Ansley Scott Odum

December 21, 2000 - April 14, 2020

Ansley Scott Odum, 19, Overland Park, Kansas, passed on April 14, 2020 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She passed from complications from sepsis with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Ansley was born December 21, 2000 in Kansas City, Missouri. She is survived by her parents, Paul Odum and Ansley’s ferocious protector, Molly Odum; maternal grandparents, Dr. Kenneth F. Scott Jr. and Susan Scott of Clinton, Missouri; paternal grandparents, David and Judy Odum of St. Louis, Missouri; uncle Chris and Allison Scott, aunt JoAnn and Matthew Muller, uncle Scott and Melinda Odum; cousins Jacob, Zach, and Isaac Scott, Sarah, Marita, and Adam Muller and Jack Odum. She was preceded in death by her great grandmother Lorraine Odum, great grandfather Robert F. Frazier, great grandfather and great grandmother Kenneth F. Scott and Laura F. Scott. A celebration for the life of Ansley will be held at a time to be determined. We will establish a Foundation to honor Ansley’s profound legacy in the near future. Ansley was a student at Johnson County Community College where she was a member of JCCC’s Model United Nations club. Last semester she was awarded the Model UN scholarship and this semester, was nominated by her professors for JCCC Outstanding Student Award. She was an accomplished musician (vocalist, harpist, pianist, guitarist and played the ukulele). Ansley was a member of Allegro Choirs of Kansas City (Brio), a prestigious city-wide choir. She even sang the National Anthem for a Kansas City Royals game last season. Ansley was a member of the Youth Advisory Council at Children’s Hospital in Denver, Colorado. She embraced this as an opportunity to give back to the hospital that was instrumental in her care by helping to plan events for the patients there. Ansley accomplished all of this and much more despite the many daily challenges caused by her illness. She taught everyone in her life not to underestimate the power of a heart, will, and mind all focused on one goal – LIVING BIG! It is impossible to capture Ansley’s essence in a few paragraphs. We, and those that know her, are forever changed by her indomitable personality, her joy filled laugh, her boundless imagination, and her tenacious spirit. We are thankful she is now in God’s Glory – perfect, strong and vivacious as it was always meant to be.