Becky’s true loves were the classroom, lake, her family and friends. Becky grew up in Columbia, MO following the Mizzou Tigers. She graduated from Rock Bridge High School, knowing she wanted to be a teacher. Becky was a graduate of Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg. She was a member of the Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority at CMSU, where she developed many lifetime friendships. Becky started her teaching career at Blue Springs High School. After 30 plus years in the classroom, she retired from Blue River Community College.
Survived by her husband, Mike Schuering; mother, Margie Leaton; children, Lyndsay Schuering and husband Victor Recalde, Alex Schuering, Anne Schuering; brother, Russ Leaton and his family; numerous friends and family. She is preceded in death by her father, Russell Leaton.
The family will receive friends and family from 5-7:00 p.m. Thursday, February 28, 2019 at Meyers Funeral Chapel, 1600 W. Main St, Blue Springs, MO. Funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, March 1, 2019 at the chapel. Burial will immediately follow at the Blue Springs Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family suggests that memorial contributions be made to her grandmother’s teaching endowment the Mildred Fyrne Leaton Scholarship, and may be left in care of the University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO 64093. Memories of Becky and words of comfort for her family may be shared at meyersfuneralchapel.com.
I have had few honors in life as the one I had with you as my best friend and sister for 40 years. I treasure our memories and will keep you in my heart forever.
Mike, Kids, Margie – you know my heart is breaking for you with Becky’s passing, she was the best in every sense. Thank you for allowing me to be part of her life and whatever it is that you need, please do not hesitate to let me know. Boo was my sister and my love for her extends to you also. Love, KG
Our deepest sympathy to Becky’s family. She was a wonderful person and will be deeply missed.
Margie, Russ, Mike& family; There are no words. We are deeply sorry for your loss. Our thoughts & prayers are with you.
Sincerely with love,
Dick & Butchie Randall
I have been to this page probably 100 times today each time failing to write something. My mind just can’t make sense of this. I saw Becky on Thursday. We had a long lunch and she talked about you, her family, with so much love. Lyndsay, she was so excited you would soon have a garage in Wisconsin. Alex, she was proud you were using Michael on your voicemail. Anne, she was looking forward to you possibly moving out of the dorms and having a college experience like her own. And Mike and Margie she talked about possible trips with both of you. She was so proud and happy of her family. Things that seem so simple are the biggest moments for a momma.
Becky was always a pillar of strength, elegance, respect and love. I am afraid to even say how much I will miss her because that means I have to admit she is gone. I will love her always.
Cynthia
I am so very sorry for your loss. Becky was the best professor I’ve ever had. Her love for teaching was apparent in everything she did. She would often change her teaching style to best fit her students in class. She instilled in me a passion for mathematics that drove me to graduate with a degree in finance. She touched countless lives and will be sorely missed. My thoughts are with you.
Sincerely,
Steven Lemen
Becky was such an awesome teacher. She was loved by so many students and colleagues over her many years in the classroom. I don’t know how many student lives she impacted, but the number is huge! She was an inspiration to me when I started teaching, and it was obvious her love for teaching right away. She will be missed. So sorry to all of her family and friends for a terrible loss of a truly wonderful woman.
Many prayers from the Blue Springs High School Family and me.
Sincerely,
Zoe Wheeler
Margie, Russ, Mike and family, my heartfelt condolences to you. Your mother was one of the smartest, warmest and most caring people I have had the pleasure of knowing. Our families were next door neighbors on Lynnwood Drive in Columbia, MO for many years. I’m so grateful to have spent time with Becky (thank you Margie!) a couple of years ago. She was so proud of her family and excited about Lyndsay’s upcoming wedding…what a special person she was. I share your grief at this very difficult time, but will treasure the wonderful memories.
Wishing you peace,
Terri
Mrs. Schuering was one of my all time favorite teachers in HS. Every day I would look forward to 7th hour Calculus because of how awesome of a teacher she was. I think any teacher that can make you look forward to Calculus at the end of the day is pretty special (and she would bring little 5 year old Lyndsay in class sometimes and her and I would argue if Batman was a good cartoon or not, making Mrs. Schuering laugh all the time)! She cared about us as students and as people and as I became a teacher, I knew I wanted to be like the great teachers I had, Mrs. Schuering being at the top of the list.
It was a great privilege to have Lyndsay, Alex, and Anne in my own class. I was so excited I was able to have the children of my favorite teacher! Lyndsay, Alex, Anne, every time I had a conference with your parents they were so proud of all you were doing, and all you were becoming.
The world, Blue Springs High School, and me personally are better because of the Schuering family. Thank you for blessing our lives with yours.
Matt Marble
I don’t know about the rest of my classmates but looking back my favorite educational experience in K-12 was my time at Jefferson Junior High School. The faculty and staff at this school formed us into a strong student body. Becky was one of the leading members of this student body. I can barely remember a time when she wasn’t smiling. I was very disappointed when our class was separated into the two different High Schools Hickman and Rockbridge. Becky went to Rockbridge and I went to Hickman. Some of us maintained lifelong friendships with our fellow Junior High classmates. I unfortunately lost track of Becky. It saddens me greatly that this shining light of my Junior High experience has gone out.
Mike, Lindsay, Annie and Alex,
My heart is breaking for you . From the many soccer games to your kitchen table where Becky coached me through the math I’d had forgotten to get to graduate school to, lately occasional conversations during her shopping trips, I have the most beautiful memories . She will be missed by many. What a great, beautiful person our world has lost. I pray for peace in your hearts and may you keep her smile forever embedded in your hearts.
I had the privilege of having Mrs. Schuering as my College Algebra teacher and she really touched my heart with helping me through my first year of community colleges. I loved her so much and will miss her. Her family is in my prayers and will be thinking of them.
Rebecca Schuering was my statistics teacher at MCC-Blue River two semester ago. She was truly an amazing teacher and I loved her way of teaching. She was so sweet and kind and there for students that needed help. My condolence to her family you are all in my prayers
Our world has darkened so much with the loss of Sweet Becky, but heaven has brightened immensely!
Love and hugs to family, loved ones and friends who are mourning her passing. We all miss her so much!
I am truly heartbroken. My first and very best friend. I am so confused and shocked. She was the one person I wanted to reconnect with at the reunion this summer the most. Becky, I hope you are flying high with your dad. My heaven is an endless lake. Please enjoy it until I can join you. Say hello to my mother please.
I love you and will never forget growing up together whether we were in Columbia or at the lake.
Praying for your family. I am not able to attend your services but I will be there in spirit. Teresa ([email protected])
She may not have known just how much she influenced my life. I was a 40 year old college student who waited to go to college until my own kids were raised. Algebra was my biggest fear. Because of her amazing ability to teach until you got it, I passed. She encouraged me. We were also both band moms and shared how proud we were of our kids in the Golden Regiment. Her kindness and encouragement gave light to the amazing human being she was.
To her family: Although you may not know me, my thoughts, prayers and love are with you.
My condolences to the Scheuring family. “Miss Leaton” was a wonderful teacher and she was always so helpful. I am so sorry for your family’s loss. God bless.
I was so very saddened to learn of Becky’s passing. She was an extraordinary teacher, a remarkable colleague, and a wonderful person. It was our great good fortune that Becky shared her life with us at Blue Springs High School. She will be deeply missed.
Im so heartbroken of the passing of Becky. This is really tough seeing this . She was an amazing woman whom loved her family loved life most of all loved her children. I enjoyed her throughout the years of our kids growing up doing bunco together . Im gonna miss her contagious smile that was so beautiful . She really lit up the room with her in it . We really lost a good friend. Even though shes in a better place not suffering anymore , im gonna miss her so much
We will hold her in our hearts . Prayers for her family.
Margie & family: I am so sorry that Becky lost her battle with cancer. After reading some of the testimonies
from her former students, she was an exceptional person and teacher. Take comfort that she is now with her beloved dad and grandparents and Heaven has gained another angel .
Im so heartbroken of the passing of Becky. This is really tough seeing this remarkable dear friend passing She was an amazing woman whom loved her family loved life most of all loved her children. I enjoyed her throughout the years of our kids growing up doing bunco together . Im gonna miss her contagious smile that was so beautiful . She really lit up the room with her in it . She was one to admire and want to be like . Shes a gift . We really lost a good friend. Even though shes in a better place not suffering anymore , im gonna miss her so much
We will hold her in our hearts . Prayers for her family.
Becky had one of those smiles that could brighten anyone’s day and she smiled frequently. I enjoyed working with Becky, she was an inspiration and encouragement. To Becky’s family, I am praying for all of you during this difficult time during this year.
Becky,
You were one of the most awesome people I have met in my 37 years. You had class, itelligence, and a voice. I found you to be someone EVERY woman should look up to. You helped me understand something in my mind that didn’t make sense. Thank you. You nominated me for entership to Phi Theta Kappa. I wish you were still here so I could tell you…I passed my Nursing boards. I just found out today. Without you, I don’t know if I could have done it. Becky thank you. You will be missed.
As a kid growing up with Lyndsay, Becky was a constant source of nurture. I spent countless hours at her home, doing Lord knows what, but she always kept her smile on and welcomed me to stay as long as I wanted to. Since hearing of her passing, I’ve been saddened and in disbelief — even if it has been years since our families were close — but also greeted by warm memories that are resurfacing. The Missouri State Fair. The lake. Sleepovers with Lyndsay. The night my mom had to go to the emergency room, so Becky offered to pick me up from soccer practice and watch my sister and me for as long as my family needed her to. None of my words will bring her back, though I wish they could, but perhaps they can serve as a tiny reassurance to what everybody who knew Becky already knows: she was a genuinely good person, and she loved as much as she was loved in return.
Schuering family, you are in the Armstrongs’ prayers. I will carry my warm memories our families had together around with me forever.
Becky and I shared an office at Blue River for several years. She was my confidante, my friend, and my colleague. She was beautiful and witty and fiercely loving of her family. I will cherish our time together. She will be missed by so many.
My deepest condolences to her family.
The best and most effective educator ever! Prayers for peace and comfort.
What an amazing teacher and what a remarkable life. I feel so fortunate that I was able to teach math along side Becky, at Blue Springs High School, many years ago. I will always remember her as a good friend and an outstanding teacher. I recall the first time we met. It was Becky’s first teaching job and I had been there awhile. I liked her smile and her enthusiasm, and she was so young and ‘cute’. She had an infectious personality and we became good friends . I had such respect for her, as a colleague and a friend. Teaching, for her, was a God-given gift. She was intelligent, creative, and very caring. My younger son took two semesters of Calculus with her at Blue River and really liked her teaching style. She was dedicated to helping her students succeed.
Becky touched so many lives for the good. I am grateful I had the chance to know her and learn from her as both a colleague and friend. I pray that you will find comfort in your memories of her and in the knowledge that others are missing her, too.
Margie and R.E. I am so sorry for your loss R.E. I know she was more than just a sister she was your friend Margie I will always remember the days having lunch at the beach Becky standing there on the sand just taking in the beauty and peace I wonder if she has told her dad about finding the coffee cans GOD bless your family Pat and SassE Mock
Margie- I learned of Becky’s passing from another classmate. I’m so sorry. She was a wonderful first neighborhood friend and I loved playing hide and seek, Barbie’s and doing stuff with her as a kid. She was a sweet person through and through.
So sorry to hear my former classmate gone so young RIP
I am heartbroken to learn of Becky’s passing. I was looking her up online to ask about our reunion this summer, and now I can’t believe she is gone. What a great cheerful, loving spirit she shared with me while we grew up. And she was so much fun! Beautiful inside and out. I am so sorry for her husband, children & mother & brother. I’m sending my prayers to all of you.