Leone Marilyn Rosi, formerly Edwards, passed away on October 13, 2018, at IU Health Arnett Hospital in Lafayette, IN, with her loving husband and daughter at her side. Marilyn, as she was known, was born in Wenatchee, WA, on November 18, 1934, to Carl and Leone Edwards. She grew up on the family property onContinue Reading
Leone Marilyn Rosi, formerly Edwards, passed away on October 13, 2018, at IU Health
Arnett Hospital in Lafayette, IN, with her loving husband and daughter at her side.
Marilyn, as she was known, was born in Wenatchee, WA, on November 18, 1934, to
Carl and Leone Edwards. She grew up on the family property on the banks of the
Columbia River outside Wenatchee. She attended Sunnyslope Elementary School and
then graduated from Wenatchee High School in 1952. Marilyn met her first husband,
- Hays with the US Forest Service, while serving as a forest fire lookout on the
Wenatchee National Forest. Always one for adventure, she insisted they start their
lives together in the great territory of Alaska which was not even a state at that time.
Together in Ketchikan, Alaska, they had 2 children, Hilary and Bruce. In 1964 they
transferred to northwest Montana where their third child, Christian, was born. However,
they missed Alaska terribly and eventually obtained a transfer back to Alaska, this time
to Sitka. Marilyn loved her life back in Alaska and greatly enjoyed the Alaska Day
celebrations, the Sitka Summer Music Festival, walking through Totem Park, working at
the Pioneer Home kitchen, and all the wonderful friends she made.
Marilyn also met her second husband, Peter Rosi MD, in Sitka and together they forged
a new life, first in Washington State and eventually landing back in Chicago where
Peter was from. Although Chicago was certainly a different world to Marilyn, she rose
to the occasion and soon had a very close-knit group of friends with whom she enjoyed
working out most days at the local gym and going for coffee and visiting after. She was
also active with Peter in the Orthodox Catholic religion, first in Sitka and then in
Chicago. In their later years, Marilyn and Peter moved to Montana for a bit and then
back to the midwest.
Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents, her sister June Edwards Blank, her
brothers Carl Warren Edwards and Gary Edwards.
Marilyn is survived by her husband Peter Rosi MD, of Lafayette, IN, daughter Hilary
(Larry) Bush of Missoula, Montana, sons Bruce Hays of Missoula, and Christian Hays of
Talent, Oregon. Marilyn is also survived by her four grandchildren, Carl and Eric Bush,
and Lucinda and Gwenyth Hays. The family wishes to recognize and thank Tim and
Kelly Rosi, Peter’s son and daughter-in-law, of Lafayette, for their dedicated care of
Marilyn in her last year of life.
A graveside service will be held on Friday, October 19, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Elmhurst
Cemetery in Romney, IN, with arrangements being handled by Soller Baker Funeral
Home in Lafayette, IN.
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