BARTA, Emma Jean(Bratton) (Age 93) Emma Jean Barta (nee Boyd) passed away on January 30, 2017 at Sunshine Gardens in Spokane Valley, WA. She was born on June 4, 1923 in Dewey, OK to Clyde and Stella Boyd. Emma married her first husband, John C. Bratton, in 1938 and bore six children from that marriage. Her firstborn, a son, Jackie Gene, preceded her in death at the age of six in 1945. Her first husband, a miner, preceded her in death in 1973. At the time of his death, they were living in Kellogg, ID. Her second husband, Robert D. Barta, a widower with three children, was from Missoula, MT. She resided there with him until his passing in 2007. Most recently, July of 2016, her oldest step daughter, Donna Betts, passed away in Missoula, MT.Survivors include her four daughters, Peggy Perkins of Seneca, MO, Stella Brown of Spokane Valley, WA, Linda Lash of Grove, OK, Connie Duncalfe of Spokane, WA; her son, Scott Bratton of W. Richland, WA; two step daughters, Patty Friedrich of Missoula, MT and Brenda Christensen of Noxon, MT; as well as numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Emma was the last survivor of her nuclear family, which included two brothers and five sisters.At her request, Emma will be cremated and no memorial service will be held. The following poem was found tucked away in her Bible and exemplifies the type of person she was: When I come to the end of the road and the sun has set for me, I want no rites in a gloom-filled room. Why cry for a soul set free? Miss me a little, but not too long and not with your head bowed low, Remember the love that we once shared. Miss me but let me go. For this is a journey we all must take and each must go alone. It's all a part of the Master's Plan, a step on the road to home. When you are lonely or sick of heart, go to the friends we know. And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds. Miss me but let me go.