Lela Mae Gisi, daughter of the late Jim Smith and Nancy Little Smith, was born on September 12, 1927, in Leachville, Arkansas, and departed this life on November 24, 2021, at her residence in St. Charles, Missouri, at the age of 94 years

Mrs. Gisi was a former beautician.

On December 4, 1946, in Piggott, Arkansas, she was united in marriage to Glennon Gisi. Mr. Gisi preceded her in death on March 25, 1983.

She is survived by four grandsons, John Wozniak (Lisa) of Cottleville, Missouri, Donald Wozniak of St. Charles, Missouri, Michael Wozniak (Diana) of Warrenton, Missouri, and Steven Wozniak (Angela) of St. Charles, Missouri; and by eighteen great-grandchildren and twenty-one great-great grandchildren.

Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Ronald Gale Gisi; by her daughter, Judith Faye Wozniak; by her great-grandson, Charles Glennon Wozniak; and by her great-granddaughter, Angelica Steven Wozniak.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, December 4, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 pm.

Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, December 4, 2021, at 2:00 p.m.

Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.