| Date of Birth | October 20, 1941 |
| Passed Away | June 27, 2008 |
| Place of Residence | Almond |
| Home State | NY |
| Service Date | July 1, 2008 |
| Service Time | 11:00 AM |
| Service Location | Bishop & Johnson Funeral Home |
| Interment Location | Arkport Cemetery |
ROSE MARIE BISCHER
ALMOND-Rose Marie Bischer, 66, of 5 McHenry Valley Road, entered into rest unexpectedly Friday morning (June 27, 2008) at St. James Mercy Hospital in Hornell.
Born in Buffalo on Oct. 20, 1941, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Mary Cirrito Gimbrone. On Nov. 25, 1967 she was married in East Aurora to Erwin Allen “Al” Bischer, who survives.
A former resident of East Aurora and Warwick, Rose was a graduate of the Brooks Beauty School in Buffalo and had been employed as a beautician.
She has resided in Almond for the past 19 years where she attended St. Brendan’s Church.
Rose enjoyed exercising with friends at Curves, working with ceramics, gardening, bowling, fishing and sewing.
She will be remembered most of all for her beautiful smile and the loving kindness she showed towards others, especially children.
Her family includes her husband of 40 years, Al; her two brothers, Charles and Edward (Lynn) Gimbrone all of Salamanca; her three sisters, Grace McDonough of Kenmore, Gloria Neubert of Elma and Mary Wisniewski of Cleveland, Ohio; also her numerous nieces and nephews.
Besides her parents, Rose was predeceased by her seven brothers, Michael, Joseph, Charles, William, Nicholas, Anthony and Albert Gimbrone and her three sisters, Clara Gimbrone, Victoria Marzec and Josephine Meyers.
Calling hours are from 7-9 p.m. Monday at the Bishop & Johnson Funeral Home, Inc., 285 Main St., Hornell, where a funeral and committal service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, with Rev. Sean DiMaria officiating.
Interment will be in the Arkport Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, those wishing may contribute in her memory to the American Diabetes Assoc., 595 Blossom Road, Suite 208, Rochester, N.Y. 14610.
My heart is sad today….when I read that you have left us. I have known you since you moved here, we house sat for you to take care of you cat while you and Al were gone to NC. You always had a smile and a hug when we saw you at Wegmans. We always loved seeing you, you lived life to the fullest every day. I wished we could of gotten together more, and I want to learn how to live life like you did, laughing, loving and hugs. I will miss you Rose Bischer….but will keep in my heart all those memories…thank you for being in my life.
We’ve lost such a wonderful neighbor. We will always remember Rose’s beautiful smile, her kind encouragement, the way she selflessly loved her husband, and the way she loved us (especially our children). Our neighborhood will never be the same as Rose’s presence will be sorely missed.
Al, we pray God’s richest grace to rest on you. Please know that your neighbors love you and will be there for you.
We will miss her smile at rite aide. She was a very nice lady. May your family have comfort at this most difficult time.
Rose phoned me just a bit over a week ago. We stayed on the phone over an hour! She spoke of her life, her husband (who she adored!), her past career, her friends, my husband and my children, and more. She always made people feel cherished, loved, beautiful, and full of worth. I never heard an unkind word spill from her lips. She always wished she could do more for people. She was one of the most sincere ladies I’ve ever known. A true treasure. Her smile…I will miss her smile…
Heaven surely has been blessed with an angel…
We send our deepest sympathies to the Giambrone family on the sudden loss of their beloved Rose.