Rosie Ponzer
Oct. 9, 1944 – June 11, 2022
Rosie Ponzer, 77 of
Anamoose died Saturday
June 11, 2022 at her home
near Anamoose.
Funeral services will be
held on Saturday June 25,
2022 at 10:30 a.m. at the
St. Francis Xavier Cathol-
ic Church of Anamoose.
Prayer services will be
held at the church on Fri-
day June 24, at 7:00 p.m.
Rosie was born on Oc-
tober 9, 1944 in Harvey.
She was the daughter of
William and Katherine
(Deck) Oster. Rosie grew
up and attended school in
Harvey until the 10th
grade. After high school
she worked at the Harvey
Cafe. She married Royce
Ponzer on March 2, 1962
at the St. Cecilia Catholic
Church of Harvey. They
lived in Anamoose for a
brief time before moving
to Roseburg, OR where
they lived for almost two
years. From there they
moved to Coos Bay, OR
for a few years until mov-
ing back to the Anamoose
area. Eventually making
their forever home in Ayl-
mer in 1966. They raised
four children, many dogs,
thousand of chickens,
duck, geese, cows, pigs,
turkeys, goats, sheep,
some racoons, and one
badger. Rosie worked at
home raising her children
until they were grown.
She then started working
at the St. Aloisius Nursing
Home as a CNA. She also
worked as a house cleaner
for many places in the
Anamoose area. Her final
job was at HAV-IT Ser-
vices as a DSP. Rosie
loved working with all the
residents.
Her hobbies were word
find books, playing cards,
games, working in the
flower beds when she was
able to. Rosie loved
flowers, having all her
family (as loud as we are)
around her, swimming
and taking her kids to An-
telope Lake for the day.
Watching the grouse and
finches outside the win-
dow a couple hours a day
and watching Hallmark
movies.
Rosie is survived by her
husband, Royce of
Anamoose, children, Gary
(Lisa) Ponzer of
Anamoose, Sheila (Pres-
ton) Avery of Gwinner,
Shirley (John) Ayers of
Gwinner, Don (Lisa)
Ponzer of Greeley, CO.;
grandchildren, Clayton,
Zachary, Austin, Aaron,
Kaia, Landon, Benjamin,
Garrett, Gunnar, 10
great-grandchildren; sis-
ters, Tillie Hanks of Fond
Du Lac, Wisconsin, Chris-
tine (Bob) Schmaltz of
Grand Forks; brother,
Paul (Linda) Oster of
Bismarck. Rosie was pre-
ceded in death by her
parents; sisters, Mary
Moran, Betty Oster, Bar-
bara Borg; infant brother.