Wilma C. Teets, daughter of the late Joseph Raymond Teel and Mirtie Chambers Teel, was born on September 4, 1943 in Gideon, Missouri and departed this life on March 27, 2016 at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter at the age of 72.

Mrs. Teets was a member of the Vision of Hope Church in Essex, Missouri.  She was a homemaker and a resident of Bernie, Missouri.

On November 14, 1988, she was united in marriage to Stanley Teets in Dexter.  Mr. Teets survives.

She is survived by four sons, Carl Duty, Jr. and wife Sheryl of St. Charles, Missouri, Michael Duty of Dexter, Missouri, Timothy Duty of Newport, Arkansas and Keith Allen Phillips of Bernie, Missouri; by one daughter, Pamela Cobb and husband Billy of Malden, Missouri; by eighteen grandchildren; by one brother, Gary Teel of Dexter, Missouri; and by four sisters, Thelma Weathers, Wanda Truax, Loretta Stanberry, all of Dexter, Missouri and Linda Thacker of Bernie, Missouri.  She is also survived by three step-children, Amy Eldridge, Jenny Carr and Michael Teets; and by six step-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, Wayne Teel, Paul Teel and Melvin Teel; and by four sisters, Dorothy Teel, Louise Winchester, Martha Weathers and Shirley Pickett.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 from 5:00 P. M. to 8:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. with Rev. James Malloy officiating. 

Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery.