Rosemary Houck

Rosemary Houck, was born at home

June 3, 1930, in the small midwestern farming town of Daykin, Nebraska.

Rosemary’s two older sisters were married

and had children before she was born to

a very surprised Mother and Father. Rosemary was especially fond of her father. She would spend long hours in conversation with him while astride th

plow horse. One particularly snowy

the children became trapped at

school. Rosemary’s father hooked the

horse to their wagon and plowed through the snow to bring her and a number or other children to their homes.

After graduating from High School in Daykin, Rosemary left her home town with her niece and life long friend Ruth Houser to attended the National Business Institute of Lincoln, Nebraska. Both Graduated with certificates of Secretarial Studies during March 1949. Rosemary’s life long pursuit for knowledge motivated her to attended classes at Pikes Peak Community College graduating in

June 1978 with an Associate’s degree in Liberal Arts. Being an avid reader Rosemary was well versed in a plethora of subjects including history, archaeology, genealogy, space, animals, gardening and flowers.

Rosemary’s wanderlust motivated her

to travel to many exotic destinations.

That lust took her from Hawaii to Scotland, France, Germany, Spain, Italy,

Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Ireland

and numerous domestic places.

Her interest in genealogy set her on a voyage to discover her ancestors. Finding that a fourth Great grandfather had helped our country win its independence in the revolutionary war qualified her to join the Daughters of the American Revolution in March 2017.

While in Lincoln, Rosemary attended a

picnic with friends where she met

Alfred H. Fritz. The two quickly fell in love and were married in April 1949. Anxious to start a new family Rosemary and Alfred had two children, Michael and Kathleen. The family moved from Lincoln to Cheyenne Wyoming in the spring of 1955 where they were co owner / operators of the Geyser Laundry with Alfred’s father. The laundry was destroyed by fire in 1960 and in 1964 the family moved to Colorado Springs. When her children were older, Rosemary worked for Albertsons grocery stores where she retired with pension after  twelve years. Not to be idle she worked for school district 11’s lunch cafeterias then at University of Colorado Colorado Springs in the book store.

Rosemary was lovingly cared for during

her last years by her daughter.

Rosemary left this world January 10, 2024, at home in Colorado Springs, Colorado attended by her loving family.