Ruby Lea Wetzel
Nov. 10, 1930 Jan. 28, 2017 Ruby Lea Wetzel, 86, of Southwest City, Mo., passed away peacefully Jan. 28, 2017, at her home surrounded by her loving family.
She was born Nov. 10, 1930, to Mark and Edith (Hubbard) Drake in Southwest City. She lived most of her life in the Southwest City area and, on Jan. 10, 1950, was united in marriage to Claude Wetzel in Miami, Okla. To this union, three children were born.
She worked for Hudson Foods for over 30 years. Ruby, or “Granny” as she liked to be called, enjoyed collecting cookbooks, baking and going to flea markets and garage sales, but most of all she enjoyed being a prankster.
She was preceded in death by her husband; a son-in-law; Paul Bates; two great-grandchildren; two sisters; and four brothers.
She is survived by three children, Diana Bates, Donna Blake and husband Rick of Southwest City, and David Wetzel and wife Cheryl of Jay, Okla.; two brothers, Kenneth Drake of Pineville, Mo., and Doug Drake of Jay; two sisters, Anna Laura Cabe of Okmulgee, Okla., and Barbara Bratton of Spavinaw, Okla.; nine grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren; and a host of other family and friends.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, at the First Baptist Church in Southwest City with Pastors Ricky Williams and Rob Grimm officiating.
Burial will follow in the Southwest City Cemetery. Her grandsons will be honored to serve their “Granny” as pallbearers.
The family received friends Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017, at the Ozark Funeral Home in Southwest City. Services are under the direction of the Ozark Funeral Home in Southwest City.