Mary Rose Rimer Smith, 91, of rural Edina, Missouri, passed away Monday morning, November 20, 2023, south of Edina, Missouri.
She was born April 1, 1932, at the home of her maternal grandparents, Dave and Anna Fleak of Hurdland, Missouri. She was the fourth and youngest child of Thomas Jefferson “TJ” and Dora L. Fleak Rimer.
On November 1, 1983, in Edina, Missouri, Mary Rose married Ronald Gene Smith, after meeting by chance, and he died in a tractor accident at their farm on April 30, 1990.
Also preceding her in death was her father, Thomas Rimer in 1958; mother, Dora Rimer in 1978; a sister Helen Rimer in 1964; brother-in-law, Francis Sweetman in 1983; a sister, Dortha Sweetman in 1994, a brother, Thomas Rimer in 2012; and a very special friend, Ralph Waggener in 2011.
Mary Rose is survived by several cousins, some very special to her; great nieces and great nephews; three step-children, all out of the area; and a host of neighbors and friends, several of which were very special to her.
Funeral Services will be at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 22, 2023, at the Doss Funeral Home in Edina, Missouri, with the family receiving friends from 10:00 a.m. Wednesday till service time at the funeral home.
Burial will be in the Maple Hills Cemetery in Kirksville, Missouri.
An expression of sympathy in memory of Mary Rose may be left to the Knox County Cancer Fund. A memorial may be left at or mailed to the Doss Funeral Home 208 N. 4th Street, Edina, Missouri 63537.