ROSE MARIE MURPHY ALDRIDGE of Aetna, Alberta, passed away peacefully on October 2, 2021 in Cardston, Alberta. She was born April 1, 1932 in Raymond, Alberta in her Grandma Burrows' house. She was the second daughter born to Eva Burrows and Elmer Deloyd Murphy.
Rose was preceded in death by her beloved husband, O. Chester Aldridge, her parents Elmer Deloyd and Eva (Burrows) Murphy, and siblings Gladys, Martha, Margaret, Beth and Donna. As of 2021, Rose had 15 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren.
As a little girl Rose learned to be creative. She made doll houses out of cardboard boxes or paper dolls from the Eaton's catalog with clothes drawn on white paper and coloured with crayons. In the summer she made mud pies with her sisters and decorated them with dandelions. Rose also loved ice skating and Olympic skater Sonja Henie was an idol of hers. After she graduated from High School, Rose started nursing school in January 1951 at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. She liked the post operative and maternity wards best and she didn't like assisting in the OR or pediatrics as she felt so sorry for the sick babies and children. She graduated as a registered nurse in January of 1954, after having made many lifelong friends. She spent many years working at the Cardston Municipal Hospital as a nurse and later as the Director of Nursing. When she retired, she was working at the Blood Indian Hospital.
When she returned to Cardston she dated then married Chester Aldridge in the Cardston Temple on July 27, 1955. Rose and Ches served a work mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from November 1961 to November 1963 in American Samoa and New Zealand. Ches then began working for the American government and they spent 3 ½ more years in American Samoa. Rose really learned to love and appreciate the lives and culture of the Samoan and Māori people and she dearly loved her time in the islands. Her patriarchal blessing said she would be "on the islands of the sea" and felt her time in American Samoa and New Zealand fulfilled this promise.
Throughout her life Rose enjoyed many handicrafts including knitting, crocheting, sewing, smocking, cross stitching, and embroidery. She loved giving a flannel baby blanket with a hand crocheted edge to all the new babies in her ward and working in the Cardston Temple. She knit many shawls for the ladies working at the Temple to keep their shoulders warm during their shift. She was also a great cook and baker. Her homemade pies and dinner rolls were the best. No one ever left Rose's hungry when she put on the spread for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Christmas dinner was always served on Christmas Eve so that Rose could work Christmas Day at the hospital and by doing this another nurse could be home with her family for Christmas Day. She loved to share her talents through compassionate service for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and many friends, family and community members benefited from her kindness.
Memorial Service for friends and family of Rose will held July 2, 2022 at 11:30 am at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, South Hill Chapel, Cardston, Alberta.
Rose's favorite scripture…In my father's house are many mansions if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14: 2-3
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Rose was preceded in death by her beloved husband, O. Chester Aldridge, her parents Elmer Deloyd and Eva (Burrows) Murphy, and siblings Gladys, Martha, Margaret, Beth and Donna. As of 2021, Rose had 15 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren.
As a little girl Rose learned to be creative. She made doll houses out of cardboard boxes or paper dolls from the Eaton's catalog with clothes drawn on white paper and coloured with crayons. In the summer she made mud pies with her sisters and decorated them with dandelions. Rose also loved ice skating and Olympic skater Sonja Henie was an idol of hers. After she graduated from High School, Rose started nursing school in January 1951 at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. She liked the post operative and maternity wards best and she didn't like assisting in the OR or pediatrics as she felt so sorry for the sick babies and children. She graduated as a registered nurse in January of 1954, after having made many lifelong friends. She spent many years working at the Cardston Municipal Hospital as a nurse and later as the Director of Nursing. When she retired, she was working at the Blood Indian Hospital.
When she returned to Cardston she dated then married Chester Aldridge in the Cardston Temple on July 27, 1955. Rose and Ches served a work mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from November 1961 to November 1963 in American Samoa and New Zealand. Ches then began working for the American government and they spent 3 ½ more years in American Samoa. Rose really learned to love and appreciate the lives and culture of the Samoan and Māori people and she dearly loved her time in the islands. Her patriarchal blessing said she would be "on the islands of the sea" and felt her time in American Samoa and New Zealand fulfilled this promise.
Throughout her life Rose enjoyed many handicrafts including knitting, crocheting, sewing, smocking, cross stitching, and embroidery. She loved giving a flannel baby blanket with a hand crocheted edge to all the new babies in her ward and working in the Cardston Temple. She knit many shawls for the ladies working at the Temple to keep their shoulders warm during their shift. She was also a great cook and baker. Her homemade pies and dinner rolls were the best. No one ever left Rose's hungry when she put on the spread for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Christmas dinner was always served on Christmas Eve so that Rose could work Christmas Day at the hospital and by doing this another nurse could be home with her family for Christmas Day. She loved to share her talents through compassionate service for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and many friends, family and community members benefited from her kindness.
Memorial Service for friends and family of Rose will held July 2, 2022 at 11:30 am at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, South Hill Chapel, Cardston, Alberta.
Rose's favorite scripture…In my father's house are many mansions if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14: 2-3
https://everloved.com/life-of/rose-murphy-aldridge/
ROSE MARIE MURPHY ALDRIDGE of Aetna, Alberta, passed away peacefully on October 2, 2021 in Cardston, Alberta. She was born April 1, 1932 in Raymond, Alberta in her Grandma Burrows' house. She was the second daughter born to Eva Burrows and Elmer Deloyd Murphy.
Rose was preceded in death by her beloved husband, O. Chester Aldridge, her parents Elmer Deloyd and Eva (Burrows) Murphy, and siblings Gladys, Martha, Margaret, Beth and Donna. As of 2021, Rose had 15 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren.
As a little girl Rose learned to be creative. She made doll houses out of cardboard boxes or paper dolls from the Eaton's catalog with clothes drawn on white paper and coloured with crayons. In the summer she made mud pies with her sisters and decorated them with dandelions. Rose also loved ice skating and Olympic skater Sonja Henie was an idol of hers. After she graduated from High School, Rose started nursing school in January 1951 at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. She liked the post operative and maternity wards best and she didn't like assisting in the OR or pediatrics as she felt so sorry for the sick babies and children. She graduated as a registered nurse in January of 1954, after having made many lifelong friends. She spent many years working at the Cardston Municipal Hospital as a nurse and later as the Director of Nursing. When she retired, she was working at the Blood Indian Hospital.
When she returned to Cardston she dated then married Chester Aldridge in the Cardston Temple on July 27, 1955. Rose and Ches served a work mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from November 1961 to November 1963 in American Samoa and New Zealand. Ches then began working for the American government and they spent 3 ½ more years in American Samoa. Rose really learned to love and appreciate the lives and culture of the Samoan and Māori people and she dearly loved her time in the islands. Her patriarchal blessing said she would be "on the islands of the sea" and felt her time in American Samoa and New Zealand fulfilled this promise.
Throughout her life Rose enjoyed many handicrafts including knitting, crocheting, sewing, smocking, cross stitching, and embroidery. She loved giving a flannel baby blanket with a hand crocheted edge to all the new babies in her ward and working in the Cardston Temple. She knit many shawls for the ladies working at the Temple to keep their shoulders warm during their shift. She was also a great cook and baker. Her homemade pies and dinner rolls were the best. No one ever left Rose's hungry when she put on the spread for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Christmas dinner was always served on Christmas Eve so that Rose could work Christmas Day at the hospital and by doing this another nurse could be home with her family for Christmas Day. She loved to share her talents through compassionate service for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and many friends, family and community members benefited from her kindness.
Memorial Service for friends and family of Rose will held July 2, 2022 at 11:30 am at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, South Hill Chapel, Cardston, Alberta.
Rose's favorite scripture…In my father's house are many mansions if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14: 2-3
https://everloved.com/life-of/rose-murphy-aldridge/
Rose was preceded in death by her beloved husband, O. Chester Aldridge, her parents Elmer Deloyd and Eva (Burrows) Murphy, and siblings Gladys, Martha, Margaret, Beth and Donna. As of 2021, Rose had 15 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren.
As a little girl Rose learned to be creative. She made doll houses out of cardboard boxes or paper dolls from the Eaton's catalog with clothes drawn on white paper and coloured with crayons. In the summer she made mud pies with her sisters and decorated them with dandelions. Rose also loved ice skating and Olympic skater Sonja Henie was an idol of hers. After she graduated from High School, Rose started nursing school in January 1951 at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta. She liked the post operative and maternity wards best and she didn't like assisting in the OR or pediatrics as she felt so sorry for the sick babies and children. She graduated as a registered nurse in January of 1954, after having made many lifelong friends. She spent many years working at the Cardston Municipal Hospital as a nurse and later as the Director of Nursing. When she retired, she was working at the Blood Indian Hospital.
When she returned to Cardston she dated then married Chester Aldridge in the Cardston Temple on July 27, 1955. Rose and Ches served a work mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from November 1961 to November 1963 in American Samoa and New Zealand. Ches then began working for the American government and they spent 3 ½ more years in American Samoa. Rose really learned to love and appreciate the lives and culture of the Samoan and Māori people and she dearly loved her time in the islands. Her patriarchal blessing said she would be "on the islands of the sea" and felt her time in American Samoa and New Zealand fulfilled this promise.
Throughout her life Rose enjoyed many handicrafts including knitting, crocheting, sewing, smocking, cross stitching, and embroidery. She loved giving a flannel baby blanket with a hand crocheted edge to all the new babies in her ward and working in the Cardston Temple. She knit many shawls for the ladies working at the Temple to keep their shoulders warm during their shift. She was also a great cook and baker. Her homemade pies and dinner rolls were the best. No one ever left Rose's hungry when she put on the spread for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Christmas dinner was always served on Christmas Eve so that Rose could work Christmas Day at the hospital and by doing this another nurse could be home with her family for Christmas Day. She loved to share her talents through compassionate service for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and many friends, family and community members benefited from her kindness.
Memorial Service for friends and family of Rose will held July 2, 2022 at 11:30 am at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, South Hill Chapel, Cardston, Alberta.
Rose's favorite scripture…In my father's house are many mansions if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14: 2-3
https://everloved.com/life-of/rose-murphy-aldridge/
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