Catherine Rosaleen "Rose" Green (Cullen)

Catherine Rosaleen “Rose” (Cullen) Green, 96, passed away peacefully July 30, 2016 at John Knox Village Memory Care Center. Services will be held at St. Bernadette’s Catholic Church, 9020 E. 51st Terr, KC, MO, on August 5, 2016. Visitation will be at 9:30am and the Funeral Mass at 10:00am. Following services internment will be at the Memorial Park Cemetery, 83rd and Hillcrest, KCMO. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Bernadette’s Catholic Church or the Alzheimer’s Association. Rose was born in 1919 to John F. and Mary Elizabeth Cullen. She graduated from Pilot Grove High School in 1937 and from the St. Joseph Hospital School of Nursing in 1940. She loved learning and traveling. She traveled all through Europe, China and the United States. After retiring from Research Hospital, her life-long love of learning resulted in an associate’s degree from Longview College, a Master Gardener designation and Flower Show Judge Designation and an avid birder. She was a 40 year member of St. Bernadette’s Catholic Church, a member of the KC, MO and Raytown garden clubs, SPARK, the Sierra Club and a staunch Democrat. She was preceded in death by her husband of 37 years, Robert Green, her husband of 13 years, Richard Vaughan, her parents and six of the eight siblings, Helen Knipp, Mary Mooney, Margaret McKenna, Joseph Cullen, William Cullen and Patricia Tausch. Rose is survived by her son John F. Watson and wife Marianne; five grandchildren: Shari D. Kearns and husband Michael, Paul J. Settle and wife Vickie, Michael L. Settle and wife Suzie, John W. Watson and significant other Rene, and Michael J. Watson; nine great- grandchildren, five great-great grandchildren, her sister, Dorothy Blottman and step-daughter, Kendra Vaughan.