Passed away gracefully in St. John’s, NL on Thursday, November 22, 2023 with her loving family and several close friends at her side. Rose was born on January 12, 1927 in Conche, NL.
She was predeceased by her husband Thomas John (1931 - 1991), parents Joseph and Ellen (Kearney) Hunt; Parents-in-law Peter and Adell (Byrne) Casey; adoptive parents Mary (Hunt) and John Brown and their children Margaret (Elias), Mary Theresa (John), Johnnie and Mick; siblings Adelle Hunt, Margaret (Herbert Bromley), Rita (Leonard Abbott), Jack Hunt (Annie), Jim Hunt (Nell) and Edmond who had passed as a baby, William Hunt (Margaret); brothers-in-law Stephen Casey and Jim Casey; sisters-in-law, Annie Hunt, Evangeline Casey, Margaret Hunt, Anne Casey-Bromley and Mary Casey-Blanchard.
Left to celebrate her life are her children Gordon (Marian Coleman), Terry (Rosina O’Dell), Judy (Jerry Pulchan) and Theresa (Terry Foley). Her grandchildren Andrew (Erica), Michael (Jessica) and Katherine (Luke) Casey; Alexander Pulchan; Marc and Robyn (Nicole) Foley. Her great-grandchildren Jack, Thomas and Noa Casey; Nora and Wren Casey; Alyssa Carew and Colton Foley. Also left to sing her praises are her brothers-in-law Edward Blanchard, Edward Bromley and sister-in-law Loretta Casey and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mom had a large extended family and numerous lifelong friends in Conche, Corner Brook, L’Anse au Loup, Goulds and St. John’s, just to name a few, who will regale her stories for years to come.
A special thanks must be made to her very special friend Joan Woodrow who ensured mom took many shopping trips, played hands of cards and always had an unlimited supply of chocolate chip cookies. Joan read to her, sang her favorite tunes and prayed with her. Our family will always be grateful for Joan’s attention and the unconditional love she showed so unselfishly during her visits to Conche and then to Saint Luke’s Long Term Care Home when mom became a resident in December 2020.
Also special thanks to two of her many special Conche friends Patsy Hunt-McGrath and Alice Simmonds-Flynn and her three unofficially adopted sons Bert Bennett, Pat Pike and Gary Carroll.
Our love and gratitude will always be extended to the staff and residents of Saint Luke’s Home for their kindness, love, compassion and understanding to mom. Many of them from Trinity Square and Inglewood who visited her in her final hours. We were so impacted by their love for her.
Mom also spent time at the Labrador South Long Term Care Health Center located in Forteau, Labrador in 2020. We thank the many workers and visitors who made her time there comfortable during the early restrictions of COVID visiting.
Visitation will take place at Barrett’s Funeral Home, 328 Hamilton Avenue, St. John’s, November 24, from 2-8 p.m. and at the Sacred Heart Church in Conche on Monday, November 27 from 2-4 and wake service 7pm.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Sacred Heart Church in Conche on Tuesday, November 28 at 10:30 a.m., Co-Celebrants Father George Thotra and Father Edward Terry, followed by interment at the Conche Community Cemetery.
In lieu of Flowers and as expressions of sympathy, donations may be made via mail to the Sacred Heart Church Cemetery Fund, Conche, NL A0K 1Y0; or e-transfer to terrycfeild61@yahoo.ca [Official Tax Receipts will be issued.]
Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Barrett’s Funeral home, St. John’s and Kerry M. Fillatre Funeral Home, St. Anthony.
“If there is a way to figure out how to cheat at a hand of cards, bake a batch of bread and cook a ‘feed’ of salmon, star in a concert…under the watchful eye of the Good Lord…rest assured…Sweet Rose will find it.”
Though her smile is gone forever and her hand we cannot touch, we still have so many memories of the one we loved so much. Her memory is now our keepsake with which we’ll never part. God has her in good keeping, we have her in our hearts. Sadly Missed, but never forgotten.
Visitation to take place from the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church in Conche on Monday, November 27, 2023. The funeral will be held at10:30 am on Tuesday, November 28, 2023 with Fr. George officiating. Interment to follow in the new Roman Catholic Cemetery.
