Rosalie Hammack, 80, departed her loving family on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, and joined her husband James Hammack at the gates of heaven.
Rosalie was born on Aug. 17, 1940, in Steubenville, Ohio, to the late Mary Gibbons, then later adopted by the late Joe and Mary Chulick on
Dec. 28, 1951.
Rosalie was a devoted wife to the late James Hammack and devout mother. They were married on May 4, 1973, and together they raised 11 children: two children from James’ previous marriage, Richard and Eric Hammack, of Masontown, three children from her previous marriage, Richard Appleton, of Georgia, Laura Appleton-Dixon, of Morgantown, and Deanna Minor, of Hagerstown, Md., and six children of their own, Shawn Hammack, of Michigan, Christopher Hammack, of Hagerstown, Shari Hammack (deceased), Mary Sebulsky, Therese Hammack and Adam Hammack, all of Point Marion, Pa.
Aside from the children she doted on, Rosalie is survived by her twin sister, Rose Marie Saunders, of Morgantown; two younger sisters, Regina Ricks, of Tennessee, and Sophia Gibbons, of Florida; a younger brother, John David Carr, of Alabama; brother-in-law, Carlton “Buddy” Hammack and wife Joyce, of Morgantown; sister-in-law, Carol Wolfe, of Fairmont; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and extended family, whom she meant the world to.
They shared their lives here on earth for almost 50 years, now James will take Rosalie’s hand and together they will be welcomed home by their late daughter, Shari Hammack; Rosalie’s mothers, Mary Gibbons and Mary Chulick; her father, Joe Chulick; her father- and mother-in-law Wilburn and Georgia (Hussing) Hammack; sister-in-law, Susan “Susie” Cale; and great-granddaughter, Abigail Burgraff. They will begin chapter one of a great story that no one on Earth has read and it will go on forever.
Friends will be received in the Richard R. Herod Funeral Home, Point Marion, Pa. from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Monday and from noon Tuesday until
12:30 p.m., when a prayer service will be held, followed by Funeral Mass in Saint Hubert R.C. Church, Point Marion, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Fr. Douglas Dorula as celebrant. Interment follows in Evergreen Memorial Park, Point Marion.
CDC recommendations will be observed in the funeral home.
Condolences:
www.herod-rishel.com
