Ann graduated from Laclede High School as valedictorian and received the class athletic award. She was proud that people came to see the girls play basketball because it was the better team.

She attended William Jewell College in Liberty for two years before her wedding to James Greenfield Trimble in 1950. From 1955 until 1964 she supported his political career and kept the home fires burning while he served four terms in the Missouri House of Representatives. She returned to William Jewell College in the 1960s to finish her BA degree and received her masters degree in Education from UMKC. She taught in the Excelsior Springs Public Schools, becoming the Math and Science coordinator until her retirement.

Together, the couple had three children, all of whom survive Ann. Elizabeth Trimble McPherson [James],Weston, MO; Frank Henshaw Trimble III [Rex], Corpus Christi, TX; and James Greenfield Trimble Jr. [Jacqueline] Washington State. Grandchildren are Sarah Elizabeth McPherson and Samuel James McPherson, Weston, MO; and Brian Chet Trimble [Nicole], David Kenneth Trimble [Allison] and William James Trimble [Katrina} all of Washington State, Great-grandchildren are Charlie Nicole Trimble, Tori Malinda Trimble and Demri Jacqueline Trimble, Washington State.

She is also survived by her loving sister Eleanor Louise Hoover Ferril and nephews William Charles Ferril [Judy], Robert Scott Ferril, and John David Ferril [Wendy], and great-nieces and nephews, all of Minnesota; Cousins Hans Roensch, Brookfield, MO, and Fred Roensch, Richmond, VA.

In 1976, she married John M. Henning of rural Kearney. After his death, she moved to Liberty in 1997, where she remained an active member of the community until her death.

She was active in PEO-Chapter ML, Martha Lafite Thompson Nature Sanctuary, Earnest Shepherd Youth Center and a long-time volunteer at the Clay County Archives. She taught 4-H classes in cooking and Entomology. She was a member of In As Much Ministry, the Sierra Club, WJC Women’s Council, NAACP, MO Teachers Retirement Association and National Democratic Committee.

Hobbies were Genealogy, reading, games, travel (to six of the seven continents), politics, news and learning.

She and Eleanor Speaker were frequent travel companions. A high point of the travels was their KGB arrest and acquittal on a mission trip to Russia.

For her involvement in civic organizations, she was named William Jewell Alumnus of the Year. She was named a member of the Charter Class of the Alexander Doniphan Heritage Society in 1997 and the 1991 Clay Co. SWCD Outstanding Conservationist for conservation education at West View School. She was also active in the drives to establish Watkins Mill State Park and the Mid-Continent Public Library System.

Ann was baptized in the Kearney First Baptist Church Easter Sunday in about 1955. She taught Sunday School and after moving to Liberty became active in the Second Baptist Church where she was a Deacon and member of Milton Horne’s Sunday School Class.

Memorial Contributions would be appreciated for Second Baptist Church of Liberty and the ADA Elevator Fund for the Clay County Archives.