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Rose S. Fitz
January 15, 1921 ~ February 15, 2017 (age 96) 96 Years OldShare Tribute:
Rose Fitz, 96, of Chattanooga, TN, passed away on Wednesday, February 15, 2017. Rose was born in New York City On January 21, 1921. She was married to Roscoe Linton Fitz, Jr., for 52 years.
Rose was preceded in death by her husband ; parents Harry and Minnie Sheikowitz; sisters Jeannette, Pauline, Vivian and Shirley; brothers Zachary and Arnold; nephews Paul Sherman and Robert Stein; niece, Carol Sherman.
Rose worked during WWII as a server where her future husband, Roscoe, was stationed in Miami Beach with the U.S. Army. A mutual friend, Leroy Lightheart, introduced them at a military dance, and she told her sister that evening, "Roscoe is the man I'm going to marry." The following year they married in New York on May 21, 1945.
A native Chattanoogan, Roscoe brought home his beautiful bride and raised their family. Rose was baptized in Northside Baptist, and she was a longtime member of Red Bank Baptist and its Mary-Martha Sunday School class. She worked at the Three Sisters shop downtown.
Rose was an outgoing person who never met a stranger. She loved her family and was a stay-at-home Mom with her three daughters. She adored being a mother, then "Nana" to her grandchildren and, eventually, great-grandchildren.
Having a desire to return to Florida, she and "Ross" moved to Jacksonville in 1977. He worked as a credit manager at Roux/Revlon. Three sisters lived in the Daytona area where they relocated. She became a widow in 1997. When she came back to Chattanooga in 2003 she lived at John Calvin Presbyterian Apartments. Rose had many happy friendships there, and she liked living "close to the mall."
In 2012 she went into assisted living and, later, nursing care at Summit View. She was especially fond of Rachael, one of several kind caregivers. Dr. Ted Franklin was one of Rose's favorite physicians. How wonderful to hear someone well into her nineties say, "I've had a great life!"
Rose is survived by sisters Beatrice Farber and Rochelle Franklin; Children Linda ( John) Ludington, Cheri ( Flay) Welch and Loretta ( Raymond)Tessmer; grandchildren Wendy ( Clay) Hunnicutt and Brian ( Erin) Welch; step grandchildren Aubry ( Todd) Panek and John ( Fiancé Andrea)Ludington; great grandchildren Alyssa and Austin Hunnicutt, Hannah, Haven and Hallie Welch; step –great grandchildren Christian, Joseph, and John Michael Panek.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 10:30 - 11:30 am at Lane Funeral Home-Ashland Terrace.
Funeral service for Rose will be conducted at 11:30 am on Tuesday in the funeral home chapel.
Interment will follow in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Arrangements by Lane Funeral Home, 601 Ashland Terrace, Chattanooga, TN 37415 (423) 877-3524 www.lanefh.com
Rose was preceded in death by her husband ; parents Harry and Minnie Sheikowitz; sisters Jeannette, Pauline, Vivian and Shirley; brothers Zachary and Arnold; nephews Paul Sherman and Robert Stein; niece, Carol Sherman.
Rose worked during WWII as a server where her future husband, Roscoe, was stationed in Miami Beach with the U.S. Army. A mutual friend, Leroy Lightheart, introduced them at a military dance, and she told her sister that evening, "Roscoe is the man I'm going to marry." The following year they married in New York on May 21, 1945.
A native Chattanoogan, Roscoe brought home his beautiful bride and raised their family. Rose was baptized in Northside Baptist, and she was a longtime member of Red Bank Baptist and its Mary-Martha Sunday School class. She worked at the Three Sisters shop downtown.
Rose was an outgoing person who never met a stranger. She loved her family and was a stay-at-home Mom with her three daughters. She adored being a mother, then "Nana" to her grandchildren and, eventually, great-grandchildren.
Having a desire to return to Florida, she and "Ross" moved to Jacksonville in 1977. He worked as a credit manager at Roux/Revlon. Three sisters lived in the Daytona area where they relocated. She became a widow in 1997. When she came back to Chattanooga in 2003 she lived at John Calvin Presbyterian Apartments. Rose had many happy friendships there, and she liked living "close to the mall."
In 2012 she went into assisted living and, later, nursing care at Summit View. She was especially fond of Rachael, one of several kind caregivers. Dr. Ted Franklin was one of Rose's favorite physicians. How wonderful to hear someone well into her nineties say, "I've had a great life!"
Rose is survived by sisters Beatrice Farber and Rochelle Franklin; Children Linda ( John) Ludington, Cheri ( Flay) Welch and Loretta ( Raymond)Tessmer; grandchildren Wendy ( Clay) Hunnicutt and Brian ( Erin) Welch; step grandchildren Aubry ( Todd) Panek and John ( Fiancé Andrea)Ludington; great grandchildren Alyssa and Austin Hunnicutt, Hannah, Haven and Hallie Welch; step –great grandchildren Christian, Joseph, and John Michael Panek.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 10:30 - 11:30 am at Lane Funeral Home-Ashland Terrace.
Funeral service for Rose will be conducted at 11:30 am on Tuesday in the funeral home chapel.
Interment will follow in Chattanooga National Cemetery.
Arrangements by Lane Funeral Home, 601 Ashland Terrace, Chattanooga, TN 37415 (423) 877-3524 www.lanefh.com
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