Obituary of Rosalie H. Pembridge

Rosalie H. Pembridge, 92, of Lakewood, formerly of Bemus Point, died Tuesday December 5, 2017, in UMPC Chautauqua WCA, after a brief illness. She was born August 5, 1925, in Jamestown, the daughter of the late George and Anna Linnea Anderson Hedberg. She was a graduate of Celoron High School, Elmira College and earned a master's degree in Nursing from the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Her working career began as a cake decorator alongside her father at Hedberg's Bakery. She was a registered nurse affiliated with hospitals first in Cleveland and later in Jamestown. She served for fifty years as chief financial officer of Chautauqua Chemicals Company, Inc. which she and her late husband founded in 1951. She was active in Crèche, Norden Women's Club and AAUW, and was a lifetime member of the Chautauqua Bird, Tree and Garden Club and the Chautauqua Women's Club. She enjoyed spending summers at Chautauqua Institution and many seasons on Kiawah Island, SC. Wherever she spent her time it was always all about family. Surviving are five children Cheryl (John) Larkin of Basking Ridge, NJ, Stephen (Patricia) Pembridge of Placitas, NM, Tom (Amy Adam) Pembridge of Jamestown, Tim (Cathy) Pembridge of Westlake, OH and Laura (Brad) Currie of Nashville, TN; eighteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her husband and love of her life Donald Pembridge, whom she married October 23, 1948 and who died November 8, 2000 and two brothers Richard and Ramon Hedberg. A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in the Lind Funeral Home. Deacon Daniel Tyler will officiate. Friends will be received from 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Donald and Rosalie Pembridge Funds at either Chautauqua Institution, c/o Chautauqua Foundation, PO Box 28, One Ames Avenue, Chautauqua, NY 14722 or Chautauqua Region Community Foundation, 418 Spring Street, Jamestown, NY 14701. You may leave words of condolence at www.lindfuneralhome.com.