BOURBON – Rose B. Walters, age 79, of Bourbon, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in Memorial Hospital of South Bend.
The daughter of Arnold and Clarabel Carey Flory, she was born in Bremen, Ind., on April 19, 1940. She has been a lifelong resident of Marshall County, where she graduated from Tippecanoe High School with the Class of 1958.
Rose retired from Biomet Orthopedics on June 1, 2006, where she was a trimmer of orthopedic products. She had a passion for the 4-H program, where had been a 4-H leader and supporter for many years, and she really enjoyed the dress review competition and was a Bluebird leader. In her spare time, she enjoyed her home, sewing, cooking, her flower gardens, but most of all watching her daughter and grandchildren participate in Trion sports and 4-H. But most of all, she loved visiting with people when her husband Herschel pitched horseshoes. She was his biggest fan.
On June 1, 1960, she married the love of her life, Herschel. They had daughter, Kelly Dawn (husband Orlin Miller), of Tippecanoe; granddaughters: Whitney (Ambrose) and husband Scott Ballinger, of Bourbon, and Erica and husband Aaron Zell, of Kenosha, Wis.
Rose was from a family of eight. Those left to remember Rose were her siblings, Audrey and Bill Griffis, of Mentone; Lewis and Peg Flory, of Rochester; Jerry and Glenda Flory, of Tippecanoe; Lorraine and Tom Devros, of Tippecanoe; and Duane and Cathy Flory, of Tippecanoe. Additions to the family were 22 nieces and nephews, along with about 100 great-nieces and great-nephews; sister-in-law, Verna and Wayne Carlan, of Warsaw; and brother-in-law, Duane and Geneal Walters, of Tippecanoe. Those who have preceded in death were her parents; sister, Anita Crawford; and two brothers, Doug and Doyle.
The family will receive friends for a time of visitation from 4 to 8 p.m. today, Oct. 21, in Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, 115 S. Main St., Bourbon, IN 46504. A service to celebrate Rose’s life will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in the funeral home, with Orlin Miller, son-in-law, officiating. Burial will take place in Summit Chapel Cemetery, Tippecanoe, Ind.
The Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home is honored to be entrusted with the arrangements for the family.
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Memorials in her memory to Marshall County 4-H program.
Friends are invited to sign the online guestbook and share memories at www.deatonclemensfuneralhome.com.
