Kim Elizabeth Frasher was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Philip E. Kizer and Anna B. Kizer on December 3, 1953 and passed away on April 1, 2026.
She grew up in Muscatine, Iowa, Windsor, Missouri, then Kansas City, Missouri and graduated from Ruskin High School in 1972. She received an associate's degree in Respiratory Therapy from Penn Valley Community College then studied at Southwest Missouri State University.

She enjoyed spending summers on the farm with her grandparents, Mildred and John Bancroft, and her cousins in Chilhowee, MO where she met James B. Frasher. She married Jim on May 22, 1976 and they have resided in Leeton, Missouri since that time. She worked at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital as a respiratory therapist from 1976-1980 and from 1996-1998. She and Jim raised their daughter, Laurie, who now is a veterinarian and resides in Columbia, MO with her husband, Jim McMeachin. She was a Girl Scout leader and an active member of Leeton United Methodist Church. Kim loved animals and had many pets over the years including dogs, cats, hamsters, rabbits, and a variety of outdoor birds. Kim loved to laugh and enjoyed Disney movies, game shows, John Denver, The Monkees and the Muppets.

She is survived by her husband, James, daughter and son-in-law, Laurie and Jim, and sister and brother-in-law, Sybill and Joe Amelon.

A celebration of life will be planned at a future date. Memorials in her honor may be made to: Leeton United Methodist Church or Heifer International.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/4kq2n-help-rebuild-our-church-after-fire ;

https://www.heifer.org/