Pansy Woodruff

Pansy Lou (Grim, Leathers) Woodruff, 81, of Dexter, MO went to meet Jesus on May 20, 2021 at her daughter’s home in Sikeston, MO surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Essex, MO to James Alt Grim and Minnie Ethel (Newell) Grim on May 31, 1939. She married Robert Wayne Leathers from Dexter, MO in 1959 and he preceded her in death on August 29, 1975. She married Gene Woodruff from Dexter, MO on October 27, 1979. Gene resides in the family home. She is mother of four birth children, Sheila (John) Armbruster, Leila (James) Busby, Robin (Rick)Tripp of Sikeston and Robert Wayne (Cristi) Leathers II of Rogersville, MO. She is mother of four children by marriage, Scott (Mindy) Woodruff, Gena (David) Leach, Christy Peterson and Danielle (Chris) Moga of Jacksonville, FL. She is survived by ten grandchildren: James (Andrea) Bowling of Cape Girardeau, MO; Aaron (Carrie) Green of Ozark, MO; Melissa (Larry) Jarrell of Sikeston, MO; Sheena Pincksten of Cape Girardeau, MO; Adam Green of Sikeston, MO; Tiffanie (Justin) Atherton Kottabi of Whitewater, MO; Briana Leathers of Springfield, MO; Sarah Courtney (Morgan) Chin of Frederick, MD; Makayla (Austin) Brown of Sikeston, MO; Rachel (Joel) Tadashi of Springfield, MO and seven step grandchildren: Lynn (Louis) Krauss, Lori (Joe) Windt, Landon Busby Shultz, Mac (Megan) Armbruster, Mavis (Marc) Bulger, Clare (Rada) DeSilva and Luke (Riham) Armbruster. She is great grandmother of thirty-two and great great grandmother of seven. Pansy was an avid lover of Jesus since young adulthood. She was a prayer warrior and intercessor who had faith in her Redeemer. She is now gone to be with her Forever Love. She leaves behind a family who loves her and has eternal hope in meeting her again in her heavenly home. Above all else she passed on to her family a love for each other as a family and a passion for loving others and encouraging people to love her heavenly Father. She will be greatly missed until we meet again. Visitation will be at Watkins Funeral Home in Dexter, MO on Saturday May 22 from 1000-1100 am for family and 1100-100 pm for family and friends. Funeral services will be on Saturday, May 22 at 1:00pm. Interment will be at Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, MO on Monday, May 24 (time to be announced).