Funeral Services for LTC (Ret) Richard E. Rose, 86, of Copperas Cove, will be held 3:00 PM Sunday, July 29, 2018, at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home Chapel in Copperas Cove. Committal Service with full military honors will be 9:00 AM Monday, July 30, 2018, at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.
Richard was born January 18, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts to the late Vincent G. and Helena Lynch Rose. He was raised in the Boston and Melrose area where he attended school. After graduating high school, Richard met and married the love of his life, Ann Cummings, on September 11, 1954, in Melrose, Massachusetts. He went to Northwestern University where he graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting. After college, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, served in Vietnam and received a Bronze Star Medal. He retired from the Army after 22 years of faithful and honorable service.
After his military career, Richard obtained his Real Estate license and opened his own business, Rose Real Estate, in Copperas Cove and was still very active in the day to day business. He loved flowers and gardening, boating, fishing, and occasionally enjoying his favorite cigars, and basically everything outdoors. He was a member of the VFW Post # 8577 in Copperas Cove.
Richard was a loving husband, father and grandfather and will be dearly missed. Left to cherish his memories are his wife of 64 years, Ann Rose; his sons, Stephen Rose, Kevin Rose and Dennis Rose; his daughters, Deborah Pannabecker and Michelle White; 13 grandchildren; 7 great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
A time of visitation will be 1:00-3:00 PM Sunday at Crawford-Bowers Funeral Home in Copperas Cove which is in charge of the arrangements.
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