Rosita Abenoja Roldan

Born on March 1st, 1942 to Bernardo and Brigida Cortez in Baybay, Leyte, Philippines, Mama Rosie will be fondly remembered as a loving and very giving person.

As the eldest of 7 kids, Rosita quit school after 4th grade to help make money for her family. When she was 20, she was assigned to be a nanny for an American family, with 4 kids, who were in the Philippines working for the Peace Core. Four years later, Rosie was sponsored to continue being a nanny for the Smith family in Palo Alto. On August 4th, 1966 Rosie set foot on the soil of the United States.

A couple of years later, Rosie met Larry Roldan and within 3 months of dating, they married on September 22nd, 1968 in Reno, Nevada. Together they had 4 children, Lorie, Lorraine, LeAnn and Larry Boy. Together, they raised their kids to be very active from baseball to modeling to piano/voice lessons to outrigger canoe to dancing hula/Tahitian. Larry video taped family activities and Rosie sewed costumes.

Rosie will infamously be remembered as a Bingo fanatic, spending time with her family and always dressed to the nines when leaving the house with a matching flower in her hair.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Larry Roldan; her daughter, Lorie Brigida; her grandson, Hunter Roldan; her granddaughter, Alyssa Almogela; her parents, Bernardo and Brigida Cortez and her brother, Gill Cortez.

She is survived by her children, Lorraine and her husband, Chris; LeAnn and her husband, Derek; and Larry B and his wife, Carrie. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Kwanzaa, Justin Blake, Tatiana, Hallie, Sunny Boy, Kingston and Taeyah. She is also survived by sisters, Arcelita Bande, Teresita Alao, Delia Piza and Pricilla "Precy" Krzeminkski and brothers, Rogelio Cortez and Paul Cortez.