A memorial service for Sylvia K. Rose, 83, Palm Bay, Florida, and a native of Hammond, will be held at a later date in New York. Her final resting place will be Hillside Cemetery, Antwerp. Arrangements were entrusted to Ammen Family Cremation & Funeral Home.
Mrs. Rose died Sunday, April19, 2020 at William Childs Hospice House Palm Bay after a short illness. She was a prior resident of the Palms Rehab & Health Care Center, Palm Bay.
Born July 19, 1936, in the Town of Hammond, she was a daughter of the late Elmer and Doris (Graves) King. She grew up in Hammond and attended school there.
She was married to Frank Rose on April 10, 1954 at Hammond Presbyterian Church. Mr. Rose passed May 6, 2012.
Mrs. Rose was a mother and homemaker. She enjoyed watching QVC and collecting Avon, and a special joy was watching her grandson, Matt Rose, pursue his professional baseball career.
She is survived by two daughters, Cynthia Sovie, Cape Vincent and Lisa Rose, Palm Bay; four sons Daniel, Hammond; Ricky, Randy and Cindy, David and Stephanie all of Palm Bay; 11 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild, and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Rose was predeceased by two sisters Beverly (Lynn) DeCarr and Sally Custer; a grandson Christopher Rose and a son-in-law John Sovie.