Kathleen Joyce (Huff) Rinehart of Grant City peacefully left this life on April 23, 2015. She was born on December 13, 1931 on a farm near Elmo, the youngest child of Lewis Walter Huff and Vira (Pruitt) Huff.
She graduated from Elmo High School in 1949. Early on, she discovered a passion for music and the written word. She sang and played the piano intuitively and beautifully; and she enjoyed performing music -- and the occasional tap dance -- well into her advancing years. Her love of reading was another passion and one that likely led to her acceptance of her calling of teaching. She began teaching in one-room schools during the 1950's, simultaneously taking classes at Northwest Missouri State College. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in 1957 and a Master's Degree in 1982 from Northwest Missouri State University.
Her teaching career eventually led to stops in Coin (IA), Council Bluffs, Tarkio, and Grant City. She retired from Worth County R-III in 1992.
She was united in marriage to John P. Rinehart in 1957. From this union, two children were born: Ann Ostermann of Brunswick (MO) and John Rinehart of Albany. Kathleen has seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband John, mother Vira, father Walter, sister Mary, and brothers Norval and Richard. She is survived by her children Ann Ostermann and her husband Jeff; John and his wife Shana; brothers Robert and Jack; numerous nieces and nephews; and her beloved grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Kathleen was a long-time member of the Grant City United Methodist Church. Funeral services will be at 2:00 Monday, April 27th, 2015 at the Prugh-Dunfee Funeral Home in Grant City, with visitation one hour prior to service. Interment will be in the High Prairie Cemetery, Elmo.
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