Clarence A. Rose

Clarence Arthur Rose, one of ten children of William Clarence Rose and Goldie Almyra (Miler) Rose, was born in Carson, Iowa on June 16, 1932. Clarence grew up in Carson where he attended school before enlisting in the United States Navy. During the Korean War, Clarence was most proud of his involvement with the testing of the first hydrogen bomb, known as Operation Ivy. Following the war, Clarence moved to Council Bluffs, Iowa and began working for the General Services Administration. He was assigned to the Omaha, Nebraska Post Office and later the Federal Building in Council Bluffs. It was there he met Sydney Anne (Weisdorfer) Ramsey. The couple instantly fell in love and were married in Omaha 13 days later on April 16, 1960.

Clarence and Sydney made their home in Council Bluffs and were blessed with four children; Jim, April, Lee and John. Clarence always kept busy with his family and at work where he eventually took a position as a regional building inspector for the Department of General Civil Services. In January of 1977, the family moved to Carson, Iowa. Clarence traveled a four state area, inspecting each federal building. At home he was a member of the Carson American Legion Post 556 and he always enjoyed spending time with his family and grandchildren.

Clarence and Sydney had been married nearly 50 years when Clarence died at the Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital in Council Bluffs on March 14, 2010, at the age of 77 years, 8 months, and 28 days.

Clarence was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Floyd Rose and wife Lela, Ernest Rose and wife Eleanor, Fay Rose, Delbert Rose, and Eugene Rose; and sisters, Elizabeth Peterson and Barbara Jacobs.

Clarence is survived by his wife Sydney Rose of Carson, children; Jim Rose and wife Glory of Avoca, IA, April Hartley and husband Danny of Bluffton, IN, Lee Rose of Council Bluffs, IA, and John Rose of Macedonia; brother Frank Rose and wife Dixie; and sister Laura Rose, all of Carson; sisters-in-law, Larene Rose of Pratt, KS, and Nina Rose and Beulah Rose, both of Oakland, four grandchildren, two great grandchildren, nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.

Memorials may be directed to the family.

Private interment in Wheeler Grove Cemetery.