11:00 am, in the Park Lawn Chapel; followed by graveside services, burial in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Glenice Lawrence was born November 13, 1938, in Ponca, Arkansas, to Wilburn Glen & Thelma Norean Clark. They all moved to the Kansas City area in 1942, when Glenice was 4 years old. She lived in Kansas City for the rest of her life, growing up in Northeast Kansas City, where she attended & graduated from Northeast High School. She was married to William Lawrence Jr. for 11 years, they wed in 1960 & had 1 son, Jeffrey, as a family they spent 2-3 years living on the Naval base where William was based. Glenice was an amazing gardener, loving flowers & plants alike, she had a huge green thumb, she enjoyed doing all things ceramics as a serious hobby, & was a ceramic teacher giving classes in her own home for many years. Everything from molding the liquid clay slip to baking it & painting. She was also a fabulous faux flower maker, she even spent time as a professional package/present wrapper at JCPenney. She was a secretary of Law for several years before becoming a real estate agent for Victor Ross & Co., where she sold residential & commercial real estate for decades from the 1970s to 1991, before retiring to take care of her parents in their elderly & final years until 2003. During her real estate years she put BIG BOB & his furniture into his first building, she met Sam Walton before Walmart existed, as well as Dave Thomas before there was ever a Wendy's, & she helped the original owners of the long standing & well known Skin-n-Scuba Dive shop & Swim school in Independence, get into it's still current building. Glenice became a Grandmother in 1990 to her 1st grandchild Kristin, who once old enough declared that this Grandma would be "MoMo" for the rest of her days, a title she proudly accepted. She became a 2nd & 3rd time Grandma, in 2002 when Sarah was born, & 2006 when Britainie was born, then a 1st time Great Grandma in 2014 when Jade was born, she became a 2nd & 3rd time Great Grandma as well when River, the first male grandchild, was born in 2021 & Meadow in 2023, she also gained a bonus Great Grandchild when Kristin married Scott & him and his daughter Ashton joined the family in 2021. Glenice was an incredibly caring, unique, funny, & loving person. She put her all into everything she did & she will be dearly missed. She was preceded in death by her parents, W. Glen Clark in 1998, & Norean Clark in 2003, & the family's dear friend Mr. Emil Layton in 2017. Survivors include her son, Jeffrey Lawrence of Independence, MO & Daughter-in-law Bobbie Lawrence; three Granddaughters, Kristin Ellis (her husband Scott Ellis), Sarah Lawrence, & Britainie Lawrence; as well as four Great-grandchildren, Ashton Ellis, Jade Neidel (10), River Radford (4), & Meadow Radford (2). Please support "Hill Flowers and gifts" (816) 252-8812 with any flower orders if possible.