Deanna E. Pritchett, 81, passed away Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 surrounded by family at Sunrise Assisted Living Center in Overland Park, Kan. A Celebration of her Life will take place sometime in the near future.
Born on May 19, 1937 to Frank E. and Mary (MacArthur) Acton, she was raised in Oklahoma City, Okla., where she graduated from Capital Hill High School before she attended Oklahoma State University.
Deanna moved to Columbia, Mo., for a short time before moving to the Kansas City area around 1970. Except for the two years she lived in Nairobi, Kenya, in the mid-1970s, she was a Kansas City area resident until retirement to Beaver Lake, Ark., in 2006.
She will be remembered for her perpetually upbeat nature and willingness to do anything for her friends and family. She attended a countless number of her sons’ sporting events where she often was also the scorekeeper.
She loved staying active, enjoying decorating her home for the season, sewing, dancing, listening to music, hosting Halloween parties, cooking and spending time with her family and friends.
After moving to the lake, she could often be found boating, swimming or water skiing.
Many remember Deanna professionally as a successful Realtor.
In Nairobi she was an administrative assistant at the Nairobi International School. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority in Kansas City and Arkansas. She loved working with the sorority on the Christmas Parade in Eureka Springs.
Along with her parents, Deanna was preceded in death by both of her brothers, Ted Acton and Hershel Acton.
Left to mourn her passing are her husband of 61 years, Jim Pritchett; four sons, Curtiss Pritchett, Bryan Pritchett, Eric Pritchett and his wife, Linda, and Darin Pritchett and his wife, Michelle; seven grandchildren, Max, Cameron, Morgan, Peyton, Sara, Ian and Cheyanne Pritchett; and one great-grandson, Daxton Pritchett.
Fond memories and condolences may be left at www.chapelhill-butler.com.
The family requests that any contributions be made in her honor to ECHO, 4004 E. Van Buren, Eureka Springs AR 72632.