Rosalind "Roz" Burkhart

Rosalind Cornelia Pool, 90, was born as a surprise just after her twin sister Raynette Corrine Pool on October 8, 1932 at her home in Ontario, Oregon to Verna Taylor Pool and Charles Riley Pool. With her two grandmothers in attendance the girls and mother survived the delivery. Rosalind's early years were in Ontario, her mother working at the 5 and Dime and father a carpenter and grandmothers watching them as needed. When WW2 came along, they moved west as Charlie worked as a carpenter on ships. She attended several grade schools in the Portland area and graduated from Grant High in 1950.
In the fall Rosalind and Raynette were off to Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa, Idaho. She soon met the "big man on campus" David James Burkhart from College Place, Washington and they married on May 6, 1951 in Portland. After honeymooning at Cannon Beach, the couple finished the school year and then moved to the Pomona Ranch, Dave's mother's family apple orchard near Dayton, Washington for the summer. That fall they moved to Pullman, Washington for Dave to take horticulture classes to become manager at the orchards. They welcomed their first child, Deborah Ray, in April and soon were back on the ranch. Stephen David and Becky Sue were then born in Dayton. She worked at the local newspaper doing the teletype machine, played piano and sang at the Nazarene church and the family lived there until January 1961 when Dave took an OSU Extension job in Milton-Freewater. Now going by "Roz", she worked as a school secretary, bank teller, licenser at a car dealership as well as teaching Sunday School at the Christian Church, playing the piano, painting, drawing, playing bridge and learning to play the organ. Roz always wanted to move back to the green of western Oregon. They did just that in fall of 1970 to Corvallis for 9 months while Dave got his Master's Degree. She worked for the manager of the OSU Bookstore and loved reconnecting with all her valley family and friends. Then back to Milton-Freewater for two years and then in 1973 Dave became the OSU Extension Chairman agent for Hood River County. Roz played the organ for the Hood River Christian Church and for funerals. She worked for an attorney and the county as well as kept painting. Roz loved doing jigsaw puzzles and her family spent a lot of time with her completing them. Dave retired and then passed away in 2008. Roz then needed medical care and she lived in Beaverton in assisted living until March 2022. She has resided at Hawks Ridge in Hood River until her passing July 27, 2023. Roz still wore her bright clothing with jewelry and makeup every day and loved to go out to lunch. She loved celebrating her 90 birthday with her twin sister and families and saying "Well, I'm 90 now you know". Special thanks to Chaplin Barbara Clark. A celebration will be held Friday, August 18 at 11.30 am. at Anderson Tribute Center Hood River, Oregon. A light lunch will follow. Roz will be interred with Dave at Hood River Cemetery remembrance wall.
Roz is survived by sister Rae Ludlow of Redmond, Oregon, children Deborah Johns (Bob), Athena, Stephen Burkhart, Hood River and Becky Young of Tigard. Grandchildren Maurice and Meghan Johns, Scott Burkhart (Makala) and Caitlin Burkhart Schubert (Mac) and Will Young (Emilie). Great grandchildren are Brandt, Merritt and Gemma Burkhart, Hunter and Winnie Schubert, Mia, Lia and Jackson Young, sisters-in-law and brother-in-law and many cousins, nieces and nephews that loved Aunt Roz.
Memorial Service & Reception are planned for 11:30 a.m., Friday, August 18, 2023 at Anderson's Tribute Center • 1401 Belmont Avenue, Hood River, Oregon 97031. Mausoleum Committal will follow at Idlewild Cemetery of Hood River, Oregon.
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