Agnes Rose Hrubetz

Rose was born April 19, 1931 in St. Louis, Missouri and lived there until the family moved to nearby Maryville, Illinois in 1946. There, at age 15, she met her future husband Albert Hrubetz III, who just graduated from high school and was preparing to join the Marine Corps. She and Al married in 1949 while he was attending the Institute of Technology, St. Louis University, a year after being discharged from the Marines.

She made 33 moves during Al’s U.S. assignments searching for oil on Conoco seismic exploration crews and transfers to various offices. She took time to obtain her RN degree in 1973, and briefly practiced nursing for several years. She was a devoted wife and mother, lovingly caring for their four children while Al was frequently away on prolonged international business trips.

Rose loved to travel, visiting over 53 countries on six continents. She was an accomplished skier and cross-country skied in Lichtenstein, rode a snowmobile on the Greenland Glacier, fished in Alaska and Canada’s remote Great Bear Lake, trekked up Mt. Sinai, rail-traveled on the Siberian Express, Orient Express, Ferrocarril Chihuahua Railroad in Mexico, and crossed Canada on the Canadian Pacific Railroad; took river excursions on the Dnieper, Danube, Seine, Rhine, Nile, Volga, Mekong, Lijiang and Yangtze Rivers, as well as on all the major U. S. rivers. She took canal barge trips in France, and partied with Al’s Harvard Advanced Management friends in Paris, Dijon, Cairo, Bermuda, Barcelona, England, Panama, and Costa Rica. She spent six weeks in Italy on a private tour of the Vatican, churches and museums. Rose was also a shipboard veteran of Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans; Mediterranean, Caribbean, Baltic, North Seas, and South American coastal voyages.

While at the Sheikhdom of Dubai, Rose had the unique experience of being guest of honor at a State Luncheon hosted by His Highness Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed, Ruler of Dubai, the first woman ever so honored. She was also honored at a dinner party in Zagreb, Croatia, given by officials of the state oil company, and hosted receptions in Malaysia, Thailand and Guatemala for government oil officials on behalf of Al’s company. At home or abroad, Rose was Al’s invaluable partner in any of his endeavors.

She loved spending time with Al at their lake house in East Texas, relaxing and fishing on the lake.

Art was her favorite hobby. She produced large numbers of oil paintings and watercolors from her art studios in Dallas and East Texas. Rose was an outstanding gourmet chef, and had a unique talent for replicating any meal she enjoyed at a restaurant, foreign or domestic. She was an incredible seamstress, often finding couture clothing at upscale shops and duplicating them at home.

She was a Dame of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, a Catholic Order dating back to 1099, presently supporting preservation of the Christian Faith in the Holy Land.

Rose was a devout Catholic and member of Christ the King Church and the Church’s Altar Society.

The family is incredibly thankful to her caregivers, who treated her with the utmost love and compassion. She developed a deep and lasting bond with each of them over the time they spent together.

She is survived by her four children: Michael Hrubetz, Susan Bancroft, Barbara Callaway, and Sarah Crownover; seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren; her sister, Cathy Carmody and her brother, Eugene Ramatowski, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Mom, we will miss you more than words can express. Our hearts are broken by your absence, but we find comfort in knowing that you are once again in the arms of the love of your life. Though we grieve your passing, we rejoice in the thought of your reunion with Dad in heaven. Your love, guidance, and memory will remain with us always.

A Rosary will be prayed in her honor at 11:30 am on Tuesday June 30, 2026 at Christ The King Catholic Church with the Funeral Mass to immediately follow. Interment will take place at Calvary Hill Cemetery.