Rose Marie “Rosie” Schell of Tullahoma passed this life on Friday,
September 2nd, 2016 at Alive Hospice in Nashville at the age of 87. Mrs.
Schell was born in Wellsville, Missouri to the late Opal Vest and Teresa
Elizabeth Hughes Brown. She graduated from Saint Peter’s Catholic High
School in Jefferson City, Missouri in 1946 and married Emil Irving Schell
on August 28th, 1948 in Jefferson City, Missouri. Mrs. Schell was a
member of Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Tullahoma, as well as
the Lakewood Country Club where she was an avid golfer. She was a
long-time volunteer with her church, Harton Hospital, and the Coffee
County Election Commission. In addition to her parents, she was preceded
in death by her husband, Emil Irving Schell; one son, Michael Schell; and
four siblings, Thomas Brown, Catherine Brown, Dorothy Brown, and John
Brown. Mrs. Schell is survived by one son, Mark Schell and his wife
Sheila of Nashville; two daughters, Nancy Mitchell and her husband Dudley
of Breckenridge, Colorado, and Tracee Fisher and her husband Charles of
Carmel, Indiana; grandchildren, Erin Schell, Ryan Schell and his wife
Kendall, Matthew Mitchell and his wife Jenny, Emily Harmon and her
husband Justin, Molly Mitchell, Hannah Fisher, John Fisher, and Sam
Fisher; great-grandchildren, Cooper, Susan, and Gwen Mitchell; and one
sister, Mary Sue Hemmel. Visitation will be held on Monday, September
5th, 2016 at Kilgore Funeral Home in Tullahoma from 5:00-8:00pm with a
rosary service to begin at 7:30pm. Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday,
September 6th, 2016 at 10:00am at Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church
with Father Stephen Klasek officiating. Burial will follow at Rose Hill
Memorial Gardens. For those who wish, in lieu of flowers, the family asks
that donations be made to Saint Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, 306
West Grizzard Street, Tullahoma, Tennessee 3738, Alive Hospice, 1718
Patterson Street, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, or the charity of your
choice.
Kilgore Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.