Patricia Jean Pruitt

   Patricia Jean Pruitt, age 77, of Thayer, Missouri, passed away on September 29, 2023, at her home in Thayer, Missouri. Patricia was born December 28, 1945, in Hastings, Nebraska to Roy L. and Sibyl Leverne (Earls) Richards.

   Patricia married Herman Wittenberg in 1962, at the age of seventeen. Within this union two beautiful children was born; Ronda and Daniel.

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   She enjoyed fishing, listening to music and she sang in a band in her younger years. She took pleasure in helping others and was a very kind person. She worked as a cosmetology instructor for a while living in Kansas and later worked for Boice Raid- Rhea Architects in Antioch Plaza, Merriam, Kansas, which she retired from.

   Patricia loved living in Kansas but eventually moved back to Thayer to be close to her mother. She accepted Christ as her savior and was baptized at an early age. She will be greatly missed by all that knew her.

   She was survived by one daughter Ronda Wittenberg; one son Daniel Wittenberg; one sister Netty Pearl Greve, husband George; one sister-in-law Gabriele Richards; two half-sisters Cheryle Hopkins and Christine Kirkwood; cousins Linda Sue Carter, Shawn Richards, Karen Bowers, Stephanie Richards, Chris Richards, Keeley Jones, Kyndle Richards, Bailee Wittenberg, Kameron Wittenberg, Seth Bohanon, Richie Pruitt, Gracelynn, Arya, Jacob Miller and Blakely Shaw.

   She is preceded in death by her parents; one brother Royal (Duke) Richards; and her grandparents Floyd and Maggie Earls.

  Memorial service will be held on Monday, October 9, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. at the Carter Funeral Home Chapel in Thayer, Missouri.

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