Rose Marie Everts age 84 of Prairie du Chien, beloved wife, mother, grandma and great grandma passed away suddenly after a recent fall on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at the Mayo Franciscan Healthcare Center in LaCrosse, WI. She was born November 8, 1932 in Cedar Rapids, IA the daughter of William and Josephine (Dostal) Miller.  She married the love of her life, Charles Everts on October 26, 1949 in Cedar Rapids.  Rose worked at Wilson Meat Company for many years and later managed Dales Fruit Market in Cedar Rapids.  She later made beautiful crafts and displayed them at Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids. In 1999 Rose and Chuck moved to Prairie du Chien where her favorite job was sitting on her deck overlooking the Mississippi River.  Rose loved to go to the casino, play cards and tend to her flowers, but her life revolved around her family. Her greatest joy was when everyone would come to visit at “the river”.  She is survived by her husband of 67 years Chuck Everts of Prairie du Chien, her  daughter, Sherry (Steve) Slife and their children, Jeff Slife and his daughter Miranda Rose Slife, Jenny (Keith) Coleman and their sons Drake and Dylan, her daughter JoAnn (Blair Dillman) Evans and her children David Evans and his children, Stephen, Charlie and Jodi Evans with her children Maddi Rose and Sammy, her brothers, Kenny Miller and Jim Falt both of Cedar Rapids and a sister in law Eileen Stotz of Billings, MT.  She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother Dave Miller.

A memorial visitation will be Monday, March 20, 2017 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Garrity Funeral Home in Prairie du Chien.  A private family inurnment will be later in the Prairie du Chien Evergreen Cemetery.  The family requests no flowers. Memorials are preferred to; St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.  

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