Bedford County PA Archives Obituaries.....ROSE, Percy B. 1981 ************************************************ 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 Percy B. ROSE [paper unknown] Percy B. ROSE, 82, formerly of Bedford, Bedford Co., PA, died Tuesday morning April 7, 1981, in the Hopemont Hospital, Hopemont, Preston Co., West Virginia. He was born in Bedford County, April 19, 1898, a son of the late Espy and Maude (GILLUM) ROSE. His wife Rose (WAMBAUGH) ROSE died in 1961. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Ruth KEFAUVER, of 204 Richard Street, Martinsburg, West Virginia; four grandchildren, one great-grandchild; and these brothers and a sister, Norman ROSE, of Manns Choice; Mrs. Ross SHAFFER, of New Paris; Ralph ROSE, of Bedford; Russell ROSE, of Bedford, RD 6, and Hosea ROSE, of Moorhead, Minnesota. Mr. ROSE was a custodian at the Bedford County Court House for a number of years and a retired farmer. He was a member of the St. Thomas Catholic Church, Bedford. Funeral Mass: Friday, April 10 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Thomas Catholic Church, with father Raymond Crosser officiating. Burial in St. Thomas Catholic Cemetery. Friends will be received at the Louis Geisel Funeral Home, Bedford, 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. A Wake Service will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday evening in the funeral home. In Lieu of flowers donations may be made to Colin Anderson of St. Marys, West Virginia 26170.