Rosemary J Pappe

Rosemary J Pappe was born in Ancon, Canal Zone (Panama Canal Zone) to Henry and Katherine (Desmond) Neumann on February 27, 1928.

She met her first husband, Eugene Myra in Balboa and married in 1947. They moved back to the states in 1950 and then traveled the world during Eugene’s time in the Army in places of Germany, Japan, and the United States. Eugene passed in 1971. She then took a drive across the states from Illinois to Quincy, WA, where her father & mother lived.

Rosemary was a people person. She worked in Quincy at (was once) Harold’s Thriftway and loved speaking in Spanish with the customers. She loved taking her grandchildren camping and fishing and drove them around in a small motor home. She was a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club; a CNA and a member of St. Pius Catholic Church where she helped with the Spanish services on Saturdays.

She met Joseph A Pappe Sr., and they married in 1973. They loved traveling, going dancing, camping, and working in the garden. Joe preceded her in death in 1987.

She is survived by her siblings, Edwin Neumann, and her sister, Franciscan Nun Eileen Neumann; children: Sharon Miller (Randy), David Myra, Gretchen Robertson (William); Ruth Linscott (Mike MacKenzie); Rebecca Carlin (Terry); Her stepchildren Joe Pappe Jr (Debbie), Don Pappe (Cindy), John Pappe (Monica), Marianne Keating (Mark), Shirley Carlson (Wendall), & Evelyn Tuttle (Ken).

She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry & Katherine Neumann; husband Eugene Myra; husband Joseph Pappe Sr.; brothers, Daniel (Margaret) Neumann, John (Francine) Neumann, son-in laws, Michael Linscott; Miles Hodson; Ben Miller; stepson Richard Pappe; and a grandson Earl Robertson.

She is survived by numerous relatives, grandchildren, great & great-great grandchildren.

A memorial mass will be celebrated at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Quincy, WA at 9:00 am on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Inurnment at Quincy Cemetery immediately following.

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Scharbach’s Columbia Funeral Chapel, Quincy, is assisting the family with arrangements.