Mrs. Patricia Ann Salyer, 78, a lifelong resident of Sarcoxie, Missouri departed this life on Friday, October 22, 2010 at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Missouri. Patricia entered this life on March 27, 1932 in Sarcoxie, Missouri to the late Ralph and Rowena (Satterlee) Sturgis. At the age of 19 she began her teaching career in small country schools, Downey, Fidelity and Banner. She received her master's degree in education from SMS in Springfield, Missouri. Patricia retired from the Sarcoxie R-II School District in 1992 after thirty-five years of service, twenty-six of those years as a kindergartner teacher. She was also the first kindergartner teacher in the district. She was a member of the Eastern Star, Ladies Ozark Boling League, Loma Linda Golf Association, lifetime member of the P.T.A, charter member and past president of the Ozark Kindergartner Association and was an Alpha Phonics Trainer for the state of Missouri for twenty years. Patricia was of the Methodist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Mac Sturgis; and one sister, Peggy Caplinger. On July 3, 1952 she was united in marriage to Loyd Salyer and he survives of the home. Additional survivors include her two sons, Loyd Leigh Salyer and wife, Debra, and Richard Salyer and wife, Lori, all of Sarcoxie, Missouri; four grandsons, Jimmy, Christopher, Andrew and Edwin Salyer, all of Sarcoxie. No formal services will be held. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri.