Vincent Willam Roses

1923 - 2013  (90 years)

• Name	Vincent Willam Roses  [1, 2]
  Born	23 Sep 1923	Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Nov 2013	Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida   [1]
  Buried	Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida   [1]
  Notes	Obituary, copied from FindAGrave: Vincent William Roses was born September 23, 1923 in Pensacola, Florida to John P. Roses, and Maude Everhart Roses, lived in Pensacola expect in the US Army 1940-1945 worldwide served in 2nd Armored Division, 48th Armored Medical Batt. Nov. 30, 1940 '96 July 31, 1945. Mr. Roses was preceded in death by, Wife of 57 years, Maria Albertina Ponsen Roses, Parents and Grand Parents, Brother Pedro, Sister Rosemary Norris, many uncles, aunts and cousins. Mr. Roses was a thirty five years employee of L&N Railroad and a lifelong member of St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church. He is survived by a daughter Sandra Roses Milligan (Jim Milligan) Colorado Springs, CO., granddaughter Tracy Kirchharr, and dear friend Mickey Brown. He enlisted in the US Army November30th, 1940 served honorably till July 31, 1945 served at Forty Benning GA., landed at Casablanca North Africa December 24 1942, when he left there went to Tidworth England went to France Normandy June 1944, thru France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany, was at the battle of the Bugle, from there back to Holland wound up at the Elbe River in Germany, where they were stopped to wait for the Russians. While in Holland he met Maria Ponsen, fell in love and after the battle of the Bulge he returned to Holland to marry her on February 6, 1945, a marriage that lasted 57 years, until she died on November 29,2002. Services will be Thursday 9:30 a.m. at Waters & Hibbert Funeral Home. Interment will be at Barrancas National Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida. Waters & Hibbert 11/14/2013
  Person ID	I47461	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	27 May 2019

  
  

  Father	John Roses,   b. 1 Jun 1893, El Masnou, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain ,   d. 17 Mar 1932  (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Maud M. Everhart,   b. 15 Nov 1896, Florida ,   d. 9 Sep 1972, Okaloosa County, Florida  (Age 75 years)
  Married	Bef 1918  [3]
  Family ID	F14195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 23 Sep 1923 - Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida Died - 9 Nov 2013 - Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Memorial ID 120294107 (Reliability: 3). [S1299] 1940 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls.), Florida, Escambia, Pensacola SD 3 ED 17-32 Sheet 63B Enumerated April 17, 1940 Harney Street, House Number 421 (Reliability: 3). [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), Memorial ID 29605740 (Reliability: 3).