Rosalie (Pearson) Kirk, 81, of Hillsboro Rosalie (Pearson) Kirk, 81, of Hillsboro died Aug. 24, 2020, in Crystal City. Mrs. Kirk was a longtime member of First Baptist Church of Hillsboro, a member of Jobs Daughters and a 25-plus-year volunteer at St. Anthony’s Medical Center. She was born Sept. 7, 1938, in St. Louis, the daughter of the late Ralph and Audra Lee (House) Pearson. She was preceded in death by her husband of 58 years: Jim Daly Kirk, whom she married on Sept. 6, 1958, in St. Louis, and who died March 3, 2016.
She is survived by a daughter: Linda (Lonnie) Johns of Hillsboro; a son: James (Gail) Kirk of St. Louis; a granddaughter: Amie L. Moschetto; and three grandsons: Troy, Nicholas and Devon Kirk.
She was preceded in death by a sister: Betty Jo Coleman.
Visitation is scheduled from 11 a.m. until a funeral service at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at Robert D. Brown Funeral Home, 103 Fourth St., in Hillsboro, officiated by the Rev. Jimmy Turner. Burial is in the Peaceful Meadows Cemetery on Jarvis Road in Hillsboro. Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Hillsboro or to the American Heart Association. Arrangements are under the direction of Robert D. Brown Funeral Home.