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Portrait of Rosemarie Baxter
In loving memory of

Rosemarie Baxter

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June 23, 1943 – April 4, 2019
Lived 75 years
St Joseph's Cemetery & Mausoleum · Blackwood, New Jersey
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Rosemarie “Rose” Baxter, 75, passed away on April 4, 2019 in Fort Pierce, Florida.

Mrs. Baxter was born in Camden, New Jersey and moved to Fort Pierce in 1999 from Pinehill, New Jersey.

Rose will be remembered for her passion for collecting dolls, her love for animals and her outgoing personality, but most of all, her devotion to her family.

Survivors include her husband of 35 years, Donald Baxter of Fort Pierce, FL; daughters, Roseann Gray (James) of Fort Pierce, FL, Cindy Smith (Tod) of Ellenburg, NY, Lisa Kidd (Billy) of Vero Beach, FL, Heather Gardner (Jeff) of Ellenburg, NY and Tina Williams (Danny) of Fort Pierce, FL; sons, Richard Wilkie (Nancy) of Fort Pierce, FL and John Wilkie (Jolanta) of Sewell, NJ; brothers, Joseph Messner of Port St. Lucie, FL and Edward Messner of Vero Beach, FL; 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her great-granddaughter, Annalee Rose.

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1943
Born June 23
1947
Rosemarie was 4 when Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier
1959
Rosemarie was 16 when Barbie made her debut
1962
Rosemarie was 19 when John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth
1971
Rosemarie was 28 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Rosemarie was 39 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1998
Rosemarie was 55 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2001
Rosemarie was 58 when Apple introduced the iPod
2017
Rosemarie was 74 when "Fortnite" became a video game phenomenon
2019
Passed away April 4, age 75
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