Rose Ella Stoller

Rose Ella Stoller was born February 7, 1953 at the Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert, Ohio. She was the fifth of nine children born to Eugene E. and Minerva E. Stoller. Rose died February 3, 2026 at the age of 72 succumbing to wounds sustained in a house fire. She was a patient in the Burn Center at St Vincent’s Hospital in Indianapolis when she passed.

After high school Rose enrolled at IUPU Fort Wayne, graduating with a BSN, and became a registered nurse. Nursing was one of her life long passions, working at hospitals in Fort Wayne, Detroit, Wabash and Indianapolis. Her final assignments were as a trainer for companies that developed and sold electronic health record and health information technology systems.

Her primary passion was her two sons, Ian and Kim. They kept her very busy and often challenged her with their needs and wants. She involved them in her daily life and her hobbies. As any parent can attest, her children brought her great joy and sorrow. Her largest sorrow was when Kim died of a heart attack at the age of 17 from an undiagnosed enlarged heart.

Another passion was participating in the historic reenactment movement. She started in the late 1970s after the historic Fort Wayne was built and extended to the present time where she was a regular feature at the Feast of the Hunter’s Moon in Lafayette, Indiana. She would teach visitors about how cloth was produced and colored in the 18th century. She would do spinning and weaving demonstrations to illustrate the amount of work that was required to make cloth before one could make clothing. She often had different types of cloth on display and would answer questions regarding the difference and purpose of each.

Rose is survived by her son Ian, her sister Lucette and brothers Roger (Robin), Wade, Linn (Brenda) and Larry. She was preceded in death by her son Kim, her parents Eugene and Minerva Stoller, brothers Doug, Keith and Terry and sisters-in-law Patricia and Diane.