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Rosemary Virginia “Rosie” Holmes Oakley

Birth	:	30 May 1923 Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Death	:	21 Oct 2012 Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	,
Plot	:	Garden Of Devotion - Section 4
Description	:	Rosemary Wheat "Rosie" Oakley, 89, of Fredericksburg died Sunday, October 21, 2012 at Mary Washington Hospital. She was born May 30, 1923 in Washington, D. C. and moved to Fredericksburg in 1941. She was the bookkeeper at Roxbury Mills for many years and retired from the Fredericksburg Credit Bureau in 1992. Survivors include her son, Kenneth Wheat and his wife, Carolyn of Spotsylvania County, daughters Pamela Horton and her husband, Craig of Spotsylvania and Carol Rohme of Fredericksburg; five grandchildren, Kevin Pitts and his wife, Caryn of Fredericksburg, Janelle Smith and her husband Jimmy of Stafford County, Valerie Staats of... Read More	Rosemary Wheat "Rosie" Oakley, 89, of Fredericksburg died Sunday, October 21, 2012 at Mary Washington Hospital. She was born May 30, 1923 in Washington, D. C. and moved to Fredericksburg in 1941. She was the bookkeeper at Roxbury Mills for many years and retired from the Fredericksburg Credit Bureau in 1992. Survivors include her son, Kenneth Wheat and his wife, Carolyn of Spotsylvania County, daughters Pamela Horton and her husband, Craig of Spotsylvania and Carol Rohme of Fredericksburg; five grandchildren, Kevin Pitts and his wife, Caryn of Fredericksburg, Janelle Smith and her husband Jimmy of Stafford County, Valerie Staats of Spotsylvania, Heather Gray and her husband, Scott of California and Aaron Horton of Spotsylvania; and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her first husband, of 49 years, Jack E. Wheat and was married to Howard Oakley until his death in 2007; daughter, Beverly Jane Wheat; granddaughter, Kelly Marie Horton and a brother, Donald Holmes. Rosie stayed busy as a youngster. In school she played competitive sports, volleyball, tennis and roller skating. She played piano and violin in the school orchestra. She loved to bowl, pitch horseshoes, shoot pool, fishing and camping and when she was no longer physically able to participate in these sports, she played cards, scrabble, yahtzee and spent hours on her computer. Raising her children didn't stop Rosie from being active. In the early 1970's she organized (CYW) Control Your Weight, in the Ferry Farm area where she lived. The club stayed active for many years. She was a gray Lady at MWH and while attending the First Christian Church in Fredericksburg she played the piano and organ and was instrumental in organizing the first children's choir there. Rosie and her husband often chaperoned the marching bands on out of town trips from 1950 through 1972, first at James Monroe High and then at Stafford High. She was a member of the Ferry Farm Baptist Church. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 24 at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 501 St Jude Place Memphis, TN 38105 or to Make-A-Wish Foundation of America, Gift Processing Center P.O. Box 6062Albert Lea, MN 56007-6662.

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