Bedford County PA Archives Obituaries.....ROSE, Flora Blanche (HITE) 1989 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Bob Rose Jul 2003 Flora Blanche (HITE) ROSE Bedford Inquirer Friday, Aug. 4, 1989 page 3 Flora Blanche ROSE, 83, of Bedford RD 3, died Saturday, July 29, 1989 at Pennknoll Village Nursing Home. She was born May 13, 1906, in Cumberland Valley Township, the daughter of the late William and Mary (ZEMBOWER) HITE. She was preceded in death by her husband, Paul E. ROSE, July 29, 1970. Surviving are two daughters and two sons: Doris CRONE, Fort Ashby, W. Va.; Norma KAUFFMAN, Coldwater Mich.; Dwight ROSE, Bedford RD 3, and Donald ROSE, Bedford RD 4. Also surviving are 12 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren, a sister, Elva ELLIOTT, Greensburg, and a brother, Earl HITE Greensburg. Mrs. ROSE was a former employee of the Celanese Fiber Corporation and of the Bedford Area School District. She was a member of the Centerville United Methodist Church where she was organist for many years, a charter member of the Centerville Senior Citizens and member of the Rebekah Lodge of Centerville. Funeral services: Tuesday, August 1, at 1 p.m. at the Centerville United Methodist Church with Rev. Robert E. Taylor officiating. Burial in Union Cemetery, Centerville. The family requests that memorials take the form of contributions to the Centerville United Gifts of Love Fund.