Sue’s Obituary Nora Sue (Mamma Sue/SueSue) Griffith Rinne, 100, of rural Marshall, MO, died Monday, January 28, 2019, at Golden Oaks Residential Care in Marshall. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, February 1, 2019, at Campbell-Lewis Chapel in Marshall. Visitation will be held from 2:00 to 2:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral Home.
Burial will be in Sunset Gardens Cemetery in Marshall. Memorials may be made to Salt Fork Cemetery, Arrow Rock Federated Church or Fitzgibbon-Mary Montgomery Hospice. Friends may sign the online register book at www.
campbell-lewis.com. There will be a reception following the burial at the Martin Community Center in Marshall. Born January 15, 1919, in Saline County near Ridge Prairie, she was the daughter of Isaac “Bud” and Allie Gash Griffith.
She was the 6th of 8 children. On November 5, 1940, she married Clarence W. Rinne. They made their home near Arrow Rock, Mo.
She was a member of Zion United Church of Christ in Arrow Rock and later joined the Arrow Rock Federated Church when Zion United Church closed. She was a homemaker and had three children (Donald Wayne, Carol Jean and Dale William). She raised her niece, Mary Louise Rinne Stith, who came to live with Clarence and Sue at age 3.
She raised Mary as her very own. Sue graduated from Blackwater High School, and worked at the Blackwater/Arrow Rock Telephone Company, at Ervin’s Store in Blackwater, and for the Blackwater Newspaper. In 1964, Sue went to work at Hardeman R-10 School as their cook.
She worked there for 34 years. Sue was well known for being a warm and friendly person to all she came in contact with, she loved a good laugh, she always had time to listen to her friend’s problems (the phone was always busy). She was a loving wife, dear mother and the many children she helped raised at Hardeman School have always considered her as one more Grandma.
Her cooking skills were enjoyed by many, and she could whip up a full course dinner for extras without blinking an eye. She was an independent person who liked to mow her own grass. She loved watching the St. Louis Cardinals and could watch any sport and keep up with everything that was happening.
The special loves of her life were grandchildren Angie Rinne Rinehart and Jason Rinne; and great grandchildren: Colby and Lindsay Rinehart. She is survived by one daughter, Carol Rinne Frohoff of Portland, Oregon, and her niece Mary Louise Rinne Stith of Arrow Rock, Mo. She is also survived by a total of six grandchildren: Mary Jo Cramer, Pamela Stith, Brian Stith, Jeremy Stith, Angie Rinne Rinehart, and Jason Rinne; thirteen great grandchildren; two great-great- grandchildren; and several nieces and a nephew.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Clarence on January 15, 1964; sons Donald Wayne in 1941 in infancy and Dale William on January 15, 1987; one grandson, Robert H. Stith; sisters, Verna Cunningham, Earlene Davis, Ella Widel, Ruby Lee Kammeyer, Peachie Irene Bagby; and brothers, Earl Isaac and Bud Junior Griffith.
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