Edith Rose

Edith Rose, age 90, was made out of some strong stuff and didn’t give up easily. She died on May 27, 2022 after losing a 12+ year battle with congestive heart failure. She was also in the midst of a 17+ year battle with metastatic breast cancer. Edith and her beloved husband, Sam Rose, who died unexpectedly in 1997 at the age of 68, had two children, Dan Rose and Sue Rose, two grandchildren, Kelly Barhaugh and Sara Haataja, and 7 great-grandchildren. Edith and Sam enjoyed camping all over the US with their children, boating, sailing, water skiing, snow skiing, snowmobiling, dining in restaurants, and traveling all over the world (without their children). Edith never remarried, but being widowed didn’t slow her down and she took a few more overseas trips after Sam died. Edith grew up in Forest Park, IL and she also lived in Oak Park, IL for many years, followed by brief stays in Bensenville, IL and Roseville, MN. She resided in Fox Lake, IL for her last 41 years. In her younger days Edith enjoyed making her children’s Halloween costumes, decorating the basement of her first house to make it look like a tiki lounge, getting together with her grammar school alumni for their “girls club” gatherings (which also on occasion included their husbands), working for a few years as a secretary at the Sheet Metal Workers Union, meeting up with friends for coffee at McDonald’s, and working around her house. If something needed painting Edith was happy to paint it, but to heck with silly time-wasting preparations like scraping and sanding. She had an unforgettable personality and a crush on actors Paul Newman and Tom Selleck. Very few things could interrupt her from watching an episode of “Magnum PI.” As her mobility became limited, Edith enjoyed watching the sunsets and the shorebirds from her lakefront house, tooling around the neighborhood on her mobility scooter, talking with her neighbors, and watching TV. “The Weather Channel” was a most recent favorite, but she had eclectic TV show preferences which would sometimes take visitors by surprise. Her request to watch “Dr. Pimple Popper” after this past Thanksgiving dinner was vetoed. Edith enjoyed the company of her beloved cat Cosmo and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She did not want a funeral service. Instead, she requested to be cremated and to have her ashes spread with Sam’s ashes, which she kept on her dresser, waiting for the day when they could be reunited again. Edith will be deeply missed by all who loved her.