Roseanne rogers biography

Roseanna Rogers (Langlais) “Rose”, unexpectedly passed into the next phase of life on March 13, 2022. Rose was born December 29, 1943 to Olive I. West and Harvey Langlais.  Rose’s greatest joy in life was spending her time with family and friends.  She was truly a social butterfly.  In her younger years she was an avid skier and loved to travel.  Rose spent many summers at the beach making memories with those closest to her.  Rose took great pride in loving her grandchildren and great grandchildren.  Her feisty wit and sense of humor would often have a room erupting in laughter and her loving demeanor was always a comforting presence.

She is predeceased by her father, Harvey, Mother, Olive, and son, Daniel.  She is survived by her daughters, Cheryl Cosgrove (Rogers) and her husband Kieth and Trish Gorski (Rogers) and her husband Scott, 10 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.  Rose was loved dearly by so many.  She will be greatly missed by all, especially her family.  Her loving memory will live on forever in our hearts.

Family and friends are kindly invited to attend her Visiting Hours on Wednesday, March 23rd from 4-7pm at the Conte - Giamberardino Funeral Home, 14 Pleasant Street, Georgetown. We will be having a Celebration of Life at a later date to further honor our beloved Rose. For funeral home directions, florists or to share a memory of Rose with her family, please visit www.cgfuneralhomegeorgetown.com

For those who wish, a Go Fund Me "Our Beloved Rosie Roseanna" at gofund.me/9f6dd8f6
 

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British-American romance novelist (1932–2019)

Rosemary Rogers (née Jansz; 7 December 1932 – 12 November 2019) was a Sri Lankan Burgherbest-sellingauthor of historicalromance novels. Her first book, Sweet Savage Love, was published in 1974. She was the second romance author, after Kathleen Woodiwiss, to have her novels published in trade paperback format. Both writers found their initial success working with editor Nancy Coffey who was then with Avon Books. Rogers is considered to be one of the founders of the modern historical romance, and many of today's writers cite her writing as one of their biggest influences. She lived in California.

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Rosemary Jansz was born on 7 December 1932 in Panadura, British Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. Her parents, Barbara "Allan" and Cyril Jansz, were Dutch-Portuguese settlers who owned several private schools. Rogers family employed many servants and was sheltered from much of the outside world. She began writing at age eight, and throughout her teens penned many romantic epics in the style of her favorite writers, Sir Walter Scott, Alexandre Dumas, père, and Rafael Sabatini. She was the first woman in her family to work outside the home as a feature writer for a Ceylon newspaper.

After spending three years at the University of Ceylon, Rogers became a reporter, and soon married Summa Navaratnam, a Ceylonese rugby player and track and field star (who played for Ceylon against the 1950British Lions and who was known as "the fastest man in Asia"). Following a separation from her husband, Rogers moved with their two daughters, Rosanne and Sharon, to London in 1960.

In Europe, she met Leroy Rogers from the United States. They married in his home town, St. Louis, Missouri, and she moved her family to Califo

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