Obit: Rose, Edna #3 (1932 - 2013)

Contact: Audrey Roedl
Email: audrey@wiclarkcountyhistry.org

Surnames: Rose, Stauffacher, Chriske, Vruwink

----Source: The Loyal TRG (Loyal, Clark County, WI) 03 Apr 2013

Rose, Edna, (17 April 1932-27 March 2013

Edna Mae Rose, 80, Granton, died on Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at Ministry Saint Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m., on Monday, April 1, at Zion American Lutheran Church, Granton. Rev. Dale Wilford officiated. Marjorie Dahl provided the music. Burial was in the town of Lynn Cemetery. Casket bearers were Evan Rose, Jeff Netzinger, Adam Hines, Keith Bass and Duane Johnson.

Edna Mae Stauffacher was born on April 17, 1932, in Granton, the daughter of Hillarious “Larry” and Anna Irene (nee Vruwink) Stauffacher. After her schooling in Granton, she married Grant Rose on Sept. 11, 1949 at the Zion American Lutheran Church, Granton. Together they farmed and raised their family. Edna Mae loved farming, gardening, bowling and playing cards. She was known for her kindness to others and always willing to help a neighbor or a friend. She was a volunteer’s heart, spending many hours volunteering for many different organizations. She was a member of the Zion American Lutheran Church in Granton and its choir. She held many offices with the ELCA throughout the years. Edna Mae also enjoyed the many fall seasons she worked at Figi’s in Marshfield.

She is survived by three children, Rose Ann (Gary) Chriske, Plover, Harlan (Judith) Rose, Marshfield, and Merle (Lori) Rose, Granton; six grandchildren, Shannon (Jeff) Netzinger, Plover; Vicki (Adam) Hines, Schaumburg, Ill., Maren (Trevor) Stoflet, Bettendorf, Iowa, Evan (Lindsey) Rose, Altmone Springs, Fla., and DeAnna Rose, Marshfield; 10 great-grandchildren, Madison, Benjamin and Morgan Netzinger; Coley and Kyler Hines, Lauren and Landon Stoflet, Coena Hohlstein, Natalie Rose and Kylie Laufenberg; one brother Walter (Ruth) Stauffacher; Maple Grove, Minn.; and a good friends, Edward Wagner.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Grant; and two brothers, Glenn and Harold.

Online condolences may be made at www.geschefh.com.

The Gesche Funeral Home, Neillsville, assisted the family with arrangements.