Rose C. Mohn Smith, age 89, of Butler, passed away Wednesday, December 20, 2017, at her residence.
Born in Butler on January 8, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Martin A. and Rosa E. Stemmer Kaib.
She was employed for 22 years at Nationwide Insurance Co. as a Workers’ Compensation Adjuster.
Rose was a member of Saint Paul Roman Catholic Church.
She was a former Past Grand Regent with the Catholic Daughters of America, Court Butler 443. She was also a past president of Midwestern PA Claims Association.
Rose was a member of Saint Paul Church Choir, and the church’s Handbell Choir and Folk Group, the Butler Musical Theater Guild, Butler Little Theater, and the former Butler Symphony Choir and the Musical Theater Guild Singers. In the 1950’s and ’60’s, Rose sang with a local vocal group, the We Three Trio. She also volunteered at Butler Meals on Wheels.
She is survived by three sons, Jay D. (Denise) Mohn, of Karns City, Dean R. (Alice) Mohn, of Sarver, and Lee A. (Pamela) Mohn, of Butler; and one daughter, Lu Anne Fettig of Palm Coast, FL; twelve grandchildren Ryan Donley, Bill King, Renee Weifenbaugh, Kristen Johnson, Angela Bowen, April Watson, Bradley Mohn, Philip King, Vanessa Wissinger, Michelle Fettig, Madeline Fettig and Raymond Fettig; thirteen great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Also surviving is her beloved pet, Cordy.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William A. Smith, who passed away September 24, 2006; one daughter, Mary Jo Mohn Covert, who passed away May 12, 2001; one grandson, Jay Daniel Mohn, Jr., who passed away December 15, 2001; six brothers; and five sisters.
Friends will be received in the Martin Funeral Home, Inc., 429 Center Avenue, Butler, on Friday from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday at noon from Saint Paul Roman Catholic Church, 128 North McKean Street, Butler.
Burial will take place in Butler County Memorial Park.
Saint Paul Catholic Women and Christian Mothers will meet at the church on Saturday at 11:35 a.m. to recite the rosary.