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Roseanne ESCHENFELDT Obituary
Rosanne
Eschenfeldt
CHATHAM, IL - Rosanne Eschenfeldt died Dec. 15, 2014, at Memorial Medical Center with her family by her side.
Rosanne was born in Springfield on Jan. 30, 1949, to Bruno & Bernadine Venturini, the first of eight children. She graduated from Ursuline Academy and married the love of her life, Bob Eschenfeldt, on Nov. 27, 1971.
Rosanne was an extremely loving and caring daughter, wife, mother, sister, and friend. She had an indomitable spirit and a zest for life that was unequaled. She approached nearly everything she did with whole-hearted excitement and unwavering enthusiasm and will be endearingly remembered for many of her joyful eccentricities. Rosanne had a heart of gold and would do most anything for most anybody. She loved her music, in particular The Beatles, The Eagles, Dan Fogelberg, and most recently the band Venice. She also loved Christmas time, shopping at the Chatham Goodwill store, cherished her beloved rabbit, Pink-eye, and had an extraordinary gift for poetry. But above all, Rosanne loved and lived unabashedly for her family, most especially her husband, children, and grandchildren. For those of us who were touched by her, our lives will never be the same.
Rosanne was preceded in death by her dad, Bruno Venturini, and her brother, Jim Venturini.
In addition to her husband, Bob, Rosanne is survived by her mother, Bernadine Venturini of Springfield; her children, Paul Eschenfeldt and Rachel Christen of Chatham; her grandchildren, Celia, Jack, and Joe; her sister, Mary Teresa Venturini (husband, Larry Dunham) of Springfield; her brothers: Mike Venturini, Bill (wife, Barb) Venturini, Dennis Venturini, Paul (wife, Amy) Venturini, all of Springfield, and John (wife, Carole) Venturini of Sherman; sister-in-law, Scherryll (husband, Rick) Sarver of Butler; and many wonderful aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.
Visitation and Funeral Mass: The family will receive friends from 4 p.m. until the time of the Funeral Mass at 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at St. Joseph the Worker Church in Chatham, the Rev. Dennis Kollross officiating.
Private burial will be at Chatham Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: The Animal Protective League.
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Teresa Gaines
December 19, 2014
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow. Grief can be so hard during the holidays, but our special memories help us cope. Remembering you and your loved one this holiday season.
Teresa Gaines,
Roland Machinery, Portage IN
Paul and Terie gleason
December 19, 2014
So sorry for your loss. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of you. Sincerely. Paul and Terie gleason
Jennifer Wesley -Rohan
December 18, 2014
My thoughts and prayers are with the Eschenfeldt family. I grew up down the street from them and always saw Roseanne with a smile on her face. She was a joyful woman and will be missed.
Penny Livingston-Weidenbacher
December 18, 2014
Bob, Rachel and Paul, I am so sorry for the loss of your loving wife and mom. I will cherish all the happy memories growing up and running the neighborhood and hanging out. I hope you know you all are in my heart, thoughts and prayers during difficult time. My heart is totally breaking for you right now and I hope and pray time will heal your pain quickly. I send you all my love and hugs till you are strong enough to stand on your own again.
December 18, 2014
Bob, we are so sorry to hear of the loss Roseanne. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and family at this difficult time. Mark and Debbie Aiken
December 17, 2014
Rachel, we are so sorry you've lost your sweet Mother. I'm sorry we never met her. She sounds like a fun and wonderful woman. Take care of yourself and the family during this difficult time and I know you will hold her close in your heart. James & Carol Jones
Anne Galloway
December 17, 2014
What I remember most about my cousin Rosanne was her joy of life and laughter. She told great stories-dressing up as Baby Jane for John's birthday being one. But my favorite memory would have to be her showing me a teaspoon used by the Beatles that had been taken from their hotel room. I'd never seen anything as cool. And she was the coolest person to have it.
Cindy Bounds
December 17, 2014
Dr. Paul,
So very sorry for the loss of your sister. May your memories help you through this difficult time. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.
Jeff and Lisa Christen
December 17, 2014
Rachel and family, our thoughts and prayers are with you. Roseanne was one of a kind,truly a funny woman. She will be missed.
Barb Hansen
December 17, 2014
My prayers are with your family. May all their cherished memories help see them through this sad time. I will always remember the funny times of high school!
Barb Hansen
December 17, 2014
Rosanne..May you rest in peace..you had such a great personality and were always full of humor..my deepest prayers for your family.
Jan Chorn
December 17, 2014
Rosie, Rosie, my sweet, funny friend. No one could make me laugh as hard as you could. I'm so glad I have so many fun memories. You will be missed so much.
Bonnie Fuhrman
December 17, 2014
I am so sorry for your loss. Roseanne was my sister Dianne's best friend since they were 3 years old all my memories were of those 2 friends and the love of the Beatles. She will be miss by all.
Mark GLEASON
December 17, 2014
Roseanne was a great and loving friend to my mother. Those two would sit outside in the summer and just laugh about anything. Two great ladies. Will be missed.
Dorothy Alton
December 17, 2014
She is my cousin Bob's wife, I haven't seen them in years but remember her as a child with a great personality full of fun and laughter, she was wonderful to my sister Sharon. God bless her family. RIP Roseanne.
Bille Lenchner and Shirley Livingston
December 17, 2014
I am so sorry to hear about Roseanne. My thoughts and prayers are with Rachel,Paul and your family. Great childhood memories with your mom, she took me to my first concert (Julian Lennon)because of her love for John Lennon. We always had fun at your home. You will be missed.
Sue (Swinyer) Younkin
December 17, 2014
Thinking of you and our days at Ursuline! Prayers of comfort for your beloved family and friends.
December 17, 2014
Who is gonna sing the Star Spangled Banner as loud as they possibly can outside on your porch?! I love you so much Rose.
Missy Whitley
December 17, 2014
I will truly miss your fun spirit. You will always be remembered in my heart! Hugs and prayers to all of your family!!
December 17, 2014
My sympathy to the family. I know you will miss her dearly, but have hearts full of memories. She's spending Christmas with Jesus this year.
Cathy Crawford
December 17, 2014
Sending my sympathy to the entire family. I know she will be missed dearly, hang on to all those wonderful memories in your hearts....She's spending Christmas with Jesus this year.
Cathy Crawford Fitzpatrick
December 17, 2014
So sorry for your loss. I will be keeping you all in my prayers. Favorite memory- at one of Rachel's famous white elephant Christmas parties, Rosanne wanted us to take a picture of the group with her camera. She first had to find out if we knew how to use her camera because it was one of the "old time ones with film" :)
Robert Judd
December 17, 2014
So sorry for loss, she was a wonderful person and will really be missed by all.
December 17, 2014
Hi mom! I think a fun memory was dancing with you one thanksgiving since we were being silly
Jenny Thompson
December 17, 2014
Thoughts and prayers going out to your family in this difficult time.
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