Rosalin-Relyea-Obituary

Rosalin Relyea

Mar 3, 1945 – Apr 17, 2009

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BORN
March 3, 1945
DIED
April 17, 2009
CHARITY
American Cancer Society

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Waterford - On April 17, 2009, Rosalin Ricci Relyea, 64, danced peacefully into death as she did through life following heart valve failure and a hard-fought battle with cancer. Her loving husband, David, sons, Dave and Mark and daughter-in-law, Julie Wernau, were at her side.

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ABT Corps de Ballet 1963-64 - (1963) - From left, Michaela Mattox, Rosalin Ricci, Antony DeVecci, Gillian Orpin, Eliot Feld

Rose at Home - (3/11/2007)

Rose, Julia and Ruggiero - With Rosie's father and his wife at Lake Placid, NY

David and Rose on vacation - camping

Mark and Julie's Wedding - (7/27/2007) - David, Mark, Rose, Julie

Rosie audition photo - This is the woman David first fell in love with

Rosie and Richard Thomas - This was in Dance Magazine in 1988

Christmas - 197? - (04/24/2009) - Gretchen, David, Alex, David, Mark, Rosie

I spent many days at the Ricci household when Rosie was just beginning her ballet lessons in Teaneck, NJ. I studied violin with her mother, Ruth and saw Rosie dance at several recitals. She was an extraordinary talent but more importantly a sweet and humble girl, far beyond her years in maturity. I wish I knew her in her adult years. Please accept my belated wishes as I recently learned of her death.