Roselle E. Oscarson

Roselle Elaine Oscarson was born December 25, 1920, in Abercrombie, ND, to Jacob and Ida (Wemstrom) Oscarson. She was raised in Moorhead and graduated from Moorhead High School in 1938. After graduation, Roselle went to North Central Bible College in Minneapolis, MN, and graduated in 1944. Her major was in missions. She was apart of the 11th graduating class of the college. They still did not have any books at this time, so they had to take hand written notes. She still had these when she moved back to Moorhead in 2002, so she donated them back to the school.

After graduating, she stayed on at the college and was a helper at the Madison Chapel and took over for a short time as pastor when the other one left on missions. She worked for a wood toy company.  Roselle then worked for Creamette Noodle Company for thirty-nine years until she retired. Whenever asked what she did there, she would say that she was a "packer."

During this time is when her mother, Ida, came to live with her in her efficiency apartment in Minneapolis. While working at the Creamette Company she taught Sunday School at the Minneapolis Gospel Tabernacle. She taught VBS, Pioneer Girls, and the Children's Story Hour. She stayed in contact through the years with many of her students. She still has multiple albums of photos and record books of who was in class. She moved back to Moorhead in 2001, to be closer to her family.

She quickly started Attending 1st Assembly of God in Fargo with her sister, Adeline. All throughout her life Rosie never drove; she walked, took a bus or cab everywhere she went. The only time we know of her driving anything was after she came back to Moorhead, she went out to her niece's lake cabin and her great-nephew Randy showed her how to drive a 4wheeler; she was so excited about it, that it had to be her Christmas card that year!

She moved to Eventide at Fairmont in May of 2010.

Roselle died Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in Essentia Health in Fargo, ND, surrounded by her family, at ninety-three years of age. 

Rosy is known best by her family and friends for always getting a card to you on time, and her love of sweets. She had a heart of passion for teaching Sunday school, was dedicated to Missions, and the love of all her nieces and nephews. Roselle loved to travel and visited The Holy Land, Philippines, and Hawaii.

Rosy is survived by her sisters, Ione Smith of Moorhead, and Jean Ohren of Belleview, FL; and many loving nieces and nephews and their families.

She was preceded in death by her parents; brother, Clarence Oscarson; and sisters, Adeline Larson and Edith Johnson.

Visitation for Rosy will be Saturday, April 12, 2014, beginning at 1 PM, followed by a funeral at 2 PM, in Korsmo Funeral Chapel, Moorhead.