Darlain Rose

Darlain Rose, age 78 of Arlington died Friday, August 15, 2014 at Ridgeview Sibley Medical Center in Arlington. Funeral service will be 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, August 19th at St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Church in Arlington. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the church. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Kolden Funeral Home of Arlington is handling the arrangements. Darlain was born on May 17, 1936 in Arlington Township to Ernest F. and Emma (Wacker) Soeffker. She was baptized on June 7, 1936 at St. John's Lutheran Church, Arlington Township by Rev. J. Busch. Darlain was confirmed in April 1950 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Arlington by Rev. J. Bradtke. She was a 1954 graduate of Arlington High School and attended Minneapolis Vocational School and graduated from there in September 1955. On August 22, 1959 Darlain married Richard Marvin Rose at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Arlington by Rev. J. Bradtke. She worked at the Arlington Hospital prior to marriage and then moved to New Ulm and worked at the Loretto Hospital and for Ann Rotramel in the clinic. In 1962 she and Richard moved back to Arlington and she continued her employment with the Arlington Municipal Hospital for a total of 40 years. While at the Arlington Hospital, Darlain worked as an LPN, prenatal instructor, and also as an educator for pre-surgical patients. She had a beautiful voice and sang for many weddings in the Arlington area. Darlain loved writing books and gardening. She liked attending activities involving her grandchildren. Darlain is survived by her husband Richard Rose, Sr. of Arlington, children, Rick (Lorie) Rose, Jim (Janice) Rose, Darla (Dave) Felmlee, and Tony (Jenny) Rose, all of Arlington, 10 grandchildren, Andrew, Jenna, Justin (Angelica), Sammi, Renae (Andrew), Aaron, Marie, Jonathan, Nathan, and Jackson, 4 step great grandchildren, Damian, Christian, Isabel, and Olivia. She is preceded in death by her parents, sister and brother-in-law Clarence and Marge Geib, brother Eldred, and sister Evelyn in infancy, sisters-in-law, Ruth Olson, Lorraine Bartz, and Betty Schmidt, brothers-in-law, Gilbert Rose and Melvin Rose.