COLUMBUS, INDIANA
Carleen Rose died on Tuesday, November 29, 2022 at the Four Seasons Retirement Center in Columbus, IN of complications related to Alzheimer’s’ Disease. She was 87. Her family is thankful for her life and rejoices that Carleen can now be whole and at peace with God.
Carleen was a life-long resident of Indiana: born in Indianapolis; baptized, confirmed, and married at Zion Evangelical United Church of Christ in downtown Indianapolis; educated in Indianapolis Public Schools; and graduated in 1953 from Broad Ripple High School in Indianapolis. She then attended Hannover College in Hannover, IN and later earned her Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Elementary Education and Administration at Butler University in Indianapolis.
For 47 years, Carleen was a teacher in Indiana, specializing in elementary education, mostly First and Second Grade. Because her husband’s career in banking caused the family to move several times, Carleen wound up teaching in several different cities and towns throughout the state, including Indianapolis, Spiceland, New Castle, Angola, Franklin, and Shelbyville. Occasionally over the years, she served as an administrator. In her last several years, she served as a mentor and consultant to beginning teachers in Indiana and, also, as a court-appointed special advocate for abused and neglected children.
Carleen had two children, Greg and Mary Beth who were both educated in primary and secondary schools throughout Indiana. Greg graduated from Wabash College in Crawfordsville, IN and Mary Beth from Purdue University in W. Lafayette, IN.
Mary Beth and her husband, Mark Overmyer, also a Purdue graduate, originally from New Castle, IN, have two children and three grandchildren so far. Greg and his wife, Leina, live in Tokyo, Japan and have several cats.
In addition to her careers in teaching and parenting, Carleen loved spending time with her husband and their friends and neighbors, playing bridge, gardening, vacationing in the summers, and celebrating the times when the family would gather for Christmas and other holidays.
Carlen was preceded in death by her parents (Carl and Eileen Schopp, of Indianapolis, IN), husband (James Rose), and brothers-in-law (Henry Huder and Joe Ulery).
In addition to her own children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, Carleen is survived by her brother (Earl Schopp), sister (Carol Huder), sister-in-law (Judith Ulery), and by their families.
There will be no public funeral or memorial service. Gifts in memory of Carleen may be given online to Westside Community Church of Columbus Indiana, Hanover College, or to a charity of your choice.
