Beth Anne Mistrot

Beth Anne Mistrot, 94, of Pensacola, Florida, died Monday, August 11, 2025. She was born on March 13, 1951, in Beaumont, to Minnie Goode and Ellswerth Sperling.

Beth Anne lived an extraordinary life. She was a teacher, an artist, a seamstress, a traveler.

As a teacher, she taught every grade from pre-school to 12th grade. She taught office duplicating to special ed students at South Park High. She taught pregnant girls at a special school. She taught at Hebert High School. As a home bound teacher, she taught any and every subject that the student was taking when they went to regular school. She taught French and auto mechanics. The auto mechanics teacher at Forest Park made her watch the class rebuild a carburetor.

As an artist, she drew and designed a good portion of her High School yearbook. She painted landscapes.

As a seamstress. She hemmed, made dresses, baby clothes, blankets and shirts. When Hawaiian shirts became popular, she used a pajama shirt pattern to make them. She knew crocheting, paper mache. She loved to knit. She joined the KnitWits group at St. Anthonys Presbyterian Church.

A world traveler. During her teaching days, being off during summer for 3 months, Beth Anne and Jack traveled taking Bobby and Dan to almost every state in the nation. They would camp out in parks. They started out in a Rambler station wagon, tent, then a tent camper, a travel trailer and then an RV.  Never hotels. After retirement, they saw the world!

Beth Anne disliked (hated) fireworks & loud noises. She didn’t know a lot about music, but she loved to dance. Jack and Beth Anne would go to the local dance halls. They would go early to the establishment before crowds came in so they could have the whole dance floor to themselves. Then they would leave before the crowd came.

The most important thing to Beth Anne was her family. She loved her family and was always a bright star in their lives!

Survivors include her sons, Robert “Bobby” Mistrot and his wife, Tracy; and Dan Mistrot and his wife, Lynda; grandchildren, Scott Mistrot and his wife, Jade; Bridgett Rosenblad and her husband, Sam; Jennifer Morefield and her husband, Justin; and John Mistrot; five great-grandchildren; and sister, Mary Alice Politz and her husband, Fred.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, John “Jack” Norman Mistrot; and brothers, John Sperling and his wife, Marty; and Ellswerth “Sunny” Sperling and his wife, Billie.

A gathering of Mrs. Mistrot’s family and friends will be from 12:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m., Sunday, August 17, 2025, at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 1350 North 23^rd Street, Beaumont. Her graveside service will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 18, 2025 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 4955 Pine Street, Beaumont, under the direction of Broussard’s, 2000 McFaddin Avenue, Beaumont.