Latasha Mashek, daughter of Joyce Tankersley Spane of Chaffee, Missouri, and the late Paul Spane, was born July 30, 1976 in Lawton, Oklahoma, and departed this life Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau at the age of 44.
Latasha was a nurse at the Community Counseling Center in Cape Girardeau. She attended the Scott City First Baptist Church and was a resident of Scott City.
On Oct. 12, 2007, she was united in marriage to Brian Keith Mashek in Benton, Missouri. Brian survives of the home.
Besides her husband and mother, survivors include two sons, Brent James and Brayden Mashek, both of Scott City; daughter, Bailey James of Scott City; brother, Travis (Robin) Spane of Oran, Missouri; three sisters, Tammy (Dennis) Brock of Cape Girardeau; Tracy (Tim) Limmer of Rolla, Missouri; and Debbie (Mark) Schmidt of Cape Girardeau; six nieces and nephews, Megan, Zachary, Jakob, Alyssa, Molly and Nicholas; father and mother-in-law, Stuart and Beatrice Mashek; and sister and brother-in-law, Laura and Doug Marakami, and children, Christian, Meghan and Dylan.
Visitation will be from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee.
Memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Interment will follow in the Perkins Cemetery.
Online condolences may be shared at www.amick-burnettfuneralchapels.com.
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