Leotis Janet

Schattel

Leotis Janet Schattel 101, of Roscoe passed away Friday, July 26, 2024 in Abilene.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, July 29, 2024 at McCoy Chapel of Memories with Rev. Ben Reid officiating. Interment will follow at Lone Wolf Cemetery under the direction of McCoy Funeral Home. A visitation will be 1:00 P.M. until service time on Monday at the funeral home.

Janet was born in Gladewater, Texas, on May 6, 1923 to the late O.D. and Lucille Marie (Merritt) Moore. In early childhood, she traveled from the piney woods of east Texas to the plains of West Texas where the family settled in Roby, Texas. As a teenager, the family moved again to Pyron, Texas, where she finished her education at Pyron High School, graduating in 1941. It was there that she met the love of her life, Ernest Schattel. Ernest and Janet were married in Fort Worth, Texas, on August 23, 1946, after he returned from serving his country in WWII. After Ernest completed college, they returned to the family farm in West Texas. Janet embraced farm life and was an instrumental partner. During the drought of the 1950s, there was not a lot of money or much to do on the farm. Janet always felt like you could make your own fun, whether it was rolling up the rug and having a dance in the living room, playing games or the infamous practical jokes that she and Ernest were responsible for pulling.

In 1968, Janet earned her private pilot license. She was one of the first women in Nolan County to make this accomplishment. She and Ernest spent many years traveling by air in their airplane. Janet was an avid Roscoe Plowboy/Plowgirls fans, you could always find them under the Friday night lights cheering on their favorite team and then into the gym for the next season's basketball teams. Everyone knew that Janet was in attendance because of her legendary enthusiasm. Janet was a member of the D.O.E.S Women's' Auxiliary Organization of the Elks Lodge for many years and served in many capacities as well as other community organizations. Family mattered most to Janet. She loved and was interested in everything the family was involved in, and this also extended to friends and their children.

Janet was survived by her numerous nieces, nephews and extended family. She was preceded in death by her parents and husband Ernest on August 22, 2020.

Pallbearers Clayton Wakefield , Paul Gregory, Dusty Allen, David Strain, Rick Jaryszack and Larry Light.

In lieu of flowers please make donations to Lone Wolf Cemetery, West Texas Rehab, or a charity of your choice.

Special thank you to Kinder Hearts Hospice. A heartfelt thank you to very special friends, Rachel Valfrye, Sharon, Grogan and Judy Gibson for the wonderful care and compassion you gave Janet.