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MCNERNEY -- Rosemary Tischhauser McNerney, a lifetime resident of Albuquerque, passed away from the infirmities of age on Saturday, June 11, 2005. She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, John E. McNerney. Born April 4, 1917, in Deming, New Mexico, Rosemary was the daughter of John L. and Pansy I. Woodward Tischhauser. An honor student at St. Mary's High School in Albuquerque, she served as editor of the school newspaper and was awarded a scholarship to the University of New Mexico on graduation. According to her yearbook, she was ambitious and expressed a desire to be President of the United States. Instead she went to business school and became a secretary. She got a job with Phillips Petroleum in Farmington, where she met John who worked for the Soil Conservation Service at Chaco Canyon. They were married in Albuquerque in 1940 and raised five children. She later returned to work at the University of New Mexico as Administrative Assistant to the Dean of Engineering. Rosemary and John, devout Catholics, were charter members of Our Lady of Fatima Parish and long-time members of the Third Order of St. Francis. Rosemary enjoyed traveling and her bridge games. She is survived by her five children and their spouses, daughters Patricia and Marvin Tillery, Rosemary and William Winkler, Kathleen McNerney and Michael Ugarte, twin sons John McNerney and Virginia Watkins, and Gerald McNerney and Mary, ten grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews and special friends. She is also survived by her two sisters, Anabel Umbrage and Eustelle O'Rourke, twin brothers and their wives, John and Kathleen Tischhauser, and Richard and Patricia Tischhauser, and sisters-in-law Katherine McNerney and Anne Jordan. Rosary will be recited on Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at French Mortuary, 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE, and Mass of Christian Burial on Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 10:00 a.m. at Our Lady of Fatima Church, 4020 Lomas Blvd. NE. Interment will follow at Santa Fe National Cemetery. Rest in Peace, Mothe r. In lieu of flowers, the family prefers donations to Casa Angelica, 5629 Isleta Blvd. SW, 87105. French Mortuary 10500 Lomas Blvd., NE 275-3500
        Published on: Tue June 14, 2005