RUBY M. PYATT

LAMAR-Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Konantz Warden Funeral Home for Ruby M. Pyatt, 90, Lamar, who died Tuesday morning, Sept. 1, 2015, at Truman Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. Burial will be in Iantha Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, at the funeral home.

Condolences may be left online at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include a son, Charles E. Edd Pyatt and wife Pamela, Dixon; four grandchildren, James Douglas Pyatt, Julie Ann Henson, Melissa Kay Schwan and John Daniel McKenzie; six great-grandchildren, Gregory Edward Aleshire, Megan Pyatt, Johnna Marie Cato-Schwan, Robert Bernard Schwan II, Allison Rene Schwan and Kinsey Mae Schwan and two great-great-grandchildren, Mason Edward Aleshire and Audriana Brooklyn Aleshire.

She was preceded in death by her husband, J.W. Pyatt, in 1996; a daughter, Rosezeltha Rose McKenzie; a granddaughter, Rebecca Marie Holt and two great-grandsons, Stetson Cato and Daniel Schwan Jr.

Mrs. Pyatt was born Sept. 22, 1924, near Metz, to Oren O.E. and Hazel (Witt) Spratt. An only child, she grew up on the farm. She was a 1942 graduate of Lamar High School. She married Johnny J.W. Pyatt on St. Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 1944, before he left for war. She later went back to school and become a Licensed Practical Nurse. She had worked for the Lamar Clinic and then for Barton County Memorial Hospital until her retirement in September of 1987.

After retirement she volunteered as a Pink Lady at the hospital and was a member of the Pioneers Club, a service organization made up of retired hospital personnel. She was also a lifelong member of The Daughters of Rebekah Lodge. She was a faithful member of Oakton Methodist Church for many years and hosted a Bible study and prayer meeting in her home.