Dorothy A. Rose

Dorothy A. Rose obituary

Dorothy A. Rose

Dorothy Rose Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Gordon B. Garrett Funeral Home Inc. on Nov. 30, 2025.

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Dorothy A. Rose, 98, of Titusville, passed away Saturday morning November 29, 2025 at Titusville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center.

Dorothy was born on July 27, 1927, in Centerville, PA, a daughter of the late David and Hazel Dey Fink.

Dorothy had worked at the former Days Home Furnishings and G.C. Murphy in Titusville. She had attended the Titusville Free Methodist Church and the Lyona Bible Church.

Dorothy is survived by a brother, Bernard Fink of Oil City; the following nieces and nephews, Howard Muir and wife Debbie of Centerville, Ellis Muir of Centerville, Hazel Brown and husband Charles of Titusville, and Amy Happoldt and husband Erik of Titusville; and great nieces and nephews, Rachel Brown of Erie, Sarah Cornman and husband Jeff and son Lucas, all of Meadville, and Ava, Olivia and Aubrey Happoldt of Titusville.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Edward Fink; an infant brother, Charles Fink; sisters, Alice Muir and Birdena Fink; and a nephew, David Fink.

No public visitation will be observed.

Private services will be conducted for the family.

Interment will be in Fink Ridge Cemetery.

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