Rosemary A. (Schabbing) Smith

Rosemary A. Smith, 85, of Jackson, passed away Friday, December 11, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

She was born April 14, 1935, in Cape Girardeau, to Leo H. and Ida T. Heuring Schabbing.  She and Leslie D. "Doc" Smith were married June 11, 1955, at St. Mary Cathedral in Cape Girardeau, also the church of her lifelong membership.  Five children were born to their union.

At the age 14, she became employed at Saint Francis Hospital, where she was called "Roses".  After marriage, she devoted herself to homemaking, raising her family, and looking after the grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Rosemary's greatest treasure in life was her family, and she explicitly requested they all be named in her obituary:   husband of 65 years, Doc Smith of Jackson; five children, Steven (Debbie) Smith of Sedgewickville, Missouri, Geralyn (Rod) Rhymer of Scott City, Missouri, Michael (Susie) Smith, Patricia (Dennis) Schuette, and Sheila (Randy) Rhymer, of Jackson; 13 grandchildren, Jamie (Bryan) Kiefer, Bradley (Jennifer) Smith, Blake (Shea) Popp, Christina Smith (Justin Oliver), Tonya (Dylan) Snell, Desirae (Johnny) Cook, Ashley Smith Seabaugh, Danielle Schuette (Matt Seiler), Michael Smith (Alyssa Alger), Brooke (Alex) Simmons, Kyle Rhymer (Jen Ulaszek), Katie (Trey) Wallace, Lee Smith (Sarah Melchert); and 24 great-grandchildren, Evan and Owen Kiefer, Cody Johnston, Dakota and Brenley Smith, Colton, Cayden, and Callie Friese, Case Snell, Harley Smith, Koby, Aubrey, and Lawsyn Cook, MaKayla Rangel, Hunter and Holden Seabaugh, Beckett and Elliot Simmons, Layn Wallace, London, Sydney, and Kaleb Popp, Maci and Tate Zoellner; and a great-great-grandson, Lincoln Johnston.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother Leo J. Schabbing.

Memorials may take the form of online contributions to Colton's Crew at any Regions Bank location, or St. Mary Cathedral in Cape Girardeau.

Rosemary's care was entrusted to McCombs Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Jackson.  A private funeral Mass was held at St. Mary Cathedral.

Online condolences may be sent to the family by clicking on the tribute wall tab of Rosemary's personal obituary page at mccombsfuneralhome.com.

St. Mary of the Annunciation Cathedral- Cape Girardeau
615 Willliam Street, Cape Girardeau MO 63701
Tel: 1-573-335-9347
Web: http://stmarycathedral.net/

Colton's Crew (Colton Friese)
Any Regions Bank Location, Jackson and Cape Girardeau MO