ROUTT, Leticia Policarpio – A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, 1955 So. Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33764 with Father Charles Leke, celebrant. Burial will follow at 12:30 PM at Florida National Cemetery, 6502 SW 102 Avenue, Bushnell 33513.
Known to her friends as Letty, she currently resides in Clearwater, FL with her husband, Melvin W. Routt. She was born August 1, 1936 in Bacolod City, Visayas Islands, Philippines. Her children and their spouses reside in the Philippines: twin daughters, Lorraine Dungog, husband, Arman; Rosalie Calo; four sons: Florentino dela Pena and wife, Tita; Alvin dela Pena; Rene dela Pena and wife, Lovell; Antonio dela Pena; Step-daughter, Katherine Hanrahan and husband, Patrick in Talent, Oregon and Step-son, Kristofer Erston Routt of Safety Harbor, Florida and ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Letty was a member of St Catherine of Siena Catholic Church of Largo; a member of the Clearwater Cursillo and participates in the Tampa Bay Area Focolare. She retains her membership in the Catholic Women’s League of Davao City, Philippines and she also volunteered at St. Vincent de Paul food kitchen.
Mrs. Routt holds a Masters of Arts in Education with majors in Administration and Supervision; also a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, both degrees from the University of Mindanao, Davao City, Philippines. She also has an Associate in Arts in Rizal Memorial College also of Davao City, Philippines. She completed high school at Iloilo City College in Iloilo City. She also was a Certified Nursing Aid obtained at St Anthony Continuing Care Center, Rock Island, Illinois, USA.
Letty retired from teaching after 25 years in the Philippines Public School System. During her teaching career there she served with the Magallanes Elementary School as a teacher, Guidance Coordinator and Assistant to the principle. She also served eight years as a Part Time Professor in the University of Mindanao. She also worked as a teaching assistant for UPARC and is formerly a teacher with Skycrest United Methodist Church Development Center, both in Clearwater, Florida.
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In loving memory of Aunt Letty, she will be missed dearly.. We wish to extend our condolences and let you know you are all in our thoughts and prayers.
Dear Mel and Family,
Please accept my deepest sympathy on the death of your dear wife and mother.
Letty was a very special lady. She was loved my all. Be assured of my prayers.
May Our Mother of Sorrows comfort you.
Lovingly,
Sister Marie
My condolences to the entire family. Letty was a very special lady and friend to everyone at St. Caherine’s. She will be deeply missed. I will keep Letty and family in my prayers.
My sincere condolences and prayers for Mel and all of Letty’s beautiful family. Letty was a special beacon of light to all who knew her and to everyone she met. I had the great honor of being in a special Cursillo friendshio group with Letty and recall the first day of our volunteer action as a group at St. Vincent de Paul. Letty didn’t let her fear on that first day get in the way of service to the poor. I can still hear her laughter through the tears – her joy was infectious! Letty always spoke of her family with so much love and worked tirelessly for her children to be able to join her in America. It’s rare to meet a woman of Letty’s character today. Thank you Letty for being such a great friend. We will miss you but remember you always with deepest gratitude and love. De Colores my dear sister in Christ. And please pray for all of your family to help them in their time of sorrow. I know you must have a very special place in Heaven.
Letty was one of the most beautiful people we have ever met, inside and outside!! Our love, prayers and deep sympathy go out to all of you.
Dear family and friends of Letty,
May you experience the healing, loving presence of God during your time of loss. May God comfort all of you. Letty was a friend, a very loving friend. She was filled with God’s love and kindness. I will miss her too,
Please accept my deepest sympathy for the lost of one of the most beautiful and loving person. I befriended Letty in Bible Study and she always had a smile on her face and everyone loved her. She surely will be missed and heaven is a luck place. My prayers are with you and your family .💜🌺💫
Letty was a gentle soul who loved everyone she met. We will miss her dearly and pray that she will be greeted joyfully by a Choir of Angles when she reaches the shores of our Heavenly Father in Heaven. Go with God our sweet sister in Christ.
Dear Mel and Family,
Know that you continue to be held in prayers. Your dear Letty was so loved and appreciated by many people who encountered her on life’s journey. She has left the “Quiet Angels” to become an intercessor on the other side of life for so many people. I am so sorry for your great loss. May her wonderful spirit enfold you.
Peace,
Sister Kathleen
I send my deepest sympathy to Letty’s family, I had the pleasure of being a Fiat sister with her and I will miss her, she was a sweet lady and now she is a sweet Angel.
My deepest sympathy to Mel and Family
Letty was a very special person to everyone who knew her at St. Catherine’s.
My thoughts and prayers are with you. God Bless!
Mel, I’m so very sorry for your loss. We know Letty is with our Lord in Heaven, but we will still miss her beautiful smiles and laughter, and her warm and loving spirit so much. Letty was a truly unique woman of many talents who touched and changed for the better innumerable lives. What an extraordinary person! We are all so fortunate to have known her. May she rest in peace by our Lord’s side in eternity. From my family to yours, please be well and may God Bless You.
I wish to offer my condolences on behalf of the Oleyta family.
Letty was one of the kindest human beings I have ever met. She was elegant, soft-spoken, compassionate, knowledgeable, a wonderful conversationalist, and an awesome cook! She adored her wonderful husband and the two of them lived many, many happy years together. Letty was truly one of the sweetest people anyone could have had the honor of meeting. You’re an angel now Letty who is soaring high with all of God’s Heavenly Hosts! I know you will continue to be a Guardian Angel to so many of us and your presence will always be with us! Rest dear Letty in that spiritual place where there is no pain and no sorrow, only peace and happiness, and spread your angelic wings in the heavens as you bless us and watch over all those people you love!
We love you!