Maria Teets, daughter of the late Arthur Kester and Jessie Cunningham Kester, was born on June 17, 1948 in Hayward, California, and departed this life on December 5, 2020 at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri, at the age of 72 years.

Mrs. Teets was a homemaker and a member of the First Pentecostal Church in Dexter. She enjoyed taking care of her children and grandchildren and growing plants.

She is survived by her son, Lonnie Teets and his wife Dorothy of Dexter; by her daughter, Cindy Teets of Bloomfield; by one brother, Johnny Kester of Dexter; by two sisters, Judith Bryant and Donna Robinson both of Dexter; by five grandchildren, Jessica Nelson, Rebecca Pulley, Alyssa-Jean Teets, Ethan Wood, and Logan Wood.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her daughter, Teresa Nelson; by her brother, Dale Kester; and by her grandson, Logan Teets.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, December 10, 2020 from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Funeral Services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Chapel at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Jeff Wells officiating.

Interment will follow in Bloomfield Cemetery.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is in charge of arrangements.