Roselyn Marie Brouillette

Former Grants Pass and Cave Junction resident, Roselyn Marie Brouillette, 96, of Livermore, Calif. died Thursday, July 17, 2008 at an adult foster care home in Livermore.

A viewing will be held from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 26 at Chapel of the Valley - L. B. Hall Funeral Home in Grants Pass. A graveside service will follow at 1 p.m. at Hawthorne Memorial Gardens, with the Rev. Gregory Moys of St. Anne Catholic Church officiating.

Mrs. Brouillette was born March 25, 1912 in Peshtigo, Wis. to Charles & Frances Ball. She and her husband traveled from Aurora, Wis. in the ‘50s with California as their destination, but once they arrived in Oregon, they couldn’t leave. They owned and operated the Sportsman Tavern in Cave Junction from 1953 to 1972. After retirement they moved to Grants Pass. She moved to California in 2006.

Mrs. Brouillette was a member of St. Anne Catholic Church and St. Patrick of the Forest Catholic Church in Cave Junction. She loved to knit, to crochet and quilt, to make Christmas ornaments and tole painting. After moving to Grants Pass, she enjoyed playing bridge.

Surviving are two daughters, Teresa LaFromboise, of Crystal, Minn., and Linda Evans, of Livermore, Calif.; 14 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren. Her husband, Isidor F. Brouillette, died in 1982. Four children, Rita Jean, Gerald, Robert and Chuck, also preceded her in death.