DU QUOIN – Rose Mae Lindner 82, of Du Quoin, went home to be with our Lord on June 12, 2013, in Fair Acres Nursing Home in Du Quoin.
Funeral services will be Tuesday June 18, at 11 a.m. at Brayfield-Gilbert Funeral Home in Sesser. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery Sesser.
Rosa was born in Aug. 30, 1930, in West Frankfort, the daughter of Winsor and Norma Fay (Hackney) Brayfield.
She married Ferrell Harrison in 1948, then later married Virgil Lindner in 1957. He passed away in 2003.
Rosa is survived by two sons, Steve and Marat (Moore) Lindner of Greenbelt Md., and Eric and Cathy Lindner of Du Quoin; two daughters, Sharon and George Foster of Du Quoin and Jana and Mark Cornell of Champaign; 14 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; two sisters, Linda Brayfield of Carbondale and Joyce Donaker of Mulkeytown. Also surviving are two brothers, John Brayfield of Christopher and Richard Brayfield of Michigan, cousin Merreta Graham of Sesser, sisters-in-law and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and one sister, Betty Crisp.
Rosa is a graduate of SIU Carbondle and taught elementary education in the Sesser and Du Quoin School districts for many years.
She enjoyed crocheting, gardening, listening to gospel music, and keeping busy with her Avon customers and flea markets.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mitchell Cemetery and will be accepted at the funeral home.
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