Mary Roth (Betty) Rymer
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Roth (Betty) Rymer, 85, of Monroe will be held at 10 AM Tuesday, February 24, 2009, at Covenant Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Bruce Rux officiating. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.
Mrs. Rymer died Friday at St. Francis Medical Center after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman Rymer.
Mrs. Rymer became a resident of Monroe in 1962. She was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church, where she was active in the Presbyterian Women. Her other volunteer activities included membership in the Monroe Garden Club and Nota Bene, and she was a Pink Lady at St. Francis Medical Center for a number of years.
Born on June 10, 1923, in Jefferson City, Tenn, Mrs. Rymer was a graduate of Knoxville High School in Knoxville, Tenn. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in 1947 from the University of Tennessee, where she was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority and the Mortar Board and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies.
Survivors include her daughter, Jane Shurley and husband Jim of Monroe; grandson, Will Shurley and wife Anna Kate of Titusville, NJ.
Visitation will be from 5 PM until 7 PM Monday, February 23, 2009 at Mulhearn Funeral Home, Sterlington Road, Monroe.
Pallbearers will be Richard Norris, Jerry Mott, Bill Wilson, Joe Holyfield, Jack Davis, and Johnny Albright.
Memorials may be made to Covenant Presbyterian Church.
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