Mrs. Rose Graham

It is with great sadness that the family announces the death of Rose Graham which occurred Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at Sherbrooke Community Centre in Saskatoon after recurring bouts of pneumonia. Rose Graham will be remembered by her three sons, James Kenneth, Robert Charles (and his wife Sharon Francis), and David Brian (and his partner Cindy Elchuk); and by her grandchildren Sara Irena (Kris Kozmanuik, Autumn, Echo, River) and Derrick Paul Francis (Sandy, Dayton, Allisha) and Christopher Brian; and her nephews Ralph (Betty) Vickaryous and Roger Vickaryous and nieces Reta (Thomas) Fisher and Bernice Busse. Rose was predeceased by her parents Charles Wilkin Black and Charlotte Anne Fardel, her sisters Dora (Mike) Vickaryous and Isobel Black, her husband Robert Kenneth, and nephews Morris Vickaryous, Raymond Vickaryous, Donald Vickaryous and Lawrence Vickaryous and daughter-in-law Joanne Geres. Rose was born in Nokomis, and moved to Saskatoon to become a nurse and was in the graduating class of 1941 at Saskatoon City Hospital. Laurel Davey, Lorna Fox and Dorothy Parkinson were among the life-long friendships that were formed at City Hospital. Nurse’s reunions were an opportunity for Rose to reminisce with her friends about those wild and happy times. On May 28, 1943 she married Robert Kenneth Graham and moved to the farm west of Saskatoon, and barely outside the city limits, where they raised three sons. Rose was involved in the community, in particular the UCW (United Church Women) and the local church. In 1983 they celebrated their fortieth wedding anniversary. In 1992 memory loss and the frailty that comes with old age forced a move to Sherbrooke Community Centre. Many of the caregivers at Sherbrooke have vivid memories of Rose’s cheerfulness and her desire to cuddle.