Barbara Faye Leet Ricklefs, 95, of Edwardsville, KS, passed away May 25, 2017, at the Trinity Healthcare Nursing Home in Shawnee, KS. Memorial Services will be 2 p.m. Sat., July 22, at the Edwardsville United Methodist Church. Mrs Ricklefs was born Sept. 29, 1921 in Maryville, MO. She graduated from Northwest Missouri State University with a Teaching Certificate. Later moving to California where she met and married the late Robert Ricklefs from the Troy and Bendena, Kansas area. He was an engineer and together they did lots of traveling and lived in many cities across the country as they raised their family, eventually settling in the Edwardsville, Kansas area. She was a lifelong member of the Girl Scouts having served on several Girl Scout Council Boards and committees. She served as a substitute teacher in the Bonner, Edwardsville and Piper areas for many years and was a long time member of the Edwardsville United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Robert L. Ricklefs, Sr. in 1987 and is survived by her three children Robert L. Ricklefs, Jr., Jane Goodell and Carol Ann Stewart along with many grandchildren and great grandchildren who will all miss her greatly.