Rose M. Fuller's Obituary
Rose Fuller was born Rose Kapr in New York City on March 5, 1917, the second of ten children to Vaclav and Anna maiden name: Hrdinova Kapr. She was not able to go to high school, receiving only a grade school formal education, but she gained an informal education by working hard at various jobs to help support her many siblings. Much of her learning about life came from having adventures with her brothers and sisters on the streets of New York.
Rose met Ed Fuller, a navy gunner's mate and her future husband, at a German American café in New York City where they often went to dance and eat sauerbraten, Rose's favorite food. Rose and Ed were married on September 10, 1944 in New York.
After World War II Ed and Rose moved out west, eventually settling in Vanport, Oregon a town just north of Portland on the Columbia River. Unfortunately they soon became victims of the famous Vanport flood of 1948, a flood that destroyed the city and forced them to evacuate to north Portland. Nevertheless Rose and Ed were soon able to rebuild their life and Rose became a homemaker for their only son Roy and a variety of foster children.
Following the death of her beloved husband in 1982, Rose still retained a life full of vitality and managed to enjoy life by gardening and traveling widely, including visits back east to her sisters and brothers.
Rose is survived by: her son Roy Fuller, her daughter-in-law Lynnda Nunn Fuller, her grandchildren Thomas, David, and Cecelia, her surviving sisters and brother, and numerous nieces and nephews.
A celebration of life will be held Thursday, December 20, 2012 at 10:00 AM at Grace Lutheran Church in Scappoose. Private interment at Willamette National Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at www.columbiafh.com. Columbia Funeral Home, Directors.
The family asks that any donations go to alzheimer's research.
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