ROSA MARCELINA GAMARRA-THOMSON

Compartí con Rosa varios años en el Coro Latinoamericano. Siempre sonriente, hasta cuando tenía que decirle a uno las verdades en la cara. La volví a encontrar hace poco en un evento del PHHC. Todavía recuerdo los maravillosos masajes que me daba cuando estaba tensa antes de alguna presentación y el cariño que desparramaba por todas partes. El mundo te va a extrañar Rosa.

Mark and Nina, we are very sorry about Rosa's departure. She will always live in our hearts. We remember her as a positive force in the Pittsburgh Latino community. God bless! Brent, Vivi, Andre and Camila Rondon.

Rosa,
The calendar shows the start of a new year. A new year which will not include your physical presence.

The calendar shows the start of a new year. A new year in which I will hold dear the conversations we had, the importance they have had, the knowing smiles they contained.

Your importance to the time in my life I had in which to know you will not diminish, as the lessons learned continue to grow for us, sometimes slowly, always there.

Thank you.

Tomás

Dear Nina and Mark
They say that those whom we've loved never relly leave us. They live forever in our hearts and cast their radiant light onto our very shadow
How true that is of Rosita; her kindness, generous spirit and so much we learned from her will warm our hearts till we meet again
A beautiful life has been lived; in celebration, in sympathy, Isabel G. Porterfield

Dear Mark and Nina: I can not describe with words the deep pain I felt when I found out Rosita had passed. I can’t believe that I couldn’t say good bye when she was in my mind since Thanksgiving Day. She was always such and inspiration in my life and in my kids lives, always full of LOVE and a POSITIVE attitude in everything she did, full of wisdom and compassion for others, the “PERFECT GIVER”. May GOD bless her soul!

Rosita: Gracias port tus enseñanzas, por tus sabios consejos, por tu soporte en tiempos difisiles, por tu ejemplo infatigable de luchadora por el bienestar de los que te rodeaban y por manera en que impactastes mi vida y la de mis hijos con tu amor, tu alegria y optimismo. Te queremos y te llevaremos siempre en nuestros corazones.
Anely y Familia
(Miami, Fl)

Dear Mark and Nina,
I am very sad for the news about Rosita's decease. I shared with her happy times at the Latin American Choir and with our friends of the Latin American Cultural Union. I remember once when Rosita invited me to sing Christmas carols in Spanish at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Murrysville. Rosita had a nice life full with accomplishments and braveness. I hope you will have in your memories of Rosita, a little bit of her soul and comfort. Blessings, Jorge

Querida Rosita: tu disposicion generosa me calienta el corazon, tu sonrisa encantadora ilumina mi sendero, tus manos sabias calman mis dolores, tus ensenanzas resuenan en mi alma. Estamos conectadas. Tu vida vive en mi. Ada Mezzich (Pittsburgh, PA)

Dear Mark:
I am heart-broken to hear about Rosita's passing. She will always be remembered for her generosity and great disposition to help others. May you all find comfort in the beautiful life she lived.
My thoughts and prayers are with you!
Rossana

How sad to lose someone who brought so much joy to our lives. Rosa...your smiles will be missed. My sincere condolences to the family.

Carla Leininger
www.globalbeatspitt.com

Con la convicción absoluta de que finalmente tu alma se ha integrado por completo con la inmensidad del universo. Si el mismo universo que con paciencia y disciplina labraste para ti, durante tu transición por esta vida. Quiero que sepas que la calidez de tu sonrisa bondadosa se ha quedado para siempre grabada en mis recuerdos. Y que a través de esta nos seguirás ayudando a sanar, iluminándonos con tu luz eterna donde quiera que te encuentres. En paz por siempre.

Rosa!
You flew into our lives for a short time, and just as suddenly, you flew out. Your impact will last with us forever, you will never be forgotten, our kitchen, and the food we eat daily, is everything you taught us.

There is a candle burning in the kitchen window for you, and everywhere I look I see you. I will miss your presence on earth terribly, but all I have to do is shut my eyes, breathe deeply, and your radiant smile and beautiful being stands right in front of me, arms wide, saying "Hello, my darling!".
Although right now we have to say goodbye in this particular way, we will keep saying "Hello, my darling!" to each other forever.

Beauty is before me and Beauty behind me.
Above me and below me hovers the beautiful.
I am surrounded by it, I am immersed in it.
In my youth I am aware of it, and, in old age,
I shall walk quietly the beautiful trail.
In beauty, it is begun,
In beauty, it is ended.

(Dineh/Navajo blessing)