Bernd Phelps Rose ’46

Bernie died June 3, 1999, at his home in Grand Junction, Colo., after a long battle with cancer.

Born in Pittsburgh, son of J. Bernd Rose '15, he attended Sewickley Academy and the Taft School. He majored in history at Princeton, played football, hockey, and swimming, and was a Triangle participant. Joining the army in 1943, Bernd spent time in Europe with the combat engineer corps. In 1944 he married his hometown sweetheart, Ann Chapin Heumann.

In 1948, the Roses moved back to Sewickley, where Bernie became head of the family insurance agency. He sold the business in 1969. He moved to Boca Raton, continuing in insurance for 23 years, finally retiring in 1988 in Grand Junction, Colo.

An avid outdoorsman, Bernie enjoyed years of golf, fishing, hiking, skiing, bird hunting, and camping with family and friends. He and Ann returned often to Princeton for games and reunions.

He is survived by his wife; their three daughters, Helen King, Ann, and Caroline; and eight grandchildren, to whom the class extends its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1946