Wanda Jean Holbrook

Funeral services for Wanda Jean Holbrook, 85, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 25, 2025, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.    

Mrs. Holbrook passed away at 10:58 a.m., Sunday, January 19, 2025, at Brooke Haven Healthcare. 

She was born March 5, 1939, at Elijah, Missouri, to Virgil Roberts and Helen Grisham Roberts.  On January 29, 1955, she was married at West Plains, to Harvey (Bud) Holbrook, who preceded her in death on March 1, 2008.  Jean enjoyed cooking, decorating her house and fashion.  She loved her family, especially her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.  She greatly enjoyed caring for all children and was a great mother, who raised her children in church.  Mrs. Holbrook was a member of First Baptist Church, West Plains for many years.

She is survived by two children, Rhonda Ruth and David Holbrook; one granddaughter, Sarah Holbrook; three great-grandchildren, Shyonna Holbrook, Janeal Talton and Emonie Talton; three great-great-grandchildren, Amirah Holbrook, Aleonna Ledford and Jacoby Harbin; one brother, Jerry Roberts and wife, Cathy; and many nieces and nephews. 

Her parents, husband, one son, Ronald Keith Holbrook, one daughter, Patricia Holbrook, two granddaughters, Angela and Amy Holbrook, two brothers, Darrell and Joe Ray Roberts, one sister, Carolyn Hall, three nephews, Owen, Pete and Virgil Wayne Roberts and one sister-in-law, Phyllis Jean Roberts, preceded her in death.  

Visitation services will be held from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., Friday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Homeland Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital or American Heart Association and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 West Main, West Plains, MO  65775.