Funeral services for Leona Fritts will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, October 21, 2010 at Schowengerdt Funeral Chapel (660-679-6555) in Butler, Missouri with Rev. Bill Read officiating. Visitation will be Wednesday evening from 6-7 p.m. at Schowengerdt Chapel. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Butler, Missouri. Contributions to Heartland Hospice.
Leona Frances Fritts, age 90 of Butler, Missouri died Friday, October 15, 2010 at Willow Lane Nursing Center in Butler. She was born November 12, 1919 to Charles Orville and Daisy Bond Richey in Carl Junction, Missouri.
Leona is survived by her husband of 72 years, Frank Fritts of Butler, Missouri; a daughter-in-law, Shirley Fritts of Amsterdam, Missouri; six grandchildren, Brian Harrell and wife Ilene, Sherri Haralson and husband Brad, Sandi Drussell and husband Kirk, Jim Fritts and wife Selina, Misty Fuqua and Danny and Josh Fritts and wife Cassie; and 16 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; two sons, James and Daryl; a daughter, Carolyn Shelton; two brothers, Raymond and Earnest; and two sisters, Dorothy Long and Ruth Vann.
