Roselaine "Grandma Rosie" Shores Obituary (1921 - 2014)

Roselaine "Grandma Rosie" Shores, 92 years of age, of Wymore passed away at the Beatrice Community Hospital on Thursday, January 23, 2014. She was born on August 29, 1921 in near Wymore to Elmer and Elsie (Smith) Phillips, was a lifetime resident of Wymore, and was a 1939 graduate of Wymore High School. Roselaine was married to Ray Shores until he passed away in 1969. She had been employed at the Burlington Rail Road Cafe and the Narrow Gage Cafe as a waitress, for Carl Parks, for Formfit Rogers in Beatrice for 30 years, and was a cook at the Wymore Truck Stop. For the past 30 years she was a foster grandparent first at Paddock Lane Elementary School in Beatrice and then for Southern Public Schools. Roselaine was always able to relate to the children she knew and was "everyone's grandma". She was a member of the Church of Christ in Wymore, and the Naomi Circle and the Kum Join Us class. She enjoyed cross stitch (some made into quilt squares), embroidery, traveling, games and puzzles, reading, and collected bells. She loved to write letters, especially weekly letters to members of her family and to her lifelong pen pal in Virginia. Survivors include her son Bill Shores and wife Sandy of Topeka; 2 granddaughters Lisa K. Zemites and husband Mike of Fredericksburg, VA, and Shelly Shores of Charlotte, NC; 2 great grandchildren Michayla and John Zemites; and brother Ted Phillips and wife Tina of Dewey, OK. She was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer and Elsie (Smith) Phillips; husband Ray Shores (1969); sister Bettie and brother Orville. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, January 26, 2014 at the Wymore Church of Christ with Pastor Clayton Lundstedt officiating. Interment will be in the Wymore Cemetery. The body will lie in state Saturday from 2-9:00 PM at the Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home in Wymore with the family greeting friends from 6:30-8:00, and at the church one hour preceding the service on Sunday. A memorial has been established to Southern Elementary School with the funeral home in charge. A family prayer service will be held at 2:45 PM Sunday at the church. Sign Roselaine's online guest book and view her video tribute when competed at www.ghchapel.com. The Laughlin-Hoevet Funeral Home in Wymore is in charge of the services.