FORM 4

Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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)

  05/10/2007

(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

05/10/2007

 

J(6)(7)(8)

 

393,535

D

$39.77

2,082,521

I

See Footnotes(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)

Common Stock, $1.25 par value

05/10/2007

 

J(6)(7)(8)

 

393,535

A

$39.77

2,476,056

I

See Footnotes(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(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

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address

Relationships

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, signed by Wm. A. Schalekamp as Power of Attorney

 

05/10/2007

**Signature of Reporting Person

Date

Explanation of Responses:

(1)

(1a) 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:

(2)

(1b) (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 interest;

(3)

(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;

(4)

(3) These shares do not include shares beneficial ownership in any of Kansas City Life Insurance Company's benefit plans;

(5)

(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,

(6)

(5) Effective May 10, 2007, pursuant to the terms of the Walter E. Bixby Descendants Trust dated 12/30/76, 393,535 shares of
common stock, $1.25 par value, were transferred from the trust to seven descendants trusts (see footnote 6;) and

(7)

(6a) 393,535 shares total were transferred to R. Philip Bixby as Trustee for the following trusts and in the stated amounts:
Walter E. Bixby Descendants Trust FBO Carey A. Oxler, R. Philip Bixby, Trustee, et al. - 51,719 shares; Walter E. Bixby
Descendants Trust FBO Christopher D. Oxler, R. Philip Bixby, Trustee, et al. - 57,219 shares; Walter E. Bixby Descendants
Trust FBO James P. Bixby, R. Philip Bixby, Trustee, et al. - 55,719 shares; Walter E. Bixby Descendants Trust FBO Blake C.
Bixby, R. Philip Bixby, Trustee, et al. - 57,219 shares;

(8)

(6b) Walter E. Bixby Descendants Trust FBO Walter E. Bixby IV, R. Philip Bixby, Trustee, et al. - 57,219 shares; Walter E.
Bixby Descendants Trust FBO Kai M. Bixby, R. Philip Bixby, Trustee, et al. - 57,220 shares; and Walter E. Bixby Descendants
Trust FBO Adam J. Bixby, R. Philip Bixby, Trustee, et al. - 57,220 shares.

 

 

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