Rose Marie Everts
Rose Marie Everts, 84, of Prairie du Chien, beloved wife, mother, grandma and great grandma passed away suddenly after a recent fall on Thursday, March 16, at the Mayo Franciscan Healthcare Center in La Crosse.
She was born Nov. 8, 1932, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of William and Josephine (Dostal) Miller. She married the love of her life, Charles Everts on Oct. 26, 1949, in Cedar Rapids. Rose worked at Wilson Meat Company for many years and later managed Dales Fruit Market in Cedar Rapids. She later made beautiful crafts and displayed them at Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids.
In 1999, Rose and Chuck moved to Prairie du Chien where her favorite job was sitting on her deck overlooking the Mississippi River. Rose loved to go to the casino, play cards and tend to her flowers, but her life revolved around her family. Her greatest joy was when everyone would come to visit at “the river.”
She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Chuck Everts, of Prairie du Chien; her daughters Sherry (Steve) Slife and JoAnn (Blair Dillman) Evans; her grandchildren Jeff Slife, Jenny (Keith) Coleman and David Evans; her great grandchildren Miranda Rose Slife, Drake and Dylan Coleman, and Stephen, Charlie and Jodi Evans; her great great grandchildren Maddi Rose and Sammy; her brothers, Kenny Miller and Jim Falt, both of Cedar Rapids; and a sister-in-law Eileen Stotz of Billings, Mont. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Dave Miller.
A memorial visitation will be Monday, March 20, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Garrity Funeral Home in Prairie du Chien. A private family inurnment will be later in the Prairie du Chien Evergreen Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to; St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
