Edith Marie (Huffman) Viets, 87, Lee’s Summit, MO, died
peacefully at the Kansas City Hospice House on
February 20, 2018, following a brief illness. Funeral
services will be at 11:00 Friday, February 23, 2018, at
Langsford Funeral Home, 115 SW 3rd Street, Lee’s
Summit, MO. Friends may call 10:00-11:00, prior to the
service. Memorial contributions may be made to Kansas
City Hospice House, 12000 Wornall Road, Kansas City,
MO 64145, or to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, in
honor of Caitlyn Viets, 6950 Squibb Road, #310,
Mission, KS 66202.
Mrs. Viets was born February 17, 1931, in Polk County,
Iowa, to Mabel and Marion Huffman. The family
relocated to Omaha, NE, where she later met her
husband, Otto, who was serving in the United States Air
Force and stationed at Offutt Air Force Base. After their
military years, they made their permanent home in
Lee’s Summit. She retired from AT&T after many years
of employment. She was a member of St. Matthew
Lutheran Church. She was preceded in death by her
infant son, David, her parents, her brother, Richard, and
her beloved husband. She is survived by daughters, Jeni
Ryan, Lee’s Summit, MO, Cathy Hilke and husband, Paul,
of Holden, MO, son, Otto L. Viets III and wife Dawn, of
Greenwood, MO, three grandchildren, Chris Ryan,
Mackenzie and Caitlyn Viets, one great granddaughter,
Marlee Ryan, and other in-laws, nieces, nephews, and
friends too numerous to mention.