Ownership Submission
FORM 5
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
HUDSON NANCY BIXBY
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE CO [KCLI]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)

C/O KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE CO, 3520 BROADWAY
3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year)
12/31/2008
(Street)


KANSAS CITY, MO 64111
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting
(check applicable line)

_X_ Form Filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, $1.25 par value 12/31/2008   J(1)(2) 64,630 A $ (1) (2) 0 I See Footnote (5)
Common Stock, $1.25 par value 12/31/2008   J(1)(2) 67,728 D $ (1) (2) 2,277,235 I See Footnotes (3) (4) (5)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned at End of Issuer's Fiscal Year
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
(A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
HUDSON NANCY BIXBY
C/O KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE CO
3520 BROADWAY
KANSAS CITY, MO 64111
  X   X    

Signatures

Nancy Bixby Hudson, signed by William A. Schalekamp as power of attorney 02/10/2009
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Effective on December 31, 2008, pursuant to the mandatory provisions of the agreement of JRB Interests, Ltd. (the "Partnership"), (a) an indirect pecuniary interest in 66,361 shares of common stock, $1.25 par value of the Kansas City Life Insurance Company ("Common Stock"), owned by the Partnership were transferred from Ms. Hudson in her capacity as a co-trustee of the GST Nancy Bixby Hudson Trust and the Issue Trust for Nancy Bixby Hudson (collectively, the "NBH Trusts"), each a Class C limited partner, to the Class B limited partners,
(2) (cont. of footnote 1) (b) an indirect pecuniary interest in 10 shares of Common Stock owned by the Partnership were transferred from Ms. Hudson, as an individual general partner, to the Class B limited partners; (c) an indirect pecuniary interest in 1,357 shares of Common Stock owned by the Partnership were transferred from Ms. Hudson in her capacity as co-trustee of the NBH Trusts, each a general partner, to the Class B limited partners and (d) an indirect pecuniary interest in 64,630 shares of Common Stock owned by the Partnership were transferred to Ms. Hudson, as a Class B limited partner in her capacity as a co-trustee of each of the NBH Trusts, from the other non-Class B limited partners and the general partners;
(3) As a general partner of the Partnership, Ms. Hudson shares with the other general partners of the Partnership the power to dispose of all of the 2,966,312 shares of Common Stock owned by the Partnership, but disclaims beneficial interest in all but 1,945,667 shares owned by the Partnership, as she only has a pecuniary interest in such shares. These shares include: (a) 1,945,453 shares for which Ms. Hudson, as a beneficiary of the NBH Trusts (each general and limited partners of the Partnership), has an indirect pecuniary interest, and (b) 214 shares for which Ms. Hudson as an individual general partner of the Partnership has an indirect pecuniary interest;
(4) Ms. Hudson, in her capacity as trustee and a beneficiary of the Nancy Bixby Hudson Trust dated December 11, 1997, a Missouri trust (the "1997 Trust"), has the sole power to dispose of and a pecuniary interest in 331,568 shares of Common Stock owned by the 1997 Trust ; and
(5) As reported on a Schedule 13D filed by the Bixby family group with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2004, the sole voting power for all the shares described herein is held by Mr. Lee M. Vogel pursuant to a Voting Agreement dated October 31, 2004.

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