Once, my husband pulled the truck over at a pretty spot alongside the river, at that sweet moment when the golden afternoon slides slowly into evening. He and our son got out, while I stayed in the truck, where our baby girl was sleeping, and watched as he showed our son how to cast a bait net. The net flew up and spread like magic, wide and clear, against the sky, in fading sunshine like warm honey, and I remember thinking clearly, “I never want to live anywhere else.”
Rosalee Korff (Rosy Francis), 74, passed away May 11, 2021.
The daughter of John Henry and Janearl (Winfrey) Francis, she was born March 12, 1947, at Dr. Cole’s office, above Goppert Bank, in Norborne.
She attended Norborne Elementary and Norborne High School, graduating in 1965. After graduation, she attended Central Missouri State College (now UCM) at Warrensburg for two years. Later, she took additional adult education classes.
