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Deborah Sherley (Rose) - Class Of 1966 VIEW PROFILE

Deborah Sherley Rose, 66, passed away at her home in Charlottesville, Virginia on November 1, 2015. Her husband, Benjamin Rose, was at her side as he had been over the final months of her struggle with lung cancer. Deborah was preceded in death by her parents, Jack and Marcella Sherley.In addition to Ben Rose, her husband of many years, she is survived by his mother, Wanda Rose, their extended family in Wise and Norton,Virginia; her daughter, Katherine Makrides and granddaughter, Anastasia Makrides of Charlottesville; her sister, Christine Sherley Evans (Douglas Evans) of Gilford, New Hampshire; and nephew, Andrew Evans (Jenna Evans) and their sons, Wesley and Jensen of Sunderland, Massachusetts.Deborah was born in New York City, moving to Lexington, Kentucky with her family soon after. She grew up in Lexington, graduating from Lafayette High School in 1966. She was active in drama and vocal music at Lafayette, participating in State Drama competitions and Allstate Chorus. She earned her BA (in the Honors Program, Phi Beta Kappa) and MA degrees from the University of Kentucky, and completed additional graduate coursework at Vanderbilt University. Her studies in English prepared her for an outstanding career in journalism at newspapers across the country including the Bakersfield Californian, the Coalfield Progress in Norton, Virginia and more recently the Daily Progress in Charlottesville. She won numerous awards through out her career, including several from the Virginia Press Association. She was subsequently an editor of law books at LexisNexis.She was a devoted member of Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church, Unitarian Universalist in Charlottesville, Virginia and considered the staff and congregation extended family. Among her numerous contributions to the life of that congregation are her sermons and poetry to be published by the church. A service celebrating her life will be held there on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 7 p.m.The family requests that donations to the minister's discretionary fund be made in lieu of flowers. (see the church website, uucharlottesville.org, for contact information).





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