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ROSE MARION VIERLING SLUTZ PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 26, 2015, AT HER HOME IN VERO BEACH, FLORIDA. SHE WAS 94 YEARS OLD.
A CAREER U.S. FOREIGN SERVICE SPOUSE, ROSE SERVED WITH HER HUSBAND, ROBERT (BOB) FLEMING SLUTZ JR, IN WASHINGTON, D.C. (1951-55, 1964-68 AND 1977-79); PALERMO, ITALY (1956-58); BANGKOK, THAILAND (1958-64); JAKARTA, INDONESIA (1968-72); AND MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES (1972-76). WHEN BOB WAS CONSUL GENERAL IN ASMARA, ETHIOPIA (1976-77), ROSE RESIDED IN ADDIS ABABA. ROSE AND BOB RETIRED TO VERO BEACH, FLORIDA AND ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA IN 1979.
ROSE GRADUATED FROM DEPAUW UNIVERSITY, GREENCASTLE, INDIANA (1943) WHERE SHE WAS A MEMBER AND OFFICER OF THE ALPHA OMICRON PI CHAPTER. SHE WORKED FOR IBM IN CHICAGO AS A MACHINE REPAIR SPECIALIST DURING WORLD WAR II AND AS THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HOME STUDY PROGRAM COORDINATOR IN THE LATE 1940�S. DURING HER FOREIGN SERVICE CAREER, ROSE WAS ACTIVE IN THE AMERICAN WOMEN�S ASSOCIATION: FOR HER SERVICE AS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE WELFARE COMMITTEE OF THE AWA IN BANGKOK, SHE WAS COMMENDED BY QUEEN SIRIKIT OF THAILAND. IN RETIREMENT, ROSE WAS ACTIVE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND AS AN ADVOCATE OF WOMEN�S RIGHTS, INCLUDING PRO CHOICE. SHE ALSO CHAMPIONED ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA.
ROSE AND BOB WERE MARRIED FOR 66 YEARS, UNTIL BOB�S DEATH IN 2009. ROSE IS SURVIVED BY HER FOUR CHILDREN (PAMELA, ROBERT III, MARJORIE AND CHRISTOPHER), NINE GRANDCHILDREN, FIVE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, FOUR NIECES, AND SIX NEPHEWS.
ROSE�S ASHES WILL BE BURIED WITH HER PARENTS AT MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY IN ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA. AT ROSE�S REQUEST, NO MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD.
CONDOLENCES MAY BE POSTED BELOW.
DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE �MACULAR DEGENERATION, DIABETIC RETINOPATHY AND OTHER RETINAL DISEASES� PROGRAM AT THE WILMER EYE INSTITUTE OF JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, IN MEMORY OF ROSE SLUTZ.
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