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Rosemary "Ropes" Volpp Garcia

Reno, Nevada

May 22, 1949 - May 7, 2024

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Rosemary Lynn Volpp Garcia passed away peacefully in South Reno the morning of May 7, 2024, two weeks before her seventy-fifth birthday.

Rosemary was a beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, and teacher. She was born May 22, 1949 in Lynwood, California. In ninth grade she met the love of her life, Ronald Mark Garcia. Rosemary graduated from Lynwood High School in 1967 and attended Whittier College. In 1969, Ron and Rosemary were married and moved to Northern California. Rosemary graduated from Mills College in 1971 with a degree in Sociology. Ron and Rosemary soon returned to Southern California and built a beautiful home in the hills of Orange.

Rosemary believed strongly that all children deserve love and the opportunity to learn. While raising her own three children in the 1980s, she returned to school and earned her teaching credential at Chapman College. Rosemary taught fifth and third grade for several years at Salem Lutheran School in Orange. After she moved with her family to Reno, Nevada in 1995, Rosemary taught special education and third grade at Hunsberger Elementary School for over a decade. She earned her Masters of Education in Special Education from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2002. Rosemary touched the lives of many students with her care and commitment. After she retired from teaching in 2009, Rosemary found great joy in being a grandparent, and showered her grandchildren with the same love she shared with her children and students.

Rosemary will be dearly missed by her loving husband of 54 years, Ron, her three children, Adam Paul Garcia, Jess Smith Garcia, and Amanda Rosemary Garcia, son-in-law Travis Olsen Brandon, grandchildren Alder Garcia Brandon, Rosemary Garcia Brandon, Arabella Garcia, and Will Rolfe, her brother and sister-in-law Paul Andrew Volpp and Teri Dale Volpp, and many friends. She was predeceased by her parents Paul Edward Volpp and Rosemary Chidester Volpp. A heartfelt thank you to Rosemary’s dedicated caregivers for their loving kindness these past several months.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Rosemary’s honor to one of the following organizations: the Food Bank of Northern Nevada (https://fbnn.org/) the Alzheimer’s Association (https://www.alz.org/) or Children’s Hospital of Orange County (https://www.choc.org/).