Rose Stephenson

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Rose Stephenson, 70, died Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2007, at her home in Garden City.

She was born Oct. 25, 1936, in Dodge City, to William and Josephine Harms Boger. She started school at a country school in Ford County. After graduating from Dodge City High School in 1954, she worked as a secretary at the state employment office.

On Aug. 6, 1957, she married Max Stephenson in Hodgeman County. After their marriage, they moved to Crane, Texas. In 1962, they moved to Fowler, where she helped her husband in the family welding business and drove a school bus. In 1977, they moved to Garden City, where she helped her husband with ABC Self Storage Co., and worked for many years in the nursery department at Wharton's for Every Blooming Thing. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church of Garden City, and enjoyed music, serving as the church organist at St. John's Lutheran Church in Meade while living in Fowler. She also enjoyed fishing. Her special interest was planting and growing flowers, trees and cactus in her yard and in her home.

In addition to her husband, survivors include a son, Kelly Stephenson of Gardnerville, Nev.; a daughter, Tracie Stephenson of Oklahoma City; two sisters, Vivian Jennings of Cheyenne, Wyo., and Doris Anderson of Wichita; and three grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Glenn and Merle Boger.

Funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Garden City, with the Rev. Lyle Stuehrenberg officiating. Graveside service will be 2:30 p.m. Friday at St. Michael's Lutheran Cemetery in Hodgeman County.

Visitation will be until 8 tonight at Garnand Funeral Home, Garden City. Condolences may be sent to garnandfh@sbcglobal.net. Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society, in care of the funeral home, 412 N. Seventh St., Garden City, KS 67846.