Myrna I. Rinehart

Myrna I. Rinehart, 75, of Smithville, MO formerly of Kansas City, MO passed away, Thursday, June 2, 2011.

She was born on November 13, 1935 to Tony Harland and Lorena Viola (Shobe) Armstrong in Gridley, Kansas, where she grew up and graduated from Gridley High School.

Myrna worked for Farmers Exchange Bank in Parkville for over 15 years. She also volunteered at Shapes at St. Luke’s Northland Hospital in Smithville.

She was a member of the First Christian Church in Smithville.

Myrna was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband Wilbur Crawford and brother, Gene Armstrong.

Myrna is survived by her children, Thomas Crawford and wife Gay, Diane Burns and husband Roger and Jeanie Helmick; seven grandchildren, Kelly Fetterman, Tracy Crawford, Barbara Crable, Steven Brands, Robert Burns, Thomas Burns, and Andy Helmick; ten great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Georgette Armstrong; and her former husband, Don Rinehart; other relatives and many friends.

Memorial Service: 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 4^th at the Hixson-Klein Funeral Home, Smithville.

Inurnment: Gridley Cemetery, Gridley, Kansas.

Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society.