Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....(Summer) Lenke , Rosaline Anna "Rosie"  May 31, 2005
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Lenke, Rosaline "Rosie"     
1919 - 2005 
 
Rosaline (Rosie) Lenke 
1919 - 2005 

After a long a courageous battle with her illness, Rosie Lenke passed away 
peacefully on May 31, 2005. Rosie was born Rosaline Anna Summer, on September 
26, 1919, in Blackwell, Oklahoma. She came to California in 1945. She married 
her husband, Howard, in Temple City, California, on September 18, 1949. She 
and Howard moved to Frazier Park in 1951. Howard and Rosie shared over 50 
years of married life in Frazier Park. During this time, Rosie was active in 
the Frazier Park Community Baptist Church for 25 years. She served as Sunday 
School Secretary most of that time. Later Rosie attended the Church of Christ. 
She was also active in Camp Fire Girls, Boy Scouts, P.T.A., Mothersingers, 
Trowel & Sceptre Club and the Greater Frazier Park Chamber of Commerce. Rosie 
also served on the Kern County Election Board as an inspector of the Frazier 
Park Precinct for over 30 years. Rosie will also be remembered for serving as 
the Mayor of Fiesta Days in 1984. Rosies survivors include her husband, 
Howard; her daughter, Ila Martin, Bakersfield; her son, Lary Lenke and 
daughter-in-law, Nancy Lenke, Cedar Crest, New Mexico; her son, Mark Lenke, 
Frazier Park. She also leaves eight grandchildren and nine great-
grandchildren. In addition, she leaves so many dear friends and relatives. Her 
granddaughter, Deena Kae Hager, Bakersfield and her son, Bryce Gerald Lenke, 
preceded Rosie in death. Rosie will be greatly missed. Her smile and laughter 
will long be remembered. Her wish was that you carry on, look up, laugh, live 
and enjoy! The family wishes to thank Dr. Young Park & Staff, Dr. Mukhopadhyay 
& Staff at the Comprehensive Blood & Cancer Center, R.N. Patty Newer, Tiffany 
Porter and everyone at Optimal Hospice, for the care and kindness given to 
Rosie. A special memorial for Rosie Lenke will be held at a later date this 
month. In lieu of flowers, please make a contribution to your favorite 
charity. AFTER GLOW I'd like the memory of me to be a happy one. I'd like to 
leave an after-glow of smiles when life is done. I'd like to leave an echo 
whispering softly down the ways, of happy times and laughing times and bright 
and sunny days. I'd like the tears of those who grieve, to dry before the sun 
of Happy memories that I leave when life is done. 

Legacy.com

Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 6/2/2005.  


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