July 15, 1936 – October 10, 2025
Following a life lived for Christ, his church and his family, Philip Ross Beaudoin was called to eternal rest on Friday, October 10, 2025. He was 89 years old.
Ross, as his friends knew him – and Spud to his immediate family – was born July 15, 1936 in Palo Alto, California to Heston Mark and Mabel Pauline Beaudoin. His elementary school years were spent at Palo Alto Public Schools before attending middle school at St. Joseph and graduating from Bellarmine High School in 1954. Ross was accepted into the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in 1954 and attended Santa Clara University Jesuit School of Theology as well as Gonzaga University (1958-1961).
Philip Ross Beaudoin is survived by his wife of 58 years, Renata; children Thomas More Beaudoin (Martina Claire Verba); Annette Marie Delce; John Francis Beaudoin; Stephen Marc Beaudoin; grandchildren Amelia Claire Verba-Beaudoin and Adaline Sophia Beaudoin; nephew Charles Heston “Chuck” Beaudoin (Kimberly Beaudoin); great-nephew Charles Beaudoin; great-niece Juliette Beaudoin; cousin Sandra Pakaski (Ed Trischmann); cousin Brian Allen Reynolds; several first- and second-cousins.
A visitation will be held at 9 a.m., Saturday, October 18, 2025 at St. James Catholic Church, 3909 Harrison Street in Kansas City, Missouri with a funeral Mass to follow at 10 a.m. Cremation services provided by KC Cremation Society of Kansas & Missouri, with a private interment to follow the funeral mass.
Prayers being sent to you,Nata.
May God comfort and guide you during this difficult period.
Love ,lee