Maxine Rimmer Georgi

Maxine Rimmer Georgi, 92, passed away from old age on August 26, 2015, at her Arlington Texas home after a long and courageous struggle with terrible Alzheimer’s disease. Maxine was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, and great-aunt.

She loved her family very much

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at First Christian Church, 910 S. Collins, Arlington, TX 76010. Senior minister Dr. Andy Mangum will officiate. Friends are invited for a time of viewing and visitation for the hour prior to the service at the church. Inurnment will follow at a later date in Dallas- Fort Worth National Cemetery where she will be placed in an above ground columbarium, alongside her husband, Henry Georgi, who preceded her in death in July, 2009. Military honors will be rendered.

Maxine Rimmer was born in Boone County, Missouri in March 1923 to Brooklyn Rimmer and Ethel Spilman Rimmer. She had three brothers and two sisters. She graduated from Hickman High School in Columbia, Missouri in 1940. After graduation she attended the Rosenthal School of Commerce in Columbia, Missouri. She learned typing, filing, adding machines and shorthand, skills which she would later employ with the Marines to support the war effort.She was a “Rosie the Riveter” in 1943 assembling bombers in Kansas City. A special callout for her longtime friend of 73 years, fellow wartime riveter, and honorary sister, Betty Jacobs, currently in San Jose, California. These two became godmothers for each other’s children.Maxine was a Marine Corps veteran who served with distinction from 1944 to 1945. She was stationed at the newly built pentagon in Washington D.C., helping to keep track of all the Marines’ locations using 3x5 index cards, typing in triplicate with real carbon paper using a manual typewriter, and shorthand.

After WWII, she came back to Kansas City to work for Sears as a secretary from 1946 to 1957. She enjoyed bowling on the company team and winning trophies. It was at Sears that Maxine Rimmer met Henry Georgi. They married on September 4, 1954. They built a new home in south Kansas City in 1957 and raised two sons, Steven and Allen.

In 1978, Sears moved the entire merchandising division from Kansas City, Missouri to Dallas, Texas. Maxine, Henry, and Allen moved to Arlington, Texas and built their second new home.

She enjoyed being a greeter and member of the Christian Women’s Fellowship at the First Christian Church of Arlington for many years. She also enjoyed being a volunteer at Arlington Memorial Hospital for more than 25 years.

Maxine was preceded in death by her parents, Brooklyn and Ethel Spillman Rimmer of Columbia, Missouri and all five of her brothers and sisters and their spouses: brother Henry Rimmer, in WWII; sister Lorene Rimmer, in high school; sister Nadine Rimmer Thacker and her husband Gene, St. Louis, Missouri; brother Bill Rimmer and his wife Irene, Columbia, Missouri; and brother Harold Rimmer and his wife Shirley, Kansas City, Missouri. Surviving members of Maxine’s United States family include: son Allen Georgi of Grapevine, Texas; son Steven Georgi, and significant other Gail, of Arlington, Texas, grandson, Ryan Georgi of Seattle, Washington, granddaughter, Monica Georgi Byler and her husband Henry Byler of Spring Hill, Florida, and great-grandchildren Shawn, Olivia, and Mason niece Susie Rimmer Johns and husband Dick of Lee’s Summit Missouri; niece Mary Beth Rimmer Markworth and husband Bryce of Archie Missouri; nephew Robert Rimmer of Lee’s Summit Missouri; niece Janice Rimmer Douglas of Mexico Missouri; niece Patricia Rimmer Lazuskas and husband Peter of Houston, Texas; nephew Edward Thacker and wife Sonja of St. Charles Missouri; nephew Mike Thacker of St. Louis Missouri; niece Angie Thacker Gones of St. Louis, Missouri; second cousin Douglas Shipe of Lenexa, Kansas; sister-in-law Linda Birdsong of Rogers Arkansas. Numerous great-nephews and great-nieces in Missouri, Texas, and Washington D.C. Surviving members of Maxine’s and husband Henry’s German family include: Brother-in-law Wolfgang Oettel and wife Barbel, niece Ursula Georgi Kropfeld and husband Charley; and niece Ingrid Georgi Rempt and husband Helmut. Many great nephews and great nieces in Germany.

In lieu of flowers, the family would appreciate any donation be made to the First Christian Church, 910 S. Collins, Arlington TX 76010, where Maxine was a long time member.