Funeral services for Cleta Avelee (Rantz) Dickens age 82 of Branson, Missouri will be held at 1:00 PM, Thursday, August 6, 2020 at Greenlawn Funeral Home in Branson with Pastor Jim Cantrell officiating. Burial will be at a later date in Eisenhour Cemetery in Reeds Spring, Missouri.
She passed away on July 31, 2020 at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.
Cleta was born on March 11, 1938 in Reeds Spring, Missouri the daughter of Scelbert and Ellen Jones Rantz. She graduated as valedictorian with the class of 1956 at Reeds Spring High School. She and her husband were the owners/operators of Dickens Gift Shoppe in Branson from 1967 until 2012. She was a member of the Keystone Baptist Church in Reeds Spring, Missouri.
Survivors are her husband, LeeRoy Dickens of Branson. Two children; Dianne Call (Russell) of Ozark, Missouri and Lisa Land (Jace) of Redmond, Washington. Three brothers; Gerald Rantz of Nixa, Missouri, Larry Rantz of Springfield, Missouri and Ted Rantz of Kimberling City, Missouri. One sister, Esther Watts of Ozark, Missouri, two grandchildren, Timothy Haynes and Rebecca Davis, four great grandchildren, Mikayla, Marcy, Brooklynn and James. Cleta was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Darrel Rantz.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM on Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions in lieu of flowers are suggested to the St. Jude Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee in her memory.