SYRACUSE – Robert J. “Bob” Rose, 79, of Leesburg, died Sept. 16, 2012, at Mason’s Health & Rehab, Warsaw.
He was born May 2, 1933, in Cornwall, N.Y., to Charles and Agnes Parker Rose. On Dec. 14, 1974, he married Donna Jean Emmons, who survives.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran, retiring in 1972 after 22 years of service. He had at one time been stationed on the USS Missouri. He later became a contractor for the government and retired from civilian duty in 1987. He was a member of North Webster American Legion and Syracuse Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Also surviving are two daughters, Sherry Ann McCarthy and Ellen Mary Beck; two stepsons, Michael Emmons and Jeffrey Lynn Highley; and a brother, James Howard Rose. He was preceded in death by four brothers and four sisters.
A memorial service will be at a later date at Eastlund Funeral Home, Syracuse.
