Theresa Rose Ragan, 79 of Adrian, MO died Sunday, August 1, 2010 at Bates County Memorial Hospital in Butler, MO. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 6, 2010 at the First Baptist Church in Adrian with visitation from 10:00-11:00 a.m. at the church. Burial in Crescent Hill Cemetery, Adrian. Memorial contributions may be made to the Theresa Ragan Tree Memorial c/o Atkinson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 325, Adrian, MO 64720.
Theresa was born March 3, 1931 in Wilmerding, PA, the daughter of Patrick and Mary Margaret (Markell) Tuiet. She was the youngest of six children, including three brothers and two sisters. Theresa married Joel General Ragan on June 21, 1947 in Mound City, KS, and to this union they had three children, Michael, Patricia and Randy.
Theresa was a devoted member of the Adrian First Baptist Church. She enjoyed her loving family and treasured every moment she had with them.
Theresa was preceded in death by her husband, J.G. and their grandson, Brian Petty, her parents and brothers and sisters. She will be greatly missed by her children, Michael Ragan and his companion, Kathy Brink, Patricia Smith and her husband, Bobby and Randy Ragan; 9 grandchildren; Kristen Morrow, Megan Cantrell, Tyler and P. J. Ragan, Randelle and Chelsea Ragan, Ky Brink, Jennifer Klinksick and Jessica Skinner; 12 great-grandchildren; Gunnar and Keenan Morrow, Ragan and Nash Hendrix, Izabella Cantrell, Macy and Ella Ragan, Mikinzie Ward, Heidi Osborne, Brody Ragan, Will Klinksick, and Jamison Skinner.
Theresa will be remembered, not only by her family, but the countless friends who were blessed to have known her.
