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I find as I sit down to write this column that I am at a loss for words. Not like me, right? But this is hard: My father, Gilbert E. Rose, died early Wednesday morning, the 26th of October, a month after my mother Arlene died. Our family has long PETER been vocally grateful for ROSE the fact that we are all still here. In quite short order, that has changed, but the gratitude remains. I think it’s remarkable that I got to work with and learn from my dad for 50 years. In a very real way, though, that makes it harder. He was here every day of the year. He was the first one here nearly every day, too. So as I walked in, I saw the familiarity of my father at his desk, already on the phone dealing with something first thing in the morning. The familiarity, routine and longevity of that morning greeting was absolutely taken for granted until he had a stroke in December of 2021.
He arrived here in 1962 to lend a hand to a men’s and women’s business that was just poking along since its inception in 1943. By the time I joined the family business in 1972, we were a company of five stores, and Wyandotte had a new anchor store in the Willow Tree. Chelsea got a new front in 1971 which remains today. Maybe it’s only in my own mind, but I see it as iconic. Whatever, it was and is unique. As was he. When the phrase “never give up” is spoken, it is understood that it refers to Gilbert Rose. It would be easy to delve into specific accomplishments over the course of his 60 year time in the business, but I don’t want to. What I want to do is paint the true picture of my father, who was, in a word, relentless. He got so many things accomplished here in Wyandotte because he just never quit on the things he championed. He didn’t win ‘em all, but if he believed in a project, he found
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the way, nearly every time. He didn’t do it for the credit. He just wanted improvements made in the world in which he did business. People that appreciate his efforts See Sayonara, Dad page 3