Elizabeth Rautio

Ellie Elouise Rautio passed away Tuesday, October 14, 2008 in Odessa. She was born February 12, 1944 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to Redemus Marshall Reed and Elizabeth Ann Caston Reed. On April 10, 1973, she married Robert Rautio, they moved here 35 years ago from Council Bluffs.

She is preceded in death by her parents, her brother Mickey Reed, son-in-law, Scott Smith and grandson, Robert Fisher.

She is survived by her husband, Robert Rautio of Odessa; her daughters, Sherrie Smith, Dana Fisher and husband Terry Oglesby and Lovie Cook, all of Odessa, her son, Robert Ryan Rautio of Charlotte, Michigan; brothers: Clark Reed, Kerry Reed and Tracy Reed, all of Odessa; sisters, Phyllis Ramirez, Dixie Stallings, Darla Brock, all of Odessa, Pearl Basebelle of Tacoma, Washington and Lana Lynchard of Rising Star; grandchildren; Crystal and Cary Henry, Cyndi and Steven McCarty, Kristi and James Tipton, Tyler Smith, Amanda Cook, Karina Rautio, Tabitha Rautio, Ryan Rautio, and Lucas Rautio; and two great grandsons, Devon, and Jaxon, and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services are scheduled for 4:00 PM Friday, October 17, 2008 in Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Emmitt Barnard officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Gardens.

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