Rosalie Mary Alexander, 89, of West Bloomfield, MI passed away May 13, 2019. She was born in South Bend, Indiana on March 29, 1930. Rosalie graduated from Clawson High School and later received a double bachelor's degree from Wayne State University and Oakland University in both Fine Arts and Education. In 1953, Rosalie married Arlen Lloyd Alexander, with whom she had three children. She worked as a grade school teacher for the West Bloomfield school system and sold fine antiques. She had a passion for the arts and lifelong learning. She was survived by her children; Pamela Alexander, Heather Murray and Bryan Alexander, her grandchildren; Stephanie Huhn, Christopher Giurlanda, Martyna Alexander, Jakub Alexander, Joachim Stepniewski, Robert Murray, Ian Murray and Kyle Murray, six great grandchildren as well as her siblings, Patricia Melrose, James Freers and Theodore Freers. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Arlen.