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Barbara Colleen Deatz
March 5, 1931 - January 31, 2022
Barbara Colleen Deatz, the daughter of Harold Burdette and Katherine Gertrude (Bain) Smith, was born March 5, 1931 in Westboro, Missouri. Barbara attended Rock Port High School, Rock Port, Missouri, graduating in 1949.
On June 30, 1950, Barbara was united in marriage to Duane Grant Deatz in the First Christian Church, Rock Port. They became the parents of five children, Michael, Ron, Dan, Larry, and Becky. Duane passed away August 9, 2017.
Barbara was a piano teacher and gave lessons in her home. She taught hundreds of students over the years and held recitals in the First Christian Church, Rock Port. Barbara was employed by Fabric Unique, Craig, Missouri. She also worked as a receptionist at Community Hospital-Fairfax, Fairfax, Missouri and as an accountant for Rock Port Oil.
Barbara was a member of the Fairfax Presbyterian Church, Fairfax and enjoyed singing in the Sweet Adelines Choir. She was very active in her church and community. Barbara passed away Monday, January 31, 2022, at Tiffany Heights, Mound City, Missouri, at the age of 90.
Besides her parents and husband, Duane Deatz, Barbara was preceded in death by infant twin brothers; grandsons, Christopher Alan and Eric Curtis Deatz; Survivors include brother, William J. (Martha) Smith, Maryville, Missouri; children, Michael Deatz, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Ron (Kay) Deatz, Rock Port, Dan (Robin) Deatz, LaVista, Nebraska, Larry Deatz, Rock Port, and Becky (Doug) Livengood, Mound City; grandchildren, Angela (Jeff) Mace, Rock Port, Brett (Molly) Deatz, Rock Port, Stacy (Fred) Peterson, Gretna, Nebraska, Tony (Bethany) Deatz, Elkhorn, Nebraska, Grant Deatz, LaVista, Nathan Livengood, Burlington, Junction, Missouri, Kyle (Melissa) Livengood, and Gena Livengood, both of Mound City; 19 great grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral Service: 11:00 A.M., Friday, February 4, 2022, Minter Funeral Chapel, Rock Port.
Open visitation begins 9:00 A.M., Thursday, February 3, 2022, Minter Funeral Chapel, Rock Port. The family will receive friends from 10:00-11:00 A.M., Friday, February 4, prior to the service.
Interment: English Grove Cemetery, Fairfax, Missouri.
Memorials: Rock Port Nutrition Center.
Arrangements: Minter Funeral Chapel, Rock Port.