Rose Marie Alo

Rose Marie Fay Alo, reached her heavenly home on Monday, August 14, 2023 at Forestview Springhill. Born on May 1, 1931, a daughter of Raymond and Luella (Baybrook) Fay, Rose was a 1950 graduate of East High School. Upon graduation, she served as secretary to the editor of the Erie Dispatch, where she worked until she married her everlasting love Egilio "Gido" Alo. Their devotion to each other, their daughters and family, sustained a loving marriage of 59 years until Gido's death in 2011.
As a devoted wife, mother, and homemaker, Rose was an active volunteer at Saint Patrick School, including several years as Cadet Girl Scout Leader. When her children were older, she returned to the workforce as secretary to the Director of the Renal Dialysis Unit at Hamot Medical Center. After retiring from Hamot, Rose accepted a temporary assignment as a substitute school secretary at Sacred Heart School for an employee on medical leave. That assignment lasted nearly eight years!
Rose Marie was an accomplished tap dancer from childhood into her late seventies, dancing numerous times on stage at the Warner Theater, and even with a youth dance group in front of Rockefeller Center in New York City at age five. She and Gido enjoyed ballroom dancing at all the elegant dances held throughout the years in Erie with friends and relatives.
In addition to her parents and husband, Rose is predeceased by her brothers, Raymond "Bud" Fay and Robert Fay, her sister Ruth "Cookie" Fay Miller, in-laws Armand and Clementine Alo, Rudolph and Marilyn Alo, Thomas and Vilma Paterniti, and Walter Fresch.
Left to cherish her memory are daughters, LaVaughn and her husband Michael Buchanan of Erie, Lisa and her husband Michael Seaman of Maryville, TN, Karra and her husband Louis Cubellis and their son, Nathaniel, of Shepherdstown, WV. She is also survived by her brother, George Michael Fay, her sister, Shirley Fay Adams, sister-in-law, Delores Alo Fresch and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and loving friends.
Visitors will be received on Friday, August 18, 2023 from 4 to 7 pm at Brugger Funeral Homes & Crematory, 1595 West 38th at Greengarden Blvd. A service will be held there Saturday, August 19, 2023 at 9:15 am followed by a funeral mass celebrated at Saint Patrick Church, 130 East Fourth Street, Erie, PA at 10 am. Burial following at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Fairview, PA.
Memorials may be offered in Rose's name to the Sister Mary Pascal Food Pantry, Saint Patrick Church, 130 East Fourth Street, Erie, PA 16507.
The family extends sincere gratitude and appreciation to the staff of Woodlands Memory Care Unit at Forestview Springhill. Their expertise, professionalism, care, and compassion these past two years have been a true blessing to Rose and our family.