Nina Rae Rose

Nina Rae Rose, one of four children of Bertha Jennie (Swarnes) and Harry Ray Stifle, was born on October 6, 1928 in Carson, Iowa. She grew up in the Carson area where she attended country school and graduated from Carson High School in 1946.

Nina and Fay Edward Rose were united in marriage on November 4, 1946, at her parents' home in Carson. Their marriage was blessed with four children Goldie, Gary, Garnett, and Floyd.

Nina was a devoted wife, homemaker and loving mother. She was a member of the Carson United Methodist Church and the Carson American Legion Auxiliary. Nina enjoyed sewing and crafts, tending to her flowers, playing bingo, and painting.

Nina and Fay were married 55 years when Fay passed away on January 22, 2002. She continued to live in Carson until May of 2008, when she moved to Oakland Heights Assisted Living in Oakland, Iowa.

Nina passed away on May 14, 2012 at Jennie Edmundson Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa at the age of 83 years, 7 months, and 8 days. She was preceded in death by her parents; beloved husband Fay Rose; son Gary Rose; sister Anna Mae White; brothers-in-law, Robert Chantry, Floyd Rose and wife Lela, Ernest Rose and wife Eleanor, Delbert Rose and wife Beulah, Gene Rose, and Clarence Rose; and sisters-in-law, Elizabeth Peterson and Barbara Jacobs.

Nina is survived by her daughters, Goldie Drawbond and husband Loyd of Albuquerque, NM, and Garnett Petersen and husband Dan of Elk Horn, IA; son Eric Rose and wife Penelope of Bellevue, NE; seven grandchildren; three great grandchildren; brother Martin Stifle and wife Phyllis of Council Bluffs, IA; sister Lottie Chantry of Omaha, NE; brother-in-law Frank Rose and wife Dixie of Carson; sisters-in-law, Laura Rose, and Sydney Rose, both of Carson, and Larene Rose of Osceola, IA; many nieces and nephews; and other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Saturday, May 19, 2012 at the Loess Hills Funeral Home in Carson with interment in the Wheeler Grove Cemetery. Memorials suggested to Carson American Legion Auxiliary or Carson American Legion Project. Loess Hills Funeral Home (formerly Hertz Funeral) of Carson in charge of arrangements.