Rosalie Irene Zinn

Rosalie Irene Zinn, age 79, of Tanner Community, Gilmer Co., WV departed this life at 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 21, 2021 in the St Mary’s Hospital, Huntington, WV

She was born February 21, 1942 in Akron, OH, a daughter of the late Leo and Ethel Alexander Yeager.

Mrs. Zinn was a former employee of the Gilmer Co. Board of Education as a cook for Headstart.  She loved to cook and especially for the kids.  She was a former employee of the Kinney Shoe Co. as a sewer.  She enjoyed crocheting, sewing, puzzles.  Her proudest job was being a homemaker and her kids.  She was a Catholic by faith.

On December 11, 1965 she joined lives with Frank Edwin Zinn who preceded her in death July 2, 2011.  Surviving: daughter, Karen Skidmore (Richard) of Liberty, WV; and son, Stephen Zinn (fiancé Carol Pennington) of Tanner.  She was preceded in death by her son, Frank “Chip” Zinn on May 20, 2020.  Two grandchildren survive:  Rosemary Skidmore of Nitro, WV and Maria Skidmore (fiancé Drew Beckner) of Liberty, WV.  One brother and two sisters survive:  Leo Yeager (Kathy) Alliance, OH; Nancey Carpenter (Jim) of Ohio and Lynn Easterday of Largo, FL.  One sister, Janet Bower, preceded her in death.

Funeral services will be held at the Ellyson Mortuary, Inc. and Cremation Service, Glenville at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, July 25, 2021 with Rev. Kenny Fisher officiating.  Burial will follow in the Good Shepherd Cemetery, Tanner, WV. Family and friends may call 1-3 p.m., Sunday at the Mortuary.

Ellyson Mortuary, Inc. and Cremation Service is humbled and honored to have been chosen to provide services for Rosalie Irene Zinn.