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Vallejo Hills - Rose London - Green of Spades - 2019Description
Rose London
“Spring Flower Bouquet”
Vallejo Hills Retirement Community
If you want to catch up with ninety-year-old Rose London, you may find her playing violin with the Solano County Symphony. A talented musician and music lover, Rose took after her mother, who graduated from The Julliard School of Music. “Rose,” short for “Rosa May”, was named after her parents' mothers.
Born in Spokane, Washington, Rose was raised in Alameda, California with her two brothers. She has happy college memories at the University of the Pacific (UOP), where she studied education and music when the school became co-ed to accommodate the returning GIs. It was there that she met another musician, Willard, who became her husband. The couple was married for 45 years and had two children, Jay and Dana, who now live in Texas.
After Willard's sudden passing, Rose remarried in 1996, welcoming Ted's three children--Claire, John, and Charles--to her own family. Fifteen years later, Ted died from complications of Alzheimer’s.
Despite her losses, Rose continues on with remarkable energy and resilience. In addition to her busy musical life of practice, rehearsals, and performances, Rose is expanding her creativity with her recently-acquired drawing skills in her AWE class, where she's learning and improving quickly. After class and a round of hugs, off darts Rose, with the energy of a teenager.
ART WITH ELDERS
2019 27th Annual Art With Elders Exhibit
