Theda Howell Rose

September 24, 1933 - November 5, 2016

Obituary Pratt, KS – Theda Howell Rose, 83, of Pratt, KS died Saturday, November 5, 2016. She was born September 24, 1933 in Mullinville, KS to Clifford and Thelma (Liggett) Howell. Theda graduated from Mullinville High School and earned a Masters in Special Education from Fort Hays State University. On July 12, 1953 she married Franklin A. Rose at her home in Mullinville, KS. She taught a year at Stafford, Kansas, then moved to Fairbanks, Alaska for 2 years, then moved back to the family farm before teaching Special Education in Great Bend, Kansas for 20 years, then moved back to Greensburg, Kansas until the tornado in 2007 when she and Franklin moved to Pratt, Kansas. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Agenda Club, both at Greensburg, KS. Surviving in addition to her husband Franklin, are one son, John (Kay) Rose of Mullinville, KS; one daughter, Karla (Dennis) Hitz of Abilene, KS, five grandchildren, Christopher Degenhardt of Gt. Bend, KS, Tyer Rose of Cherokee, OK, Michlynn St.John of Marysville, KS, Nicole Cooper of Mullinville, KS and Kaden Hitz of Abilene, KS, and eight great grandsons. She was preceded in death by her parents, and two sons, David & Steven Rose and a sister, Leree Howell Kennedy. Visitation will be Monday and Tuesday from 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. with family receiving friends Tuesday from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at Larrison Mortuary, 300 Country Club Road, Pratt, KS. Funeral service will be Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Greensburg with Pastor Terry Mayhew presiding. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, Greensburg, KS. Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Greensburg in care of the mortuary. Condolences may be left at www.larrisonmortuary.com.