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John Joseph ROSE

John Joseph ROSE

Male 1915 - 1985  (69 years)


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  • Name John Joseph ROSE  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Birth 9 Sep 1915  Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 9, 10, 11
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Jack ROSE, John Joseph RUZICKA  [11, 12, 13, 14, 15
    • We know that on 28 Apr 1941 Jack was referred to by his RUZICKA surname (source - photograph - img153.tif) and on 23 Jul 1942 he was referred to as ROSE (source - photograph - img160.tif). Photographs (album09) with his own handwriting confirm this.
    Census 1921  Kinsella, Beaver, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1931  Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Death 6 Aug 1985  Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 12
    Burial 10 Aug 1985  St. Charles Cemetery/Warburg, Leduc, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [16
    Person ID I35  Rivera Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2025 

    Father Charles Otto Robert RUZICKA,   b. 20 Dec 1888, Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 1956, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Josephine Mary SLAVIK,   b. 24 Nov 1893, Oklahoma Territory, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1986, Killam, Flagstaff, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 28 Oct 1913  St. Nepomucene Church/Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F35  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Henrietta STAROBA,   b. 10 Jul 1921, Pitín, South Moravia, Czech Republic Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 2016, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jul 1943  Viking, Beaver, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 17
    Children 
    +1. Patrick Henry ROSE
    +2. Stanley Joseph Anthony ROSE
     3. Margaret Mary ROSE
    +4. Josephine Anne ROSE
    +5. Michael John Christopher ROSE,   b. 5 Dec 1952, St. Joseph's/Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Dec 2024, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Marian Jean ROSE
    Family ID F21  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2025 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Aug 1985 - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S611] St. Charles Roman Catholic Cemetery (Warburg, Alberta, Canada), Grave Markers.
      John J. ROSE
      1915 - 1985

    2. [S772] Obituary of Sister Stephanie Marie RUZICKA, (Date: Aug 2015;).
      In Memory of
      Sr. Stephanie Marie Ruzicka
      May 7, 1919 - August 27, 2015
      SISTER STEPHANIE CSJ, (MARIE RUZICKA)
      Sister Stephanie of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada, Peterborough neighbourhood, entered into her eternal rest at Peterborough Regional Health Centre on August 27, 2015 in the 79th year of her religious life. She was the daughter of the late Charles Ruzicka and his wife Josephine Slavik.
      She is lovingly remembered by the members of her religious community as well her brother Robert Rose (Nettie) of Elliot Lake, ON and James Ruzicka of Viking AB, sister in law Ann Rose of Spruce Grove AB and many nieces, nephews.
      She is predeceased by her parents, brothers John J. Rose, Louis, Charles, Joseph, Arthur, Patrick and Sister Mary Grace.
      Sister Stephanie attended Peterborough Teacher's College and taught in Fort William, Wainwright, Clandonald, and Edmonton. She served the Sisters in Congregational service as the Juniorate Directress and as a member of the General Council. She served fourteen years as the General Treasurer of the Congregation. Sister also served in Lindsay and Wainwright with ministry in community services and thirteen years on a pastoral team. Upon retiring in 2004 Sister lived at Mount St. Joseph, Peterborough and engaged in the ministry of prayer and support to the Sisters in the infirmary.
      Visitation will be at Mount St. Joseph, 1555 Monaghan Road on Sunday, August 30th from 2-4 p.m. and 6:30-8:00 p.m. The Mass of Christian Burial will be at Mount St. Joseph, Peterborough, on Monday, August 31st at 11 a.m. This will be followed by interment at Highland Park Cemetery, Peterborough.

    3. [S673] Obituary of Sister Mary Grace RUZICKA, (Date: Mar 2014;).
      SISTER MARY GRACE, CSJ (THERESA ANTOINETTE RUZICKA)
      Of the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada, Peterborough neighbourhood, entered into her eternal rest at Mount St. Joseph, Peterborough, on March 13th in the 72nd year of her religious life. She was the daughter of Charles Ruzicka and Josephine (Slavik). She is lovingly remembered by the members of her religious community her sister, Sister Stephanie, brothers Robert Rose (Nettie) of Elliot Lake, ON and James Ruzicka of Viking Alberta, and sister-in-law Ann Rose, as well as many nieces and nephews.

      She is predeceased by her parents and brothers John, Louis, Charles, Joseph, Arthur, Patrick, and sister-in-law Mary.

      Sister Mary Grace received her early education in Alberta. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1942. Subsequently she attended Normal School in Edmonton and taught for many years in Clandonald, Jasper Place, and Edmonton, Alberta and at Honey Harbour, Ontario. For three years she was Assistant Consultant in the Religious Education Department in Peterborough. For ten years she was a member of .the Catechetical Team for the Archdiocese of Edmonton, as a Rural Consultant based in Wainwright. She served as Assistant to the General Superior in Peterborough for a four year term. Sr. Mary Grace once again returned to her beloved West and was part of the R.C.I.A. team for St. John’s Parish Edmonton and volunteered at the Cross Cancer Institute. Sister retired to Mount St. Joseph, Peterborough, in 2004.

      Visitation will be at Mount St. Joseph, 1555 Monaghan Road, on Sunday March 16, 2014 from 2:00 p.m.to 4:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

      The Mass of Christian Burial will be at Mount St. Joseph, Peterborough, on Monday March 17 at 10:30 a.m.

      This will be followed by interment at Highland Park Cemetery, Peterborough.

    4. [S806] 1921 Census of Canada, Alberta, Beaver, Kinsella, Sixth Census of Canada Schedule; Online Images, District No. 12, Enumeration Sub-District No. 16 in Kinsella Municipality.
      Lines 45 thru 48

    5. [S889] Certificate of Death of John Joseph ROSE, Registration No. 85-08-007569.
      Name of Deceased: John Joseph Rose
      Date of Death: Aug 06, 1985
      Place of Death: Edmonton
      Marital Status: Married
      Regular Residence: Warburg, Alberta
      Sex: Male
      Age: 69

    6. [S915] Alberta, Canada, Marriages Index,1898-1942.
      Name: Anna H. Staraba
      Gender: Female
      Marriage Date: 1943
      Marriage Place: Viking, Alberta, Canada
      Spouse: John J Rose
      Certificate Number: 1543

    7. [S1225] 1931 Census of Canada, Alberta, Electoral District No. 217, Camrose, Enumeration Sub-District No. 77, Seventh Census of Canada Schedule; Online Images, Municipality of Iron Creek 46-13.
      Lines 24 thru 31

    8. [S833] Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980.
      Residence Date: 1972
      Residence Place: Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada
      Electoral District: Wetaskiwin
      Occupation: Warburg
      Reference Number: M-6225

    9. [S64] Funeral Information Card for John Joseph ROSE.
      Born September 9th 1915 Viking, Alberta

    10. [S298] Obituary of Jack ROSE, (Name: Leduc Representative; Location: Leduc, Alberta, Canada; Date: 20 Aug 1985;), Page 11.
      Jack was born in Viking Sept. 9, 1915.

    11. [S888] Certificate of Baptism for John RUZICKA.
      Name: John Ruzicka
      Date of Birth: 9th September 1915
      Where Born: Viking, Alberta
      Date of Baptism: Sept. 14th, 1915
      Parents' Names: Charles Otto Ruzicka, Josephine Slavik
      Sponsors' Names: J. A. Dobry
      Dated: 29-May-1943

    12. [S298] Obituary of Jack ROSE, (Name: Leduc Representative; Location: Leduc, Alberta, Canada; Date: 20 Aug 1985;), Page 11.
      Jack Rose of Warburg died in an Edmonton hospital Aug. 6.

    13. [S773] Obituary of Anne ROSE, (Name: Edmonton Journal; Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Date: 22 Feb 2016;).
      ROSE, Anne
      July 10, 1921 – February 17, 2016
      Our beloved mother, Anna Henrietta Rose of Warburg, Alberta passed away on February 17, 2016 at the age of 94 years.
      She will be lovingly remembered by her children Pat (Louise), Stan (Geralyn), Margaret, Jo-Anne (Richard), Michael (Alison) and Marian as well as a baker's dozen of grandchildren and an ever-expanding herd of great-grandchildren.
      She was predeceased by Jack Rose, her loving husband of 43 years, and her sister, Mary Lawson.
      A funeral mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 25 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church at 200 Boundary Road, North of Highway 16A (Stony Plain Road) in Spruce Grove, Alberta.
      Anne will be interred in the Warburg cemetery in the spring of 2016 and a ceremony and lunch will be held in Warburg at that time. Time and date to be announced.
      In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in the name of Anne Rose to Bosco Homes, 6770 – 129th Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5C 1V7 or the Canadian Diabetes Association.
      Our family wishes to send a special thank you to the staff at Touchmark at Wedgewood. Your caring support for our mother will always be remembered.

    14. [S849] Funeral Program of Anna Henrietta ROSE, (Name: Connelly - McKinley Funeral Homes; Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Date: Abt. 25 Feb 2016;).
      Anna Henrietta Rose
      Born
      July 10, 1921
      Pitin, Czechoslovakia
      Passed Away
      February 17, 2016
      Edmonton, Alberta
      Our beloved mother, Anna Henrietta Rose of Warburg, Alberta passed away on February 17, 2016 at the age of 94 years.
      She will be lovingly remembered by her children: Pat (Louise), Stan (Geralyn), Margaret, Jo-Anne (Richard), Michael (Alison) and Marian as well as baker's dozen of grandchildren and an ever-expanding herd of great-grandchildren. She was pre-deceased by Jack Rose, her loving husband of 43 years; and her sister, Mary Lawson.
      [...]
      Pallbearers
      Chad Zallas
      Sean Rose
      Chris Hrab
      Prosper Prodaniuk
      Miranda Annett
      Kelly John Rose

    15. [S1353] Obituary of Michael John Christopher ROSE, (Name: dignitymemorial.com;).
      Michael John Christopher Rose
      December 5, 1952 – December 11, 2024

      In Loving Memory

      Michael John Christopher Rose passed away in Edmonton on December 11. He was 72.

      Born December 5, 1952 to Anna (née Starobová) and Jack Rose, Michael grew up in a house that his dad built in Warburg, Alberta. One of six siblings, he was strong both athletically and academically in high school. He played football, basketball, and volleyball, and was offered a full scholarship to study mathematics at University.

      Michael fell in love with Alison Rose (née MacDonald) in winter 1975, and together they raised their three children Chris, Miranda, and Simon in Grande Prairie and remained lifelong friends.

      Michael was a devoted father and d?da. He gave his children the sky, sharing his love of skydiving with his family (undeterred by Alison’s broken ankle on a rough landing), and sending the family to see the second-last flight of the space shuttle Atlantis at Cape Canaveral. He gave them music, playing Christmas songs on the family’s upright piano while the kids fought to accompany him, playing the high part of Silver Bells.

      He briefly studied Chemistry at the University of Alberta before joining Alberta Transportation, where he continued to study chemistry in a more personal way as part of a survey crew. He also built safe and reliable roads connecting Northern Alberta for over 40 years, until his reluctant retirement in 2020. He built Highway 40 from Grande Prairie to Grande Cache, and likely walked the entire length of Highway 43 between Edmonton and Grande Prairie at various times with the help of all three of his children.

      Michael loved to travel. A family favorite was Wild Roses ‘93, a road trip spent camping, picking cloudberries, and counting waterfalls and license plates from Grande Prairie to Whitehorse, Dawson City, Inuvik and back, leaving behind a trail of flat tires. Later, his trips included family beach resort vacations in the Caribbean, adventuring with Miranda in South America and Antarctica, taking Chris and Matt to Madagascar, and frequently visiting Simon when he settled in Sweden. Proud of his Czech heritage, Michael was glad to get to visit the village of Pitín from which his mother emigrated to Canada at age 13.

      He loved to meet people and listen to their stories, and would strike up conversation with a stranger any time he was waiting in line. He could, and would, say thank you or order “a cold beer, please” in every language belonging to anyone he ever met.

      For Michael, being five minutes early was ten minutes late. To avoid this dreaded fate, he would stand by the door with his shoes on and bag packed 30 minutes before the agreed departure time. He was an inveterate travel optimizer, who would work out the ideal route between any two points based on an intricate analysis of traffic lights, turn lanes, and current construction and weather conditions, and had a nearly supernatural sense of direction. He always drove steadily at exactly the speed limit, which meant he arrived just when he planned.

      He enjoyed playing pool, bridge, cribbage, and mahjong with his family, snuggling his two cats, tending his garden filled with carrots, peas, and an incredible raspberry patch, picking copious quantities of Saskatoons, watching his grandchildren’s sporting endeavours, listening to them geek out about their passions, and sharing a pint or a spicy gin Caesar, no straw, with friends at his local pub.

      Michael is survived by his children, Chris Rose (Helen Montgomery), Miranda Annett, and Simon Rose (Kim Nicholas); grandchildren, Matthew Darwin Rose and Sophie, Desmond, and Seamus Annett; his ex-wife and dear friend, Alison Rose; and five siblings: Pat Rose, Stan Rose, Margaret Rose, Jo-Anne Doll, and Marian Rose. A memorial service will be held on Thursday December 19 at 2pm at Memories Funeral Home, 13403 St Albert Trail NW, Edmonton. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute.

    16. [S298] Obituary of Jack ROSE, (Name: Leduc Representative; Location: Leduc, Alberta, Canada; Date: 20 Aug 1985;), Page 11.
      A funeral service ws [sic] held in St. Charles Church Aug. 10.

    17. [S298] Obituary of Jack ROSE, (Name: Leduc Representative; Location: Leduc, Alberta, Canada; Date: 20 Aug 1985;), Page 11.
      He married Anne Staroba in Viking July 10, 1943.


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