Rose Ellen Harper, daughter of the late Morton LeBeau and Carrie Gray LeBeau, was born on January 8, 1940, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on December 18, 2012, at the Golden Living Center in Dexter, Missouri at the age of 72.

Mrs. Harper was a resident of Dexter, a member of the First Christian Church of Dexter and formerly worked as an insurance agent.

She was united in marriage to Lowell Harper on July 2, 1961, at Dexter, Missouri.  Mr. Harper survives at the home.

Besides her husband, she is survived by one daughter, Michelle Aaron, and her husband, Danny, of Dexter, Missouri; by two grandchildren, Dylan and Addyson; by one brother, Phil LeBeau, of Dexter, Missouri; and by one sister, Betty Mayer, of Dexter, Missouri.

Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, December 20, 2012, from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.  Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, December 20, 2012, at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel at 11:00 A.M., with the Rev. Kenneth Biggs officiating.  Interment will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.