Rosie (Hruby) Voermans, 90

Rosie (Hruby) Voermans, 90, passed away on Sept. 15, 2008, in Payette, Idaho. She was born on Aug. 30, 1918, in Eureka to John and Agnes Hruby. Rosie was raised in a hard-working homestead family of five children and parents who immigrated from Czechoslovakia.

Rosie graduated from high school in Eureka and married John Himmesoete. They had one child, Elizabeth. Rosie later married Adrian Voermans and they had two children, Robert and Dennis. Dennis passed away in infancy. Rosie and Adrian were longtime farmers in Whitefish and Rosie worked at the Whitefish Hospital. 

After Adrian's death, Rosie moved to Indian Valley, Idaho, to be near her son Robert and his wife, Whitney, and their family, where she lived a number of enjoyable years until near her death. Rosie was an accomplished seamstress and loved to knit, crochet, garden and fish.

Rosie was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Louis and John, sisters Agnes and Bessie, son Dennis, husbands John and Adrian, and companion Frances Petty of Indian Valley. She is survived by son Robert Voermans and Whitney; daughter Elizabeth (Himmesoete) Stevens and William of Polson; and five grandchildren. 

A graveside service will be held Monday, Oct. 13, at 10 a.m. at Glacier Memorial Gardens, U.S. 93, Kalispell.