Rose Clara (Beck) Scheeler

Rose Clara (Beck) Scheeler died on Dec. 22 in Ritzville at the age of 100.

She was born June 13, 1916 in Warden to Karl and Magdalena Beck. She was a long time resident of Lind, graduating from Lind High School in 1935.

After high school jobs were hard to come by so Rose and her sister Justine cooked school lunches and worked at the telephone office as a switchboard operator.

During WWII she worked at Kasper’s grocery store at which time all items purchased were hand written on a receipt slip. She also worked at Angelo’s restaurant, Hains Variety and Emerson Drug.

On August 2, 1947 she married...