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Rose Marie (Novotny) Novy Rose passed away June 3, 2008 at the Platte Avera Health center in Platte, SD. At her request, there will be no services. She was born June 5, 1911 on a farm in Palo Pinto County, TX to emigrant parents from the Czech Republic. They moved to Omaha, NE when she was a young girl. Due to her mother's illness, she had to drop out of high school to take care of her. She married Anton Novy and had three children. Due to her health, she had to move to Albuquerque, NM and later to San Bernardino, CA. Due to failing health, she moved in with her daughter and lived in Lompoc, CA and then they moved to South Dakota. She later moved to Aurora Brule Nursing Home in White Lake, SD. She was a hard worker all of her life, working as a riveter during WW II, Swift packinghouse and managed the lunch counter at F.W. Woolworth's. She was active in American Legion Auxiliary, FOE, Grandmother's Club, Pocahontas, and WOTM. She was also a cancer survivor. She is survived by daughters, Arlene Novy of Grass Valley, CA and Joan (Francis) Hoverston of Platte, SD; nine grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren, 14 great-great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by husband, Anton Novy; parents Frantisek and Josephine (Sip) Novotny; a son; and five brothers.
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