Obituary for Patricia Ann "Patty" Spangler

<p class="p1">Patricia Ann "Patty" Spangler, of Steelville, Illinois, died Wednesday, August 24, 2016, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri after a short struggle with cancer.

<p class="p1">She was 58.

<p class="p1">She was born July 30, 1958 in Pinckneyville, Illinois to Bobby Gene "Sputt" and Wanda Lee Jones Spangler.

<p class="p1">While growing up, Patty was a lively and happy part of her close extended family and her church family. Her Christian faith remained the prominent cornerstone of her life until her death.

<p class="p1">On graduating from high school she attended Gateway College of Evangelism (now Urshan College) in St. Louis.

<p class="p1">She became an integral and effective missionary with a traveling ministry team in both Europe and the United States during her young adult years.

<p class="p1">In the late 1990's, Patty secured her Bachelor of Social Work degree at Southeast Missouri State University.

<p class="p1">Her career began at Community Counseling Center in Cape Girardeau.

<p class="p1">At the time of her death she had been a social worker for the State of Illinois for 13 years, working out of the Human Service Center in Chester, Illinois.

<p class="p1">Her career and her entire life were marked by that which was both work and pastime for Patty - caring for the needs of hurting people.

<p class="p1">She devoted her life to serving adults with disabilities, known throughout southwestern Illinois by social service and law enforcement agencies for her skilled, effective and compassionate care of adults.

<p class="p1">In addition to ongoing client care, she was an effective crisis and hotline counselor, often contacted for emergencies like potential suicides.

<p class="p1">She is survived by her mother, Wanda Lee Jones Spangler of Percy, Illinois; children David (Deana) Nicholas Butler of Portage Des Sioux, Missouri, Elizabeth "CoCo" (Robert) Collier of Jackson, Missouri, and Noah (Macayla) Butler of Jackson; grandchildren Xadie Collier, Finn Collier and Jase Butler; and brother Robert (Joy) Spangler of Hillsdale, Michigan.

<p class="p1">She was preceded in death by her father Bobby Gene "Sputt" Spangler, and a sister Brenda Kay Spangler.

<p class="p1">Funeral service is at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, August 28, 2016, at Tri-County First Pentecostal Church in Cutler, Illinois, with the Rev. Billy Pendergrass officiating.

<p class="p1">There is no public visitation.

<p class="p1">Burial will follow at Mueller Hill Cemetery in Pinckneyville.

<p class="p1">Arrangements by McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.