Reta Louise Trueblood
Reta Louise Trueblood
1936-2015
Reta Louise Trueblood, 78, Grand Prairie, Texas, formerly of Burlington Junction, Missouri died Thursday, January 15, 2015 at a Dallas hospital after a courageous battle against cancer.
She was born November 23, 1936 in Maryville, Missouri to Eugene and Neva Bice Spratt. She married Rex Trueblood on June 9, 1957 at the United Methodist Church in Burlington Junction.
Reta grew up in Burlington Junction and was a graduate of Burlington Junction High School. She was employed with JC Penney Company before becoming a homemaker in 1960.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Ronnie Spratt and her husband Rex. Reta was a 15 year breast cancer survivor before succumbing to pneumonia aggravated by stage IV lung cancer.
She is survived by three children: Martha Tracy and her husband Kevin of Merriam, Kansas, Sam Trueblood and wife Cheryl of Westminister, Colorado, and Shawn Trueblood and his wife Jennie of Grand Prairie, Texas, and five grandchildren, Tracy Kelley and husband Alex, Logan and Hudson Trueblood, Beth Ann Tracy, Daniel Tracy and a brother Dennis Spratt. Visitation will be at Price Funeral Home in Maryville, Missouri on Friday, January 23, 2015 from 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Services will be at United Methodist Church in Burlington Junction, Missouri on Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 10:00 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to the American Cancer Society in Reta’s name.
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