Florentine H. Rose, 82, of Celina, died at 3:35 p.m. Oct. 30, 2006, at Celina Manor Nursing Home.

She was born Aug. 12, 1924, in St. Rose, to Albert and Anna Hartings Evers. On Sept. 1, 1948, she married Arlington M. Rose, who died Dec. 3, 2001.

Survivors are three sons, Larry, Texas, David (Chris), Wooster, and Rick (Teresa), Celina; two daughters, Marlene Stephenson, Celina, and Lois Ann (Donald) Baumer, Minster; a brother, Cyril (Phyllis) Evers, St. Henry; two sisters-in-law, Dolores Scott, Granite City, Ill., and Mary Helen Rose, New Bremen; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

She was a homemaker and the first cook at Celina Manor Nursing Home. She worked there, 22 years, from its opening in 1978 until retirement in 1999. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Celina, and its Daughters of Isabella and Altar Rosary Society.

Services are 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church. Burial is at the church cemetery.

Calling is 2-8 p.m. Thursday at W.H. Dick & Sons-Hellwarth Funeral Home, Celina.

Contributions can be made to Immaculate Conception Education Endowment Fund or Cheryl Ann Bobcats Special Olympics Fund.