Michael Sylvan Sisson

Michael Sylvan Sisson, 67, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, at the St. Joseph Hospital in Kansas City. Michael was born Oct. 18, 1953, in Nevada, Mo., to Donald S. and Bonnie S. (Bousell) Sisson.

Michael attended Nevada High School where he graduated Class of 1972. He loved sports and was active in both football and basketball during his high school years. Following high school, he worked at Crane Plumbing in Nevada for 16 years. In the early 1990s he moved to St. Joseph where he worked as a forklift operator for a time and later at a Residential Care Center in St. Joseph as a Mental Health Tech for several years before returning to Nevada.

Survivors include five sisters, Linda Fanning (Russ), Nevada, Donna Crews, Nevada, Debbie Sisson, Nevada, Diana Gicante (Toby), Nevada, and Susie Baldwin, Nevada; two brothers, Mark Sisson, Nevada, and Steve Tracy (Amber), Harrisonville, Mo.; numerous nieces and nephews; and his longtime family friend, Lloyd Dunfield, Nevada. He was preceded in death by his mother, Bonnie Sue Bush; his father, Donald Sisson; and his stepmother, Frances Sisson.

Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Dec. 11, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada, with Pastor Steve Russ officiating. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested in his memory to the American Diabetes Association in care of Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada.

At this time there is no longer a statewide limitation on the number of people attending funerals or visitations, however those in attendance will be asked to maintain social distancing, and that people are asked to wear face masks to protect themselves and others.

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