Obituary of Pamela Gail LaBanca

Funeral Services for Pamela Gail LaBanca of Foley, MO will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, June 18, 2021 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Winfield. Rev. Richie Rhea, Care Pastor of NorthRoad Community Church in Moscow Mills, MO, will officiate with burial in Whispering Winds Cemetery near Winfield. Serving as pallbearers will be her grandchildren. Mrs. LaBanca, 64, passed away Friday afternoon, June 11, 2021 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. Born February 14, 1957 in Savannah, TN, she was the daughter of Howard Junior and Frankie Delores Highland White. Pam was a 1975 graduate of Elsberry High School in Elsberry, MO. On January 24, 1975 Pam married the love of her life, Leslie Dale LaBanca. This union was blessed with three children: Christopher, Robin and Jaimie. Pam worked as a forklift driver for Reckitt and Benckiser in St. Peters, MO, retiring in 1998. Pam was preceded in death by her father, Howard Junior White in 2018; one brother, Anthony Lynn White, and one grandson, Kayden Christopher LaBanca. Survivors include beloved husband of 46 years, Leslie LaBanca of Foley; their son: Chris LaBanca and his wife, April, of Foley, MO; two daughters: Robin Slaughter and her partner, Israel, of Moscow Mills and Jaimie Pruitt and her husband, Shane, of Winfield; nine grandchildren: Keighan, Ian, Kaine, Luke, Maison, Brenden and Landon, Hannah and Logan. Pam also leaves her mother, Frankie White, of Elsberry; one brother, Gregg White and his wife, Tammy, of Troy, MO; two sisters: Tammy Morris and her husband, Kenneth, of Elsberry, and Debbie White of Savannah, TN; several in-laws, nieces and nephews, other relatives and many friends. Visitation will be held from 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Thursday, June 17, 2021 at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Winfield. Memorials may be made to American Heart Association in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 3838 East Highway 47, P.O. Box 253, Winfield, MO 63389.