Rosalie Ann Bridges (Payne), 90, Adrian, MO, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 1, 2022 at The Gardens at Barry Road in Kansas City, MO.  Funeral services were held  Tuesday, March 8, 2022 at the Calvary Baptist Church in Adrian, MO.  Burial  in Garden City Cemetery, Garden City, MO.  Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of choice.

Rosalie was born in Garden City, Missouri on November 17, 1931, to Robert Dean Payne. and Suzanna May Payne.  She grew up in Dayton Missouri and attended grade school in Dayton.  In high school she alternated between Garden City and Archie, graduating from Archie in 1949.

Rosalie met the love of her life, Ted Bridges when he hitched a ride on the school bus she was on.  They were married in the fall of 1949, starting their married life in Kansas City before eventually moving to Adrian Missouri where they built their own house. They had four children, JoAnn, Lynn (deceased), Theresa (deceased), and David along with adopting Lynn's daughter Danielle after her death.

Rosalie was a homemaker, raising their four children along with managing the books for Ted's business, Ted's Apco. She also worked as an election judge in Adrian for many years and for a while pursued creative hobbies in baking and decorating cakes, and after Ted retired, they enjoyed making quilts together. She was an excellent seamstress, sewing Halloween outfits for her children when they were growing up, and loved sewing the many beautiful dresses she made for herself and the girls in her family. She was a founding member of Calvary Baptist Church in Adrian.

Rosalie was loved by everyone she met and is preceded in death by her father, Robert Dean Payne; her mother, Suzanna May Payne; her brother, Bob Payne; her husband, Ted Bridges; and her daughters: Lynn and Theresa. Survivors include her sister, Ruth Frazier; children: JoAnn, David, and Danielle; along with seven grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.