Rosalie "Lee" Reid, age 86, of Forest City, passed away Friday, November 6, 2015 at her residence.
Born September 18, 1929 in Zion, North Dakota, she was a daughter of the late Dwight Wisler and Myrtle Gensinger Wisler. At the age of sixteen she became a switchboard operator and later received an Associates Degree in Accounting from Northeast Technical Institute in Green Bay, Wisconsin. She had the distinction of graduating with honors after earning a 4.0 GPA. She and her husband, Cecil, owned and operated the Carolina Business Services of Spindale for thirty-three years. Roaslie was dedicated to her work. She loved God and her family dearly.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Debra Eileen Reid; two brothers, Dwayne Wisler and Billy Wisler; two sisters, Judy Heisler, Maxine Morgan and a son-in-law, Woody Shahan.
Survivors include her loving husband of sixty-six years, Cecil Reid; two daughters, Sandra Shahan of Spindale and Jody Heffernan and husband, Dale of Wichita, KS; five sisters, Joyce Bjornstad and husband, Pete of Cando, ND, Darlene Howard of Riverside, CA, Ivandelle Cotton and husband, Don of Garden City, KS, Connie Martz of Mesa, Arizona and Cele Rardon and husband, Wally of Atlanta, GA. She is also survived by eight grandchildren, Robert Shahan and wife, Jessica, Melissa Hutchins and husband, Matt, Stephen Shahan and wife, Christina, Rebecca Godby and husband, Kenneth, Ben Heffernan and wife, Elizabeth, Abigail Townsend and husband, Jared, Marcus Heffernan and wife, Olivia, Candace Heffernan and twelve great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2 o'clock in the afternoon on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at Harrelson Funeral Chapel with Reverend Frank Camp, Reverend Bo Wagner and Reverend Dale Heffernan officiating. Interment will follow in Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home.
Memorial donations are suggested to Grace Baptist Church, PO Box 524, Henrietta, NC 28076
Harrelson Funeral and Cremation Services has been entrusted with arrangements.
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