Rosemarie A. Petri

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Rosemarie A. Petri

Vrouwelijk 1932 - 2021  (89 jaar)


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  1. 1.  Rosemarie A. Petri is geboren on 21 jun 1932 in Chicago, IL; is gestorven on 12 dec 2021 in Lena, IL.

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    TV news reporter for Channel 23, Rockford, IL. for many years.

    Received certificate as member in good standing of the International Society of Poets, 1995-96 and certificate for Editor's Choice Award for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry. Her poem, titled "The Second Key"

    starts this way: "My people were torn from their families and friends, Captured and sold by their fellowman. To work as slaves in another land.

    To pick cotton -- become property -- no longer man." It goes on to tell how Abraham Lincoln "gave us a key" and ends with the soul triumphant.

    Rose has also written the words for the songs "Shannon" and "Lena" 1998: Honored along with 4 other alumni of Highland Community College ...

    Distinguished Alumni Award. Chosen because of dedication to their communities, through community leadership. Rose led the way for adult retraining at HCC, enrolling as an adult student in 1972

    https://www.leamonfh.com/obituary/rosemarie-terhark

    Rosemarie TerHark, 89, of Lena, IL. passed away Dec. 12, 2021, at Freeport Memorial Hospital. Rosie was born on June 21, 1932, in Chicago to Hans and Marie Petri, who were immigrants of Germany and Saxony. Her family moved to Lena in 1939. A graduate of Lena High School, she attended Highland Community College, and Wittenburg University in Ohio.

    She married Lowell TerHark in Shannon in 1953. After Lowell’s service in the army, they farmed with Lowell’s father in Shannon for many years raising registered dairy cattle. Rose began news reporting for channel 23 in Rockford in 1969 until her retirement in 1994. She especially enjoyed reporting about local farm agriculture stories and tried to include positive, encouraging stories about “good things” happening in her community.

    She served on many committees in the area. She loved music and played in the Freeport Concert Band. She taught horsemanship classes for HCC and was secretary for the State Saddle Horse Association. She was very interested in alternative energy and writing music and poetry. In 1998, she and Lowell moved to Lena, IL where they enjoyed retirement until Lowell’s death in 2014.

    Rose enjoyed spending time with friends & family and made elaborate holiday dinners. Most of all, she enjoyed her grandchildren and was a wonderful “Omie”.

    Rose is survived by her three children, Steven (Laurie) TerHark, Heidi (Cody) Calzavara, and Dan (Gabriela) TerHark, 7 grandchildren, and 3 great grandchildren.

    She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Lowell, her parents, and her stepbrother Hans (Edith) Petri.

    Visitation will be Saturday, December 18, 2021, from 10:00a.m. to 11:00a.m. at Leamon Funeral Home in Lena.

    Funeral Service to follow on December 18, 2021, at 11:00a.m. at Leamon Funeral Home in Lena

    Officiating will be Reverend Ric Bader

    Rosemarie getrouwd Lowell Terhark on 29 aug 1953. Lowell (zoon van Frederick Terhark en Grace Bicksler) is geboren on 4 dec 1930; is gestorven vóór dec 2021. [Gezinsblad]

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