click image to see larger photoMary Ella was the daughter of Olin Ward and Bertha Alice (Riggs) Rose, the youngest of their five children. Al the other children were boys: John, Olin, Walter, and Kent. Her brother John was old enough to be like a father to her, and he and his wife, Mattie, were an important part of her life. (John and Mattie were the parents of Mary Frances, "Bud" (killed in World War II), John, and Paul.)
Mattie inspired Mary Ella to enjoy cooking and taught her to do it well--a gift Mattie passed on to her own daughter, Mary Frances, and which has been inherited by Mary Frances' daughter, Claudia. Mattie's yeast rolls have remained a special feature of the family Thanksgiving gatherings that were hosted by Mary Frances and her husband, Jack Rowe, for a number of years and which Claudia, Andy, and Kaytie Rose Speziale continue to host.
The two youngest Rose children, Kent and Mary Ella, were very close. Their children--Mary Ella and Lynne Rose and Rob Stuart--grew up near each other on the San Francisco Peninsula and remain in touch today.
Mary Ella shared in Marvin's career as a United Methodist minister and, later, a bishop. Marvin served the Denver and San Francisco Areas of The United Methodist Church and was for a period of time the President of the Council of Bishops of the entire denomination.
Noted as a gracious hostess and skilled teacher, Mary Ella developed a curriculum for church membership classes for youth. She published a book, To Bend Without Breaking, sharing her experience with a nervous breakdown after the death of her second and third children and resources she developed while recovering from it. (Rob has copies of the book to share if any family members are interested in reading it.)
Marvin and Mary Ella lived in retirement in Los Altos and Palo Alto, where they had served for twenty-two years in the First United Methodist Church before Marvin became a bishop.
Rob has been retired for almost four years after being a Professor of English and an administrator at the University of Redlands for thirty-five years. He lives at a life-care retirement community in San Francisco, The Sequoias (if you would like Rob's address or email please write email to Candy)
He is very close to a couple who are like his own children, Denis and Anne Desmarais, and their children, Zoe Marie and Adam Stuart. He is the godfather of both children. The Desmarais Family lives in his former home in Redlands, California, and he visits them there frequently.
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Mary Ella shared in Marvin's career as a United Methodist minister and, later, a bishop. Marvin served the Denver and San Francisco Areas of The United Methodist Church and was for a period of time the President of the Council of Bishops of the entire denomination.
Noted as a gracious hostess and skilled teacher, Mary Ella developed a curriculum for church membership classes for youth. She published a book, To Bend Without Breaking, sharing her experience with a nervous breakdown after the death of her second and third children and resources she developed while recovering from it. (Rob has copies of the book to share if any family members are interested in reading it.)
Marvin and Mary Ella lived in retirement in Los Altos and Palo Alto, where they had served for twenty-two years in the First United Methodist Church before Marvin became a bishop.
Rob has been retired for almost four years after being a Professor of English and an administrator at the University of Redlands for thirty-five years. He lives at a life-care retirement community in San Francisco, The Sequoias (if you would like Rob's address or email please write email to Candy)
He is very close to a couple who are like his own children, Denis and Anne Desmarais, and their children, Zoe Marie and Adam Stuart. He is the godfather of both children. The Desmarais Family lives in his former home in Redlands, California, and he visits them there frequently.
Posted by Candy for Robert Stuart
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