Todi Hughes (nee Rosemary Jackson)

Birth date: Apr 14, 1926 Death date: Sep 13, 2024

A link to the service for the service can be found here: https://youtube.com/live/GT7C1rVpUZk?feature=share Rosemary Elizabeth (Todi) Jackson Hughes of Kansas City, MO spent her life living within a mile of where she was raised a Read Obituary

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Lee Bowers

33w ago

Dear Laurel and Siblings, I just watched the Celebration of Life for your darling and talented Mother. I had this inkling this morning and thought of Todi who I had not seen since leaving KC in 2010 for Santa Fe, NM. You were the luckiest children to have her as your Mother. I met her with Rosemary Cunningham, my former Mother In Law and we were thick as theives immediately. We both are artists as are several of you all and that sealed the friendship. The smiles!! So much fun and such a cool lady!

Christine Riederer

34w ago

Todi Hughes got me through my childhood, and Heather was one of two my best friends all through school and beyond. My parents were older and when my mom was having problems, I went to Todi's house to play and to learn to paint. Todi and her whole family have always been so creative and compassionate. I love them and I loved Todi.

Katy Anderson

56w ago

Todi’s daughter, Laurel, is my daughter‘s godmother. My first visit to the Hughes house was more than 40 years ago and I was greeted with a cake in the shape of a frog. I have had many wonderful, adventurous, creative, loving times with this amazing family over the past years, and have been one of many enriched by Todi’s amazing spirit. I posted the portrait that Todi made of my daughter Kacey, and her favorite stuffed animal”Cheetie ““.

Katy Anderson

56w ago

My daughter and I have enjoyed coming to Kansas City to share frog cakes, walking in the Missouri property, and hanging out with the eclectic and artful Hughes family. Todi‘s daughter is my daughter’s godmother. I have a lovely portrait of my daughter and her favorite stuffed animal “Chetie “ Painted by Todi. The lovely Hughes, family, hospitality, joy, creativity, and wonder have enriched my life. I love you all and will cherish my memories of Todi.

David Green

56w ago

Our everlasting memory of Todi was of her sitting on a yellow metal 1930s art deco chair with a plastic bucket on her head. She was sitting for Laurel who was using our top floor room as a studio. The very thought of that moment always makes us smile.

Sarah and I had moved to KC in 1993 from London. the first person we met was Todi who knocked on the door to say welcome to Rockhill. And she welcomed us into her home, her family, her life and her heart. She became the most wonderful friend with such a capacity for stories, questions, laughing and exuberance. Her portrait of our son Tim hangs on his living room wall and we remember Todi every day with a smile when we see it. And that is the most precious of memories - her infinite ability to bring a smile to anyone and everyone who knew her and thinks of her.

Sarah, David and Tim Green

Sheila

56w ago

Todi has been greatly missed at Life Drawing and the Monday Night Portrait gathering at the Buena Vista studio. Knowing her and Joan Nugent has been full of treasured experiences. Sheila Jewell

Scott Francis

57w ago

Todi was one of my Mother's closest friends throughout her life. Mary Harris Francis went to the French Convent and she was in the same class as Todi. Mom's family, the Guinottes, lived right across the street from the school.

Many memories over the years, and my thoughts and prayers go out to the family- Holly, Frank, Bill and Laurel.

Scott Francis

Robert J. Arvin Jr.

57w ago

Todi gave me a Christmas gift one year when I was about 15. I read it from cover to cover. Still remember the title: "The Doctors Who Conquered Yellow Fever." Thanks again, Todi.

Robert J. Arvin, Jr.

(When my grandmother died in 1920 of tuberculosis, Frank and Loretta took my father, Robert J Arvin Sr., who was two years old, into their home and raised him as their own. Thanks again, Aunt Loretta and Uncle Frank.)

Peg, David, Michael And Abby Stevens

59w ago

Planted a Memorial Tree in honor of Rosemary.

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Anonymous

59w ago

Sent a Small Garden Dish to the Hughes family.

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