Ohio Maryrose "Chub" was the only child of Christian and Alma Rosalie (Platt) Dahlem in Colonie, N.Y. She grew up during the Great Depression on Consaul Road in Colonie, where six of her father's brothers and seven of her mother's siblings made their homes within walking distance. Dubbed "Chubby" by her family because of her tall, thin build. As a teenager, she played ragtime piano and accordion in her uncle's band, fished and hunted rabbits with her dad and rode a Harley-Davidson motorcycle as part of the Civil Defense Corps. She married her childhood sweetheart, Lawrance F. Calder on March 2, 1946, after waiting for him throughout her school years while he served in the U.S. Navy in World War II. They left Colonie in 1957 and moved to Marlboro, Mass., then moved to Ohio when Larry helped found Amko/Dover Cryogenics. Maryrose graduated in Decembe 1968, from the Tri-County School of Practical Nursing in Coshocton. She worked as a licensed practical nurse at Union Hospital in Dover, then was a nurse at Aultman Hospital in Canton . After Larry's death, Maryrose played piano with the Melody Makers, a Dover senior citizens band. She lived her last five years at Hennis Care Center in Dover, where many of her caretakers were her colleagues when she was a staff nurse there in the 1990s. Maryrose is survived by two daughters a son and five grandchildren.
(Information shortened and paraphrased from Times Union where there is a very loving tribute to her) 1/6/09
(Information shortened and paraphrased from Times Union where there is a very loving tribute to her) 1/6/09
Ohio Maryrose "Chub" was the only child of Christian and Alma Rosalie (Platt) Dahlem in Colonie, N.Y. She grew up during the Great Depression on Consaul Road in Colonie, where six of her father's brothers and seven of her mother's siblings made their homes within walking distance. Dubbed "Chubby" by her family because of her tall, thin build. As a teenager, she played ragtime piano and accordion in her uncle's band, fished and hunted rabbits with her dad and rode a Harley-Davidson motorcycle as part of the Civil Defense Corps. She married her childhood sweetheart, Lawrance F. Calder on March 2, 1946, after waiting for him throughout her school years while he served in the U.S. Navy in World War II. They left Colonie in 1957 and moved to Marlboro, Mass., then moved to Ohio when Larry helped found Amko/Dover Cryogenics. Maryrose graduated in Decembe 1968, from the Tri-County School of Practical Nursing in Coshocton. She worked as a licensed practical nurse at Union Hospital in Dover, then was a nurse at Aultman Hospital in Canton . After Larry's death, Maryrose played piano with the Melody Makers, a Dover senior citizens band. She lived her last five years at Hennis Care Center in Dover, where many of her caretakers were her colleagues when she was a staff nurse there in the 1990s. Maryrose is survived by two daughters a son and five grandchildren.
(Information shortened and paraphrased from Times Union where there is a very loving tribute to her) 1/6/09
(Information shortened and paraphrased from Times Union where there is a very loving tribute to her) 1/6/09
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