After a lengthy struggle with Alzheimer's, Rosemary passed away at Seven Oaks Hospital on April 12, 2006, at the age of 81.

She is survived by her husband of 58 years Otto, her son Charles Dreier-Thane (Renée) and their son Karl, and her daughter Carmen (Rick).

Rosemary is predeceased by her nine brothers and sisters in Europe and elsewhere in the world.

Cremation has taken place and a gathering of family and friends [was] held Saturday, April 15 at 2:00 p.m. in the reception area of Voyage Funeral Home, 220 Hespeler Ave.

A special thanks to Dr. Vanderwert and Dr. Patel as well as the staff of Seven Oaks Hospital Psycho-Geriatric ward 3, units 10, 11 and 12, for their compassion and care over the past 10 months.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Society.

Arrangements entrusted to: VOYAGE FUNERAL HOME

--- As published in the Winnipeg Free Press on Apr 13, 2006

https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-107429/BRAUNIG_ROSEMARY

Her son Charles Dreier-Thane was born to Rosemary almost three months after the death in action of her first husband, Heinrich Wilhelm Dreier. Heinrich perished in the last months of WWII, and never knew his son Charles (christened Karl-Heinz). Due to Rosemary's weak health at the end of the war, Charles was cared for by his aunt Frieda, Rosemary's sister, and by Oma Anna, mother to the two sisters.

In 1948, Frieda followed her American service husband Joseph Thane to America. In 1952, Rosemary and her second husband, Otto, followed to North America but were unable to gain permission to reside in the USA. After spending years with both families, Charles chose to stay with his aunt and her husband in Minnesota.

Following the death of her father in Germany in 1960, her mother came to live with the Braunig's in Winnipeg. She was a part of their lives for her remaining years, as Rosemary and her family cared for her.