Smith Cemetery ~ Rose Marie Parma Orgovan
~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Orgovan, Rose Marie Parma
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LAST: Orgovan
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FIRST: Rose
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MID: Marie Parma
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GENDER: F
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MAIDEN NAME: Wells
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BORN: 3 Feb 1927
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DIED: 7 Apr 2009
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BURIED: 13 Apr 2009 (Smith Cemetery)
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BIRTH PLACE: Brownsville, Fayette Co, Pennsylvania
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DEATH PLACE: Monmouth, Polk Co, Oregon
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NOTES: 1930 PA CENSUS - Rose Wells (3y 1m, b PA) enumerated with parents Joe (47y, b Italy, immigrated 1905, naturalized, occupation laborer) and Josephine (40y, b Italy, immigrated 1909, naturalized), 4 siblings, Nicholas [listed as son of Joe, probably by a previous marriage](19y, b PA), Elizabeth (8y, b PA), Mary Jane (5y, b PA) and Sam (1y4m, b PA) and 2 step-siblings, Tony Matt (189y, b PA) and Thressa Matt (16y, b PA)
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OBITUARY: Itemizer Observer, Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Rose Marie Parma Orgovan, Feb. 3, 1927-April 7, 2009
Rose Marie Parma Orgovan, 82, of Monmouth died April 7 in Monmouth. She was born in Brownsville, Pa, to Joseph and Josephine Wells. She married Joseph Orgovan on April 20, 1945, and moved to Oregon in 1945 from Joffre, Pa. Rose worked for Oregon College of Education, now Western Oregon University, as a bookkeeper. She also worked for Monmouth City Hall, retiring in the 1980s. Rose enjoyed gardening, collecting bells, cooking, collecting state quarters, and trips to the casino. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Orgovan, in 1985; brothers, Sam and Anthony; and sisters, Madelyn and Elizabeth. Survivors include her sons, Joe and Martin of Monmouth, and her sister, Teresa of Pennsylvania. Service was April 13 at Farnstrom Mortuary, Independence, and interment was at Smith Cemetery in Monmouth. To send an online condolence: www.farnstroms.com.
Itemizer Observer, Wednesday, April 15, 2009
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INSCRIPTION: Orgovan
Rose Marie Parma
Feb. 3, 1927
April 7, 2009
[shares marker with Joseph Orgovan Sr]
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SOURCES: 1930 PA CENSUS (Fayette Co, S. Brownsville, ED 85, sheet 2B)
Itemizer Observer, 15 Apr 2009
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