Edgar Filing: KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE CO

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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 ^*

BIXBY ROBERT PHILIP

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
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Pres., CEO, & Chair of Board

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE CO, 3520 BROADWAY

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/26/2007

(Street)

KANSAS CITY, MO 64111

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(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 Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, $1.25 par value	03/26/2007		J		8,172	D	$ 47.35	2,476,056	I	See Footnotes ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾

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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 Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
BIXBY ROBERT PHILIP C/O KANSAS CITY LIFE INSURANCE CO 3520 BROADWAY KANSAS CITY, MO 64111	X	X	Pres., CEO, & Chair of Board

Signatures

Robert Philip Bixby		03/28/2007
^**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)	(1) As a general partner of the Partnership, Mr. Bixby shares with the WEB Trust (a general partner of the Partnership) and the other trustees of the WEB Trust (each of whom is also a general partner of the Partnership) the power to dispose of all of the 2,358,340 shares of Common Stock owned by the Partnership. Mr. Bixby disclaims beneficial ownership in all but 2,086,471 shares owned by the Partnership as he has a pecuniary interest in only 2,086,471 shares owned by the Partnership. These shares include: (a) 1,950,534 shares for which Mr. Bixby as a limited partner and a general partner of the Partnership, in his capacity as a co-trustee of the WEB Trust, has an indirect pecuniary interest, (b) 195 shares for which Mr. Bixby as an individual general partner of the Partnership has an indirect pecuniary interest, and (c) 135,740 shares for which Mr. Bixby as a limited partner, in his capacity as the sole trustee of each of the RPB Trusts, has an indirect pecuniary in
(2)	(2) As a co-trustee of the Walter E. Bixby Descendants Trust with Angeline I. Bixby and Walter E. Bixby, Mr. Bixby shares the power to dispose of 393,535 shares of Common Stock;
(3)	(3) These shares do not include shares beneficial ownership in any of Kansas City Life Insurance Company's benefit plans; and
(4)	(4) 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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