Rosie Voermans

Rosie (Hruby) Voermans, 90, passed away Sept. 15, 2008, in Payette, Idaho.

She was born Aug. 30, 1918, in Eureka to John and Agnes Hruby. Rosie was raised in a hard-working homestead family of five children and parents who immigrated from Czechoslovakia.

Rosie graduated from high school in Eureka and married John Himmesoete. They had one child, Elizabeth. Rosie later married Adrian Voermans, and they had two children, Robert and Dennis. Dennis passed away in infancy.

Rosie and Adrian were longtime farmers in Whitefish, and Rosie worked at the Whitefish Hospital.

After Adrian's death, Rosie moved to Indian Valley, Idaho, to be near her son Robert, his wife Whitney and their family, where she lived a number of enjoyable years until near her death.

Rosie was an accomplished seamstress and loved to knit, crochet, garden and fish.

Rosie was preceded in death by her parents; brothers Louis and John; sisters Agnes and Bessie; son Dennis; husbands John and Adrian; and companion Frances Petty, of Indian Valley.

She is survived by son Robert Voermans and wife Whitney; daughter Elizabeth (Himmesoete) Stevens and husband William, of Polson; and five grandchildren.

A graveside service will be held Monday, Oct. 13, at 10 a.m. at Glacier Memorial Gardens, U.S. Highway 93, in Kalispell.