Rosanne O Bronick

She was born Rosanne O'Mara on February 4, 1923, in Columbus, Ohio. She was the youngest of three children born to Thomas and Margaret O'Mara. Her siblings are her older sister Catherine and her older brother Thomas. Rosanne lived in Central Florida for most of her youth. She attended schools in Clearwater from the first to the eighth grade. She received a bachelor's degree in English Literature from the University of South Florida.

Rosanne met Joseph Bronick, her husband of 48 years in Detroit, Michigan. They were married in 1951 and lived for several years in Cadillac, Michigan. Rosanne and Joe moved to Florida in 1961. Rosanne worked in the administrative office of Largo High School for many years. She was an active member of the Pinellas County Genealogical Society and volunteered at Largo Hospital and the Largo Library. Her husband Joe preceded Rosanne in death in 1999.

Rosanne moved to Northern Virginia in 2004, and lived the remaining years of her life in Fairfax. She is survived by her children Douglas (of Pukalani, Hawaii), Matthew (of Annandale, Virginia), and Vincent (of Haiku, Hawaii); her daughter-in-law Ninet (Matthew's wife), Matthew and Ninet's children Jeffrey and Amy; and Vincent's children Marina, Lucas, and Elliot; as well as many brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, and nephews and their families.