Rosie Kelinske

Rosie (Baese) Kelinske, age 97, of West, passed away Wednesday morning, January 4, 2012 at Hill Regional Hospital in Hillsboro. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday at Aderhold Funeral Home in West, with Rev. Eric Coleman and Rev. Gene Kotrla officiating. Burial will follow at Closner Cemetery. The family will receive visitors from 1:00 p.m. Friday until service time. Mrs. Kelinske was born December 2, 1914 in McLennan County near West, the daughter of Robert and Anna (Groppe) Baese. She attended school in Ross. On May 15, 1962 she was united in marriage to Ernest J. Kelinske in Waco. He preceded her in death on January 19, 2000. Rosie was a homemaker and worked at the Baese family dairy. She was also a substitute teacher in Ross. She was a longtime and faithful member of the First United Church in West, where she served on various committees and as the pianist from the age of 14 until 1979. Rosie is also preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Reinhold Baese and his wife Eva; three sisters, Alma Kelinske, Olga Baese and Clara Baese; and a brother-in-law Felix Kelinske. Survivors include a sister-in-law, Barbara Lander and husband Lonnie; six cousins; and many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Pallbearers are Emil Bluhm, Herbert Groppe, Henry Moravec Jr., Mike Lander, Wilford Schuetz and Gary Drews. Honorary pallbearers are Virgil Schuetz, James Middlebrook, Kenneth Wayne Aleman and Kermit Baese. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Closner Cemetery Association.