Rosalee Schiewe
April 12, 1930 – Nov. 20, 2024
Rosalee was born on April 12, 1930 in Broadwater, Nebraska. She passed away at her home in Molalla on Nov. 20th at the age of 94. She was the daughter of Frank and Nellie Matson. As a child, her family moved to Wyoming where she attended Whistle creek school and graduated from Powell high school. Her father died when she was 10 years old from injuries he received in WWI. She lived in Powell, Wyoming with her mother and grandparents, Martin and Bertha Umbenhower. After graduating from Powell high school she worked at the state entomology department where she met and married Howard Beaudoin in 1951. Her daughter, Vicki was born in Powell. They then moved to Denver, Colorado and had their second child, Debra before moving to Portland where their third daughter, Terrie was born. Rosalee had worked for White Stag and as a secretary for an insurance agency. In 1968 she went to work for the Corps of Engineers in the legal and disaster and navigation and executive office of Colonels and Generals. She worked in the field offices after Hurricane Andrew, Mt. St. Helen and Norfolk, VA bridge disasters. She retired in 1970 . In 1983 she was married to William “Bill” Schiewe and they made their home in Molalla. Together they managed Belknap Hot Springs until retiring again in 1997. Bill preceded her in death in 2002.
She was an active member of the Molalla Moose Lodge, Women of the Moose and Molalla VFW Auxiliary. She enjoyed playing pinochle with her friends every Saturday and also at the Moose lodge. Her passion was dancing and she even joined the Squaws and Paws square dancing club. She also enjoyed motorcycle riding, having rode in a rally to Baker City and rode a mechanical bull for 30 seconds with the group, horseback riding, having rode a mule into Grand Canyon and rode in the Molalla Buckeroo parade, white water rafting, having rafted the Rogue river 4 times, Deschutes river 12 times and Clackamas river 6 times, zip lining, and sky diving 10 times, even into her 80’s.
Her sister, Willamae preceded her in death in 2023. She is survived by her daughters, Vicki (Bob) Thomas of Daytona Beach, FL, Debra (Scott) Mitzel of Molalla, and Terrie (Craig) Davis of Mulino; granddaughter, Angela (Chris) George of Bountiful, UT, grandsons; Brandon (Molly) Wilcox of Nashville, TN, Jim (Rikki) Davis of Lincoln, MT; Brent (Crissy) Wilcox of Omaha, NE, Steve Davis (girlfriend, Alex Dixon) of Molalla; nephews, Tony (Lynn) Shuler of Idaho and Jim (Kathy) Shuler of Wyoming; step-grandchildren; Stephen (Cynde) Schiewe of Portland and Jeff Schiewe of Woodstock, IL and 18 great-grandchildren; along with many cousins and friends who she cared for deeply.
A special thank you to Serenity Hospice for their care, tenderness and compassion in her final days.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Friday, Dec. 6th at 3:00 pm at the Molalla Moose Lodge,
A Committal service will be held in Lovell, Wyoming
A special note read to Rosalee just moments before passing by her great granddaughter, Stella
Roses are red, violets are blue, see future down by a lake, a trout on a hook,
a lawn to rake, friends to make, chores to do,
Memories made, flowers to bloom, children to feed, money to make
Don’t worry you never made one Mistake
Until we meet again
I’ll keep our memories safe…Forever
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