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Pearl Rink

1935 - 2023

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YUMA, Tenn. - Ms. Pearl Rink, 88, of Yuma, Tennessee died Sunday, December 24, 2023 at Baptist Hospital.

Funeral services are Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Chase Funeral Home with Bro. Andrew Stokes officiating. Burial followed in Clarksburg Cemetery.

Mrs. Rink was born February 9, 1935 in Sullivan, Illinois to the late John Gillenwater and Roxie (Crowe) Gillenwater. She was a former department manager for Target and a member of Clarksburg Missionary Baptist Church. She was also preceded in death by two sisters, Virginia Reedy and Geneva Gaskin, three brothers, Floyd Gillenwater, Charles Gillenwater and Leo Gillenwater.

She is survived by five nieces, Linda Bradley of McKenzie, Marjorie Jean Evans (husband Terry) of Yuma, Karon Busby of Brockton, Illinois, Janis Reedy of Texas, Mandy Miedema (Josh), four nephews, Richard C. Schaffer Jr. (wife Linda) of Huntingdon, Thomas W. Schaffer (wife Sharon) of Michigan, Roger Reedy of Urbana, Illinois, Keith Schaffer (Katie). She also leaves two great nieces, Christy Evans, of McKenzie, Samantha Evans, of Clarksburg, and four great nephews, Mike Schaffer, of Huntingdon, Matthew Evans, of Clarksburg, Herb Seals, of Chicago, Illinois, and Jeff Bradley of Champaign, Illinois.