Pat Lett

(From Ozark Funeral Home)

Ms. Patsy Ruth “Pat” Lett, 74, of Southwest City, Missouri, departed this life on Monday, August 24, 2015, at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Missouri, from complications of heart surgery.

Pat entered this life on June 29, 1941, at home in Southwest City, Missouri, one of four daughters born to the union of the late Harry Whitten and Velma Ruth (Womack) Lett. She lived her entire life on the family farm in Southwest City, Missouri, in view of the home that Granny Womack deliver her in. She graduated from Southwest City High School in the class of 1960. Pat was a waitress for over forty years. She worked for Rexall Drug in Noel and Southwest City, DairyLane in Noel, Family Malt Shop, Paul’s Café and the Senior Center, all located in Southwest City. She enjoyed caring for her beloved four-legged baby, Pepper, baking cookies and cakes and was extremely talented in needlework, crafting beautiful items in embroidery, crochet and knit. She was a lady of great strength and courage, overcoming adversity and surviving cancer three times.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and her brother in-law, Theron Clark.

Pat is survived by her three sisters, Linda Lett of Joplin, Missouri and Shirley Lett of Southwest City and Debora Clark also of Southwest City; nieces and nephews, Megan Worden and husband, Wolfe, of Southwest City, Lauren Scott and husband, Shain, of Rogers, Arkansas, Nathaniel Clark and wife, Kaitlyn, of Anderson and Katelyn Clark of Southwest City; and two great nephews, Steffen and Theron Worden and awaiting the arrival of a 3rd, Baby Scott.

Funeral services for Ms. Lett are 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 28, 2015 at the First Baptist Church in Southwest City, Missouri, with Larry Shields officiating. Burial will follow in the Saratoga Springs Cemetery. Her nieces and nephews will honor her life by serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Thursday evening from 6-8:00 p.m. in the Southwest City Chapel of the Ozark Funeral Homes. Memorials are being directed to the Saratoga Springs Cemetery and contributions may be left at the funeral home. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website, www.ozarkfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Ozark Funeral Home in Southwest City, Missouri.