IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Jack W.
Rose
September 22, 1917 – March 7, 2010
Obituary
Jack Willis Rose, son of Joseph & Sadie (Lesher) Rose, was born September 22, 1917 on the farmstead 8 miles north of Agra, Kansas, and he passed away March 7, 2010 at the Prairie Haven Nursing Home in Kensington, Kansas at the age of 92.
As a boy, Jack attended the Center School north of Agra, just across the road from where he was born and lived most of his life.
He served in the U.S. Army during WWII as a Staff Sergeant and Cook, and was stationed in five different countries during the war: England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. During his military service Jack was awarded the Purple Heart, five Bronze Stars, and a Good Conduct medal.
He was united in marriage to Bertha Maria Louise Diercks on July 19, 1942 in Kensington. This union was blessed with two children: a son, Kenneth, and a daughter, Verlene.
After his discharge from the Army, the couple lived in Agra, where Jack worked as a meat cutter at the People's Store. In later years, he also laid numerous brick and block buildings and foundations. In 1948, Jack & Bertha moved their family to a farm 5-1/2 miles north of Agra. About ten years later, they relocated to the old Rose homestead north of Agra, where they farmed, had a dairy herd, and Jack did custom hay cutting and baling.
He was a member of the St. John Lutheran Church in Kensington and a member of the Agra American Legion.
Jack's parents; wife, Bertha; and brother, Arnold, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his son, Kenneth & wife, Janice, of Agra; daughter, Verlene Childers & friend, Brad Betz, of Lakewood, CO; five grandchildren: Stephanie Dennison & husband, Denver, of Durango, CO; Heather Harris & husband, Curtis, also of Durango, CO; Clint Childers & wife, Sammy, of Arvada, CO; Mike Rose & wife, Amy, of Phillipsburg, KS; and Jennifer Brumbaugh & husband, Wade, of Logan, KS; three great-grandchildren: Hunter and Kelly Childers of Arvada, CO and Hannah Brumbaugh of Logan.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Thurs., March 11, 2010, in the St. John Lutheran Church, Kensington with Pastor Patsy Koeneke officiating. Burial followed in the St. John Lutheran Cemetery, Kensington, with military honors by the Agra American Legion.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Agra American Legion or the St. John Lutheran Church.
As a boy, Jack attended the Center School north of Agra, just across the road from where he was born and lived most of his life.
He served in the U.S. Army during WWII as a Staff Sergeant and Cook, and was stationed in five different countries during the war: England, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. During his military service Jack was awarded the Purple Heart, five Bronze Stars, and a Good Conduct medal.
He was united in marriage to Bertha Maria Louise Diercks on July 19, 1942 in Kensington. This union was blessed with two children: a son, Kenneth, and a daughter, Verlene.
After his discharge from the Army, the couple lived in Agra, where Jack worked as a meat cutter at the People's Store. In later years, he also laid numerous brick and block buildings and foundations. In 1948, Jack & Bertha moved their family to a farm 5-1/2 miles north of Agra. About ten years later, they relocated to the old Rose homestead north of Agra, where they farmed, had a dairy herd, and Jack did custom hay cutting and baling.
He was a member of the St. John Lutheran Church in Kensington and a member of the Agra American Legion.
Jack's parents; wife, Bertha; and brother, Arnold, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his son, Kenneth & wife, Janice, of Agra; daughter, Verlene Childers & friend, Brad Betz, of Lakewood, CO; five grandchildren: Stephanie Dennison & husband, Denver, of Durango, CO; Heather Harris & husband, Curtis, also of Durango, CO; Clint Childers & wife, Sammy, of Arvada, CO; Mike Rose & wife, Amy, of Phillipsburg, KS; and Jennifer Brumbaugh & husband, Wade, of Logan, KS; three great-grandchildren: Hunter and Kelly Childers of Arvada, CO and Hannah Brumbaugh of Logan.
Funeral services were held at 10:30 a.m., Thurs., March 11, 2010, in the St. John Lutheran Church, Kensington with Pastor Patsy Koeneke officiating. Burial followed in the St. John Lutheran Cemetery, Kensington, with military honors by the Agra American Legion.
Memorial contributions may be given to the Agra American Legion or the St. John Lutheran Church.
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