KATHLEEN MARY ANN LETTS

Kathleen Mary Ann Letts, age 92 of Cherokee, IA, peacefully passed away and gained her angel wings on Saturday, June 7, 2025, at Accura Healthcare in Aurelia, IA. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, June 12, 2025, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, IA. Father Dan Rupp will officiate. Burial will take place at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Cherokee, IA. Visitation with the family present will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Wednesday evening at the Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee, IA. A prayer service will follow at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, at the funeral home. The Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee, IA, is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.greenwoodfuneral.com.

Kathleen Mary Ann Letts was born April 24, 1933, to Harold and Mary Ann (Zimmer) Peck in Storm Lake, IA. She was one of 13 children in her family. While growing up she attended St. Mary's School in Storm Lake. She had various jobs while in high school, one being a car hop in Storm Lake. After graduation she moved to California. She helped to take care of her sister Grace's kids and then started working in a bank. That's when she met her future husband, James Letts. They were married on February 19, 1955, at Manhattan Beach, CA. They later moved to Inglewood, CA and that is where Barbara and Debbie were born.

In 1965 they made the move back to Iowa and Kathleen started working at Central Trust and Savings Bank where she worked for over 30 years before retirement. They then made the move to Okoboji where they lived until Jim died of cancer. Katie moved back to Cherokee where she lived until her death.

Katie enjoyed putting together puzzles, reading, watching game shows, feeding and watching the birds, assisting her daughter with her in home daycare for the last three years, and spending time with her family.

Preceding Katie in death was her husband, Jim Letts; daughter Debbie (Ike) Morrow; her parents, Harold and Mary Ann Peck; brothers, Lou, Leonard, Frank, Raymond, Lloyd, and Bob Peck; sisters, Berniece, Ann, Grace, Rose, and two siblings in infancy.

Surviving Katie are her daughter, Barbara (Donald) Cooper of Cherokee, IA; granddaughter, Amy (Chuck) Tilton of Sioux Falls, SD; sister-in-law, Kathy Peck; and many nieces and nephews.