Rosa Rose

Rosa Rose (4 December 1903 - 25 April 2015) was a German supercentenarian who was, at the time of her passing at age 111 years, 142 days the oldest living inhabitant of Lower Saxony and the penultimate German to have been born in 1903.

Biography
Rosa Rose was born in Osnabrück on 4 December 1903. One of her earliest memory was how her mother stored the christmas tree until March when her father came back from war front of World War I. Later Rose was trained as a modist.

After she married her husband Wilhelm, the couple moved to Nordhorn in 1938. They had two children. Her husband worked as teacher and choir director. It was reported that former pupils of him took part of Roses centenarian and supercentenarian birthdays. Rose was living with her daughter Irmgard since she gave up on living on her own at age 94. At age 111 Rose was not able to move without help anymore, had bad hearing and less problems with her short term memory. Although her family took care of Rose what she was quiet thankful for. She spent most of term with calm activities like having a chat or watching TV. She was also aware of being Germany’s second oldest living persons but mentioned giving up on it would not be the worst.

Rosa Rose died on 25 April 2015 at age 111 years, 142 days as oldest living citizen of Lower Saxony. Next to Charlotte Klamroth she was also the penultimate German person to have been born in 1903. Rose was preceded in death by her daughter and following generations.