Rosa Mae (Webb) Rheaume

Rosa Mae (Webb) Rheaume of Marion, IL passed away on Wednesday, July 21, 2021.  Rosa was born in rural Ozark, IL on January 24, 1928 the third child of the late Herman and Edna (Trigg) Webb. She moved to Michigan to live with her sister, Mary at 17 and graduated from high school there. She worked as a phone operator and loved going to baseball games.  She met and married the love of her life, Morgan Rheaume on October 30, 1948 in Lansing, Michigan. Her husband preceded her in death on April 26, 1999. Rosa was a homemaker most of her life, loving to garden, both vegetable and flowers, collecting her treasured Desert Rose china, an avid reader, good cook, and she loved to walk and stay fit, but her true love was raising her eleven children. Nothing made her happier than to have a baby in her arms. She loved us all unconditionally and each of the eleven children always thought that they were the favorite. She was a very selfless woman, always putting others’ needs before herself.  She loved to travel, especially with her grown children and her sisters.  When her husband started his own business in 1972, The Broach House, she went back to work as the secretary and accountant.  She retired from this position in 1999, but continued her favorite pastime of babysitting for family and friends. Rosa was an active member of St. Joseph Church in Marion.

Rosa is survived by her children Linda Kepner of Ponte Vedra, FL, Donna Rheaume of Marion, IL, Dan (Suzanne) Rheaume of River Grove,  IL, Dirk Rheaume of Marion, IL, Dexter Rheaume of Tunnel Hill, IL, Lucinda (David) Schmitt of Ridgway, IL, J.P. (Jamie) Rheaume of Marion, IL, Lucille Rheaume of Marion, IL, and Lorna (Jim) Kirkham of St. Augustine, FL.  Siblings Mary Overdorff of Oviedo, FL, Alice Schneider of Denver, CO, Chuck (Marilyn) Webb of St. Claire shores, MI, Doris Webb of Howell, MI, Faye Jewell of Washington, MI, Ray Webb of Ozark, IL, and Dorothy (Albert) Simmons of Ozark, IL. Her grandchildren, Kristin (Herman) Knopf, Brad (Jeanie) Kepner, Bryan (Christine) Rheaume, Jenny (Jared) Mattoon, Scott (Nichole) Rheaume Justin Schmitt, Johnathan (Amanda ) Schmitt, Shayne (Amy) Rheaume, Ashley (Lucas) Ude, Logan Rheaume, Kevin Volk, Hunter Rheaume, Mike (Lydia) Kirkham, and Kali (David) Boatright. Along with her husband of 50 years, she was proceeded in death by her parents Herman and Edna (Trigg) Webb, three sons Carl, Dale, and David, son-in-law Doug Kepner, two sisters Martha Lee Webb and Myrtle Dargar, 6 brothers Earl, James, Harold, Cecil, Fred (Cotton), and Frank, and a granddaughter Jennifer Johnson.

Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 24th at St. Kateri Church, Ridgway immediately followed by a funeral mass at 10:00 a.m. with Father Vincent Mukasa officiating. Vickery Funeral Chapel is in charge of all arrangements. Burial will be in St. Frances DeSales Cemetery in New Burnside.Condolences and expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family via the website www.vickeryfuneralchapel.com