Alice Jean (Fouty) Mitchell, 67, of Kansas City, Missouri, and formerly of Jasper County, Illinois and Marion, passed away Sunday, March 10, 2019, at her home, after a two-year battle with cancer.
Funeral services celebrating Jean's life will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 22 at the Meyer Funeral Home in Newton with Mike Knepper officiating.
Burial will be in the Brick Cemetery northwest of Newton. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 21 at the funeral home. The obituary can be viewed and condolences left at www.meyerfh.com.
Jean was born on March 19, 1951, in Effingham, the daughter of James Frederick and Lora Ellen (Stewart) Fouty. She married Donald E. Mitchell, on April 6, 1968, in Olney, and he survives.
Jean attended Newton Community High School. She worked at International Shoe Company in Olney; retail sales in ladies apparel in Mattoon, Chickasha, Oklahoma and at the Dillard's department store in Marion.
In 2007, Jean and Donald moved to Kansas City, and she retired as a homemaker.
Jean is survived by her husband of 50 years, Donald E Mitchell, of Kansas City; her mother, Lora Fouty, of Newton; sons, Michael E. (Christy) Mitchell, of Harrisburg, Kevin L. (Laurel) Mitchell of Carlsbad, California and Eric A. (Sabrina) Mitchell of Kansas City; grandchildren, Dylan Mitchell, Brenden Mitchell, Carson Mitchell, Owen Mitchell, Jacob Mitchell and Quinn Ellen Mitchell; and sister, Linda (Rick) Seamon, of Oblong.
Jean was preceded in death by her father, James Frederick Fouty.
