Rosabel (Rose) Snethen

Rosabel (Rose) Snethen was born October 28, 1924, on a farm in Gassman Township, Tripp County, SD to David and Marjorie (Larson) Erickson. The farm was on the White River bottom, 13 miles north of Hamill, SD.

Rose attended Winner High School in 1939 and graduated in 1941. She then attended Van Sant Business College in Omaha, NE, and was employed in Omaha until her marriage to Maurice Snethen on January 26, 1946.

Maurice and Rose purchased a farm in Rosedale Township, Tripp County, SD, which was their home until 1981. Rose was active in the Winner Methodist Church, 4-H and Extension Club. Five-year-old twins, Sandra Brozik, Gregory, SD and Randy Snethen, Dallas, TX were adopted.

In 1982, a home was purchased in Miami, OK. Because of Maurice’s failing health, beginning in 1978, ten winters were spent in southern Texas.

Several hobbies were enjoyed by Rose which included leather craft, bead craft and hardanger embroidery. Rose also was a volunteer at the Baptist Hospital, Miami, OK, for several years. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Miami, OK. In 1998, she learned to use a computer.

Preceding her in death was Maurice Snethen, parents Marjorie and David Erickson, sisters Ruth Christensen and Dolores Fecht, and a brother Don Erickson.

Survivors include Sandra Brozik, Randy Snethen, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.