Rosa Mae Rankin, 82, of Olathe, Kansas passed away surrounded by her loving family of Monday, Apr. 18, 2022. She will forever be remembered as a loving aunt, cousin and friend to everyone she knew. Rosa was born on May 28, 1939 in Garden City, Kansas to Arnold and Maggie M. (Bell) Potter.
Rosa worked as a ticket taker at the Kansas University Event Center in Lawrence, Kansas. She worked out of her home baking traditional Birthday and Wedding Cakes. Nothing gave her more joy than seeing the smiles on her customer’s faces that her special decorated cakes brought them throughout the years. She also worked as an office secretary at the State building in Garden City, Kansas. Rosa enjoyed working on puzzles and nothing gave her more pleasure in life than attending the Casino’s. She will be sadly missed.
Rosa is preceded in death by her parents, former husbands, Ned Solze, Jack Rankin (who passed away in 2008) and Bill Cooper. Nephew, Edward Leroy Reid and her three pet companions, “Patsy”, “Boone” and “Buttons”. She is survived by her niece Rosa Reid (Fiance’ Samuel L. Smith) both of Pittsburg, Kansas, step-son Tim Rankin of Wichita, Kansas her cousins Carol E. Berry of Olathe, Kansas and Johnetta Holmes of Garden City, Kansas, stepdaughter, Dana Belknap of Wichita, Kansas, nephews George Reid of Pratt, Kansas, Homer Reid Jr. of Bolivar, Missouri and her great nephew Timothy Reid of Joplin. Missouri. Step grandchildren, Casey and Kristan Belknap, step great grandchildren, Garret, Grace and Alana Belknap along with many other friends and family.
Rosa will be cremated according to her wishes. A “Celebration of Life” honoring the life the Rosa Mae Rankin will take place at a later date along with a private family inurnment in Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, Kansas.
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