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Rose Gertrude Rollings Botolfson
4 Apr 1907 – 30 Jun 1999
| Birth | 4 Apr 1907 |
| Death | 30 Jun 1999 |
| Cemetery | Spokane Cemetery Spokane , Christian County , Missouri , USA |
| Added by | Delores Barnett on 16 Apr 2018 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34580790 |
Bio
Rose Gertrude Rollings Botalfson, the daughter of John Rollings and Sarah Palmer Rollings was born April 4, 1907 near Orchard Farm in St Charles County, Missouri. She was one of twelve children having nine brothers and two sisters. The whole family worked together. The children were taught the dignity of work. Although times were hard in those pre-electric days preceding the invention of many power machinations used in agriculture today, the farm thrived meeting the needs of the large family. The family members were loyal to each other, attended church and the older children, including Rose, often were surrogate parents and teachers for those who were younger. During the Second World War, six of Rose's brothers and sisters served the war. This was a great emotional burden. She wrote to each regularly and encouraged the family at home during those difficult days. It was a great joy when all returned home safely. In 1948, Rose married Bernt Botolfson. He was a carpenter. Rose served the Kresge and K-Mart Companies from 1928 until 1960 in Springfield and Flint, Michigan. She later worked for the Chrysler Corporation for five years until she retired. The couple moved from Flint, Michigan to Forsythe in 1960 and to Springfield in 1963, where they lived until Bernt's death in 1968. After retiring, she loved baby sitting and did this for many years.Rose continued living alone in her home after her husband's death. She loved gardening, sewing, canning and she was a great cook. She was very active in Neighborhood Watch and greatly enjoyed her neighbors, family and many friends. She read avidly, listened to diverse music and was always ready to be on the go. She was a Democrat and voted faithfully.She read the newspaper daily and was consistently up on current affairs. She watched television documentaries, historical pieces, and the news. She followed sports, especially the St Louis Cardinals and the Lady Bears. Rose was a strong advocate for women's rights and equal pay for equal work. When she was a girl, her father cast his vote for Woodrow Wilson, but because women could not vote, her mother remained at home. She inquired as to why her mother didn't vote and was astounded to hear that it was not allowed. Returning to school, she wrote an essay in favor of women's right to vote that was published int he newspaper during the debates that saw the right granted in 1921. Throughout her life, she insisted that everyone should earn their own way and pull their own weight. Upbeat at all times, Rose was congenial, feisty, fiercely loyal, trustworthy, responsible, independent, active, polite, sometimes opinionated but usually right, and kind. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church. She didn't preach but she expressed her belief in God and felt that being an active attending church member was important. She believed in doing the right thing and expressing faith by actions. Her greatest sorrow, along with the death of her husband, was to see her large family virtually decimated by death across her long life of ninety-two years. Rose Botolfson's life was filled with many joys, not the least being her large family and great many friends.
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- Cora Catherine Rollings Saltsman 1903–1990
- John Isaac Rollings 1905–1970
- Floyd Jacob "Jake" Rollings 1909–1996
- Robert Albert "Al" Rollings 1911–1994
- William Palmer Rollings 1913–1988
- Edward Charles "Champ" Rollings 1916–1985
- Leamond Elbert Rollings 1917–1994
- Neil Norman Rollings 1919–2002
- Bertha Elizabeth "Betty" Rollings Watkins 1921–2004
- Lewis Rollings 1923–2004
- Burl Dale Rollings 1924–1981
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