Kathleen H. Rose (nee Haldiman)

Rose, Kathleen H. (nee Haldiman), passed away, Sunday, December 17, 2023.

Beloved wife of William A. Rose.  Dear mother of Kristin (Alec Bolten) Rose and John (Julia) Rose.  Loving grandmother of Isla, Thomas and Nora.  Dear daughter of Dorothy and the late John Haldiman.  Sister of Kaye (Tom  Torack) Haldiman and Valerie (Jeff Puryear) Haldiman.  Our dear sister-in-law, aunt, great-aunt, cousin and friend.    

From the time Kathleen entered school she always knew she wanted to be a teacher. She got an early start playing school with her sisters, cousins, friends and anyone she could get to sit at a desk. She fulfilled her teaching ambitions beginning at Fort Zumwalt, then teaching GED classes at night while her children were little, and finally finishing her career at Bellerive Elementary. She loved teaching first graders because every day they learned something new, and she had a funny story to tell at the end of the day.

Kathleen was a woman who never sat still. She enjoyed sewing and was making her own clothes by the time she was 12. In later years she was part of a sewing group and made beautiful table runners for every holiday (she always made four of everything to share with her mother and sisters). She loved antiques, garage sales (always managing to find a car full of bargains), making cards for all occasions (the Checkered Cottage was her "happy place"), baking cookies, gardening and maintaining a beautiful yard, making Christmas gifts and decorating her screened in porch where she and Bill loved to sit.

On Eaglebrooke Court, her home for over 38 years, she was known as the "cookie lady" because she made iced sugar cookies for holidays and delivered platefuls to the neighbors. But she was also known as "King Louie's Mom." When Louie (a goldendoodle bigger than Kathleen) came to live with Kathleen and Bill it changed their lives. Kathleen was trained by Louie to take several walks a day and became friends with every other dog owner in the neighborhood.

It is not a story of Kathleen without mentioning her family of four to which she was a devoted spouse and mother. When Bill first showed up to take Kathleen out on his motorcycle she surprised everyone when she actually took off on the back of the motorcycle. That was the beginning of her life with Bill (although the motorcycle did not last long). The birth of Kristin and then John completed the family. And later when the family grew with Julia and the birth of her grandchildren, Isla, Thomas and Nora, Kathleen could not have been happier. She was so hoping to make it to Kristin and Alec's wedding in February.

Thank you to all the family and friends that helped out over the past year, her family is forever grateful.

Services:   Funeral service at the SCHRADER Funeral Home and Crematory, 14960 Manchester Road at Holloway, Ballwin, Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. with visitation starting at 9:30 a.m. Interment Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. Everyone is invited to a celebration of Kathleen's life at the Sunset 44 Bistro on Adams in Kirkwood beginning at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Evelyn's House or the Vietnam Veterans of America.  Friends may sign the family’s on-line guestbook at Schrader.com.