Mary Geraldine Clintsman, 82, Harrisonville, MO, died Monday, June 16, 2008 at Crown Care Center, Harrisonville. Funeral services will be held at 7:00 PM Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at the Atkinson Chapel, Harrisonville. Visitation will be from 6:00-7:00 PM Wednesday at the chapel. Cremation.

Mary was born December 27, 1925 in Knob Noster, MO, the daughter of Samuel and Wada Missouri (Graves) Cornelius. She married Ernest Junior Clintsman on December 20, 1941 in East Lynne, MO.

Mary worked as a waitress at the Red Onion Restaurant in Harrisonville and also at the Harrisonville Hotel. She enjoyed growing flowers, especially roses, crocheting and going to garage sales.

Mary was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Ernest, on March 23, 1999 and two brothers, Jim and Glen Cornelius. She is survived by one son, Larry Clintsman, Raytown, MO; one daughter, Sue Zimmerman and her husband, Richard, Peculiar, MO; four sisters, Helen Gilmore and her husband, Lyle, Harrisonville, MO, Anna Aldridge, Warsaw, MO, Edith Gilmore, Edgerton, MO and Sara Spittler, Strausburg, MO; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.