ESCALANTE – Rosalyn (Rose) Marie Littlefield Salerno Bailey, passed away peacefully from heart failure one day after her 86th birthday on June 29, 2022, in Irving, TX, in the home of her wonderful son, Mark B. Salerno.
Rose was born on June 28, 1936, in San Bernardino, CA to Ira Walter and Agnes Johnson Ott Littlefield. The family moved to Tropic, UT, for 15 years, and then to Salt Lake. She attended South High School, had a beautiful soprano voice, and sang in the elite choir. She worked at the first Arctic Circle.
She married Bill Ray Cowen (2 yrs. divorced.). She married Richard Harvey Mallard. She worked at the Salt Lake Stock Exchange as a Board Marker. On April 23, 1965, they adopted Mark Bradley, the joy of her life! (4 yrs. divorced.) She married Ronald Gary Salerno. He adopted Mark, and along with his children, Karen Lynn, and Ricardo (Rick) R. they settled in Phoenix, AZ (13 yrs. divorced.). Rose stayed one more year in Arizona, then moved back to Tropic the summer of 1984. During that summer, she had eye surgery and spent the summer recovering at her sister Helen's home in Hurricane. On June 1, Ruby's Inn burned down. The next Spring, they hired Rose to help restock the newly rebuilt General Store and help with the grand opening that was exactly one year later in 1985. Also, that Spring in March of '85, her brother Ed asked her if he could give her phone number to a recently widowed friend of his. She said, "Hell no! I'm no good with men!" But Ed gave her number to McKay Gail Bailey, nonetheless. On August 11, 1985, they eloped to Las Vegas. They spent 33 years together. She always said, "He was the love of my life and definitely the most interesting part of it." He preceded her in death, May 2, 2018.
Rose was well thought of in her community of Escalante, Utah. She is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rose was spunky, and a survivor. She loved fast red cars, blue eye shadow, long, pointy, polished fingernails, lemon meringue pie, shrimp, tacos, gardening, crocheting dishcloths in her orange chair by the window, Indexing, Solitaire, Jeopardy, Facebooking, camping, her church, and her grandchildren.
Rose is survived by her son Mark, his children, Sydney Rose, Australia, Cameron Justice, Dallas, TX, Connor Michael, Houston, TX, and McKay's children, Stuart (Karma) Bailey, Fillmore, UT, Natalie (Jerry) Brian, Skiatook, OK, Alan (Sara) Bailey, Highland, UT. 17 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren, with one on the way. We love and miss you, Rose! She is also survived by her brother, Marion Walter (Catherine) Littlefield, Tropic, UT, and sister, Lynda (Robert) Gates, Granada Hills, CA. She is preceded in death by her parents, sister, Helen Edna Beatty and brother, Edwin James Littlefield.
A memorial will be at a later date.
Thank you so much to all the kind friends in Escalante that looked after Rose after McKay's passing.
Rose was born on June 28, 1936, in San Bernardino, CA to Ira Walter and Agnes Johnson Ott Littlefield. The family moved to Tropic, UT, for 15 years, and then to Salt Lake. She attended South High School, had a beautiful soprano voice, and sang in the elite choir. She worked at the first Arctic Circle.
She married Bill Ray Cowen (2 yrs. divorced.). She married Richard Harvey Mallard. She worked at the Salt Lake Stock Exchange as a Board Marker. On April 23, 1965, they adopted Mark Bradley, the joy of her life! (4 yrs. divorced.) She married Ronald Gary Salerno. He adopted Mark, and along with his children, Karen Lynn, and Ricardo (Rick) R. they settled in Phoenix, AZ (13 yrs. divorced.). Rose stayed one more year in Arizona, then moved back to Tropic the summer of 1984. During that summer, she had eye surgery and spent the summer recovering at her sister Helen's home in Hurricane. On June 1, Ruby's Inn burned down. The next Spring, they hired Rose to help restock the newly rebuilt General Store and help with the grand opening that was exactly one year later in 1985. Also, that Spring in March of '85, her brother Ed asked her if he could give her phone number to a recently widowed friend of his. She said, "Hell no! I'm no good with men!" But Ed gave her number to McKay Gail Bailey, nonetheless. On August 11, 1985, they eloped to Las Vegas. They spent 33 years together. She always said, "He was the love of my life and definitely the most interesting part of it." He preceded her in death, May 2, 2018.
Rose was well thought of in her community of Escalante, Utah. She is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rose was spunky, and a survivor. She loved fast red cars, blue eye shadow, long, pointy, polished fingernails, lemon meringue pie, shrimp, tacos, gardening, crocheting dishcloths in her orange chair by the window, Indexing, Solitaire, Jeopardy, Facebooking, camping, her church, and her grandchildren.
Rose is survived by her son Mark, his children, Sydney Rose, Australia, Cameron Justice, Dallas, TX, Connor Michael, Houston, TX, and McKay's children, Stuart (Karma) Bailey, Fillmore, UT, Natalie (Jerry) Brian, Skiatook, OK, Alan (Sara) Bailey, Highland, UT. 17 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren, with one on the way. We love and miss you, Rose! She is also survived by her brother, Marion Walter (Catherine) Littlefield, Tropic, UT, and sister, Lynda (Robert) Gates, Granada Hills, CA. She is preceded in death by her parents, sister, Helen Edna Beatty and brother, Edwin James Littlefield.
A memorial will be at a later date.
Thank you so much to all the kind friends in Escalante that looked after Rose after McKay's passing.
ESCALANTE – Rosalyn (Rose) Marie Littlefield Salerno Bailey, passed away peacefully from heart failure one day after her 86th birthday on June 29, 2022, in Irving, TX, in the home of her wonderful son, Mark B. Salerno.
Rose was born on June 28, 1936, in San Bernardino, CA to Ira Walter and Agnes Johnson Ott Littlefield. The family moved to Tropic, UT, for 15 years, and then to Salt Lake. She attended South High School, had a beautiful soprano voice, and sang in the elite choir. She worked at the first Arctic Circle.
She married Bill Ray Cowen (2 yrs. divorced.). She married Richard Harvey Mallard. She worked at the Salt Lake Stock Exchange as a Board Marker. On April 23, 1965, they adopted Mark Bradley, the joy of her life! (4 yrs. divorced.) She married Ronald Gary Salerno. He adopted Mark, and along with his children, Karen Lynn, and Ricardo (Rick) R. they settled in Phoenix, AZ (13 yrs. divorced.). Rose stayed one more year in Arizona, then moved back to Tropic the summer of 1984. During that summer, she had eye surgery and spent the summer recovering at her sister Helen's home in Hurricane. On June 1, Ruby's Inn burned down. The next Spring, they hired Rose to help restock the newly rebuilt General Store and help with the grand opening that was exactly one year later in 1985. Also, that Spring in March of '85, her brother Ed asked her if he could give her phone number to a recently widowed friend of his. She said, "Hell no! I'm no good with men!" But Ed gave her number to McKay Gail Bailey, nonetheless. On August 11, 1985, they eloped to Las Vegas. They spent 33 years together. She always said, "He was the love of my life and definitely the most interesting part of it." He preceded her in death, May 2, 2018.
Rose was well thought of in her community of Escalante, Utah. She is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rose was spunky, and a survivor. She loved fast red cars, blue eye shadow, long, pointy, polished fingernails, lemon meringue pie, shrimp, tacos, gardening, crocheting dishcloths in her orange chair by the window, Indexing, Solitaire, Jeopardy, Facebooking, camping, her church, and her grandchildren.
Rose is survived by her son Mark, his children, Sydney Rose, Australia, Cameron Justice, Dallas, TX, Connor Michael, Houston, TX, and McKay's children, Stuart (Karma) Bailey, Fillmore, UT, Natalie (Jerry) Brian, Skiatook, OK, Alan (Sara) Bailey, Highland, UT. 17 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren, with one on the way. We love and miss you, Rose! She is also survived by her brother, Marion Walter (Catherine) Littlefield, Tropic, UT, and sister, Lynda (Robert) Gates, Granada Hills, CA. She is preceded in death by her parents, sister, Helen Edna Beatty and brother, Edwin James Littlefield.
A memorial will be at a later date.
Thank you so much to all the kind friends in Escalante that looked after Rose after McKay's passing.
Rose was born on June 28, 1936, in San Bernardino, CA to Ira Walter and Agnes Johnson Ott Littlefield. The family moved to Tropic, UT, for 15 years, and then to Salt Lake. She attended South High School, had a beautiful soprano voice, and sang in the elite choir. She worked at the first Arctic Circle.
She married Bill Ray Cowen (2 yrs. divorced.). She married Richard Harvey Mallard. She worked at the Salt Lake Stock Exchange as a Board Marker. On April 23, 1965, they adopted Mark Bradley, the joy of her life! (4 yrs. divorced.) She married Ronald Gary Salerno. He adopted Mark, and along with his children, Karen Lynn, and Ricardo (Rick) R. they settled in Phoenix, AZ (13 yrs. divorced.). Rose stayed one more year in Arizona, then moved back to Tropic the summer of 1984. During that summer, she had eye surgery and spent the summer recovering at her sister Helen's home in Hurricane. On June 1, Ruby's Inn burned down. The next Spring, they hired Rose to help restock the newly rebuilt General Store and help with the grand opening that was exactly one year later in 1985. Also, that Spring in March of '85, her brother Ed asked her if he could give her phone number to a recently widowed friend of his. She said, "Hell no! I'm no good with men!" But Ed gave her number to McKay Gail Bailey, nonetheless. On August 11, 1985, they eloped to Las Vegas. They spent 33 years together. She always said, "He was the love of my life and definitely the most interesting part of it." He preceded her in death, May 2, 2018.
Rose was well thought of in her community of Escalante, Utah. She is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rose was spunky, and a survivor. She loved fast red cars, blue eye shadow, long, pointy, polished fingernails, lemon meringue pie, shrimp, tacos, gardening, crocheting dishcloths in her orange chair by the window, Indexing, Solitaire, Jeopardy, Facebooking, camping, her church, and her grandchildren.
Rose is survived by her son Mark, his children, Sydney Rose, Australia, Cameron Justice, Dallas, TX, Connor Michael, Houston, TX, and McKay's children, Stuart (Karma) Bailey, Fillmore, UT, Natalie (Jerry) Brian, Skiatook, OK, Alan (Sara) Bailey, Highland, UT. 17 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren, with one on the way. We love and miss you, Rose! She is also survived by her brother, Marion Walter (Catherine) Littlefield, Tropic, UT, and sister, Lynda (Robert) Gates, Granada Hills, CA. She is preceded in death by her parents, sister, Helen Edna Beatty and brother, Edwin James Littlefield.
A memorial will be at a later date.
Thank you so much to all the kind friends in Escalante that looked after Rose after McKay's passing.
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