Obituary of Clifton Rose

Passed peacefully away at Carbonear General Hospital on Sunday, June 28, 2020, Clifton Rose of Salmon Cove, age 87 years. Predeceased by wife: Marion, parents: William and Elizabeth; granddaughter: Katrina; brothers: Harry (Pearl), Melvin, and Garfield (Marie); sisters: Maggie (Eric), Muriel (Clarence), and Dorcas (William). Leaving to mourn, three daughters: Brenda Trickett (Byron), St. John’s, Carol Ann (Jeff) Mullins, Carbonear, and Elizabeth Rose (Ralph), Ottawa, ON; three sons: Clifton (Mona), Victoria, Clarence (Ellen), Paradise, and Kevin (Bonnie), Victoria; fourteen grandchildren: Simone (Tim), Ramona (Gary), Jarratt (Kristen), Colin, Heather (Mike), Sean (Meagan), Katherine (Ryan), Kimberly (Kyle), Simon (Molly), Kevin (Trisha), Shane (Danielle), Brendan (Danielle), Jeffery (Mattie), and Shauna (Jon); nine great-grandchildren: Nigel, Eve, Keely, Shayla, Jake, Jackson, Layla, Cassidy, and Jazmine; one brother: Fred (Joy, deceased), Salmon Cove; sister-in-law: Effie Rose, Salmon Cove; members of the Sweeney family; also a large number of other relatives and friends. Following government legislation due to the current pandemic, a private visitation will take place at Noel's Funeral Home, Water Street, Carbonear, followed by a private funeral service from Noel's Memorial Chapel, Carbonear. Interment in Riverside United Cemetery, Salmon Cove. As an expression of sympathy, donations in his memory may be made to the Janeway Children’s Hospital, 300 Prince Philip Drive, St. John’s, NL, A1B 3V6, online at janewayfoundation.nf.ca or Children’s Wish Foundation, 31 Peet Street, St. John’s, NL, A1B 3W8, online at childrenswish.ca or a charity of one’s choice. "Say not in grief he is no more but live in thankfulness that he was." - Hebrew Proverb