1177 W. 5th Avenue
Columbus Ohio 43212
Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church
1559 Roxbury Road
Columbus
, Ohio 43212
Rose Alma (Wilcox) Sliemers, age 87, died at home on Wednesday, November 14, 2018. Rose was born December 31, 1930, one of five children of Orrin and Elizabeth Wilxon. She was a 1952 graduate of St. Rita's School of Nursing. She retired from The Ohio State University Hospitals in 1990 after 20-years of service as a Registered Nurse. She is especially remembered for her cheerful personality, love of family, poetry compositions, cooking expertise and an interest in genealogy. She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Francis "Jack"; eight children, John (Jane), Janice (James) Podelco, Constance (John) Bennett, Karen (Drew) Ferrall, Stephen, Michael (Amber), Mary (Anthony) Apollonio and Daniel (Angela); 24 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Barbara and Marilyn Wilcox; brothers-in-law, Joseph Wukusick and Donald Nungester; and numerous other relatives and friends. She is preceded in death by her daughter-in-law, Vicki; brothers, William, Thomas and John Wilcox; sister, Mary Webb; sisters-in-law, Cecelia Wukusick and Shirley Nungester. Her family will receive friends on THURSDAY, November 15, 2018, from 4-7 p.m., at the JOHN QUINT TREBONI FUNERAL HOME, 1177 West Fifth Avenue, Columbus (with a Prayer Service at 6:45 p.m.). Family and friends are asked to gather for her funeral Mass at 9:30 a.m., on FRIDAY, November 16, 2018 at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church, 1559 Roxbury Road in Marble Cliff (43212). Rev. Msgr. Romano Ciotola, Presider. Burial to follow in Gethsemene Cemetery, Lima. In lieu of flowers donations in her name preferred to either Our Lady of Victory Parish or American Cancer Society.