Memorial, spreading mom/dad's ashes in the ocean

Charlotte or “Grandma Roses” to me (us) will be etched in my mind with her warm and welcoming smile, hugs and conversation. Her positive and fun-loving attitude, despite the challenges her body kept handing her,  always amazed me. Those are lasting memories I will keep !

I went to Glenbard high school with Charlotte.  Our parents were friends.  Charlotte and her mother put together a surprise wedding shower for me.  She was as happy as I was.  Charlotte met my uncle Jim at my wedding.  What a beautiful couple.  God works in wonders ways.  She left a  lot of wonderful memories to a lot of people.

I first met Charlotte in Jr. High School in Glen Ellyn, IL  where we both grew up. When we moved on to Glenbard High School we  belonged to a group of 13 girls who stayed together through high school.  We shared dinners before basketball games, birthdays, overnights,  football games; any social function we all tried to attend together.  When we graduated high school Charlotte and I were secretaries in Chicago. We worked just a block from each other and often enjoyed lunch together or shopping at The Fair or Goldblatts department stores, eating a sandwich as we ran to shop and return to work in an hour.I

I don't ever remember Charlotte (I used to call her Char Lottie)  without a big smile on her face or a smile in her voice.  Her beautiful soul always shined for all to enjoy.  I feel so blessed to have been her friend and then to meet her two beautiful children, Carol and Bill.  They are indeed reflections of their parents.

My condolences to the family.

With love,

Judie Thompson Hoffman

My condolences to Charlotte's family. I first met Charlotte at Platte Canyon Community Church in Bailey, Colorado.  I well remember having dinner in Bill and Charlotte’s home and when we had finished eating, Charlotte’s plate had been untouched!  She was quite the communicator 😘.  One day while driving her home from the church, we stopped along the road in Pine Junction and I shared the Gospel with her to which she readily acknowledged wanting to have a relationship with Him.  We prayed, then journeyed on around the corner down to her house where I left her with a huge hug!! 💕. She was such a sweel soul and I know she will be missed terribly by her children and others.  May God give you comfort in knowing she’s with her Savior now.