Kathryn Wilson Rose

Kathryn Wilson Rose, age 93, formerly of Pinehurst, NC, died on Friday, July 29, 2011 from pneumonia, six weeks after a fall and broken hip. In 2007 Mrs. Rose moved to Aberdeen, MD to live near, and then with, her daughter Wendy Rose O'Steen. Mrs. Rose was born March 27, 1918 in Ossining, NY, trained at Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in NYC and married her high school sweetheart, Howard Manning Rose, Jr., on June 3, 1939. The couple settled in Briarcliff Manor, NY where they raised three sons and a daughter. Mr. Rose worked for the NY Central Railroad until their merger with the Pennsylvania Railroad creating Penn Central, and the family relocated to Downingtown, PA. In 1977 Mr. and Mrs. Rose built a retirement home in Pinehurst, NC where Mr. Rose enjoyed golf. A life-long knitter and doll-maker, Mrs. Rose enjoyed serving thirteen years (making over 4, 400 dolls, and receiving her 17, 000-hour pin) as a Toymaker at Moore Regional Hospital. She also made many more than one hundred baby blankets as gifts and for Project Linus Blanketeers. Mrs. Rose is survived by Jon Howard Rose (wife Barbara, son Timothy) of Grantham, NH; Mrs. David A. O'Steen (Wendy) of Aberdeen, MD; Kevin Wilson Rose (wife Linda, daughter Kelly) of Delaplane, VA; and Barry Morton Rose (wife Helene, sons Nicholas and William) of Downingtown, PA. as well as extended family members. Mr. Rose died in 1991. Mrs. Rose's cremated remains will be interred at Dale Cemetery in Ossining, NY. Memorial contributions can be made to Given Memorial Library, 150 Cherokee Road, Pinehurst, NC 28374; or Project Linus National Headquarters, PO Box 5621, Bloomington, IL 61702-5621. Funeral Home: Tarring-Cargo Funeral Home 333 South Parke Street Aberdeen, MD US 21001