Teresa Diane Skyles

August 4, 1962 - April 6, 2018

Teresa Diane Skyles of Rolla, Missouri passed away in Columbia, Missouri at the age of 55 after a long illness. She was born on August 4, 1962 in Greenville, Michigan to Roy Frisbie and Charlene (Grayson) Woolsey. Teresa’s family moved to Newburg when she was a child. She would later move to Rolla, Missouri and marry her best friend James L. Skyles on February 14, 1981; this union was blessed with three children. She adored children, not just her own, but every child. She was known as “Mamaw” by all of the neighborhood children. She worked for Rolla Head Start for ten years and attended Christian Life Center in Rolla, MO. Teresa will be remembered as being a helping hand to anyone who needed it and for her all of the sacrifices she made making sure everyone else was taken care of before herself. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt and friend who will be greatly missed by all that knew and loved her. Teresa is survived by her loving husband of thirty-seven years, James L. Skyles of Rolla, Missouri; three children, Sarah, Richie and Amy Skyles all of Rolla, Missouri; father, Richard Woolsey of Rolla, Missouri; sisters, Shanarie Schauer of Springfield, Missouri and Renee Knapp of Columbia, Missouri; grandchildren, Trevor Skyles, Madison Skyles, Dylan Lewis and Lazaro Molina. In addition to her mother Charlene Woolsey and biological father Roy Frisbie, Teresa was preceded in death by an infant son, Billy Skyles and grandsons, Devon and Dawson Lewis. A Celebration of life is planned for Wednesday, April 18, 2018 from 2:00PM until 4:00PM at the Rolla Chapel of the James and Gahr Mortuary, Rolla, Missouri.