Tracy was a good place for Dave to grow up…he could walk into the tomato fields with a salt shaker and eat right off the vine.

When Dave was a toddler, his family moved to Tracy CA where his father was a founding partner in the Tracy Garbage Company. That nascent career led her to meet tw.ĭavid Henry Roberts (Dave) was welcomed into this world on New Year's Day 1946 in South San Francisco CA by parents Benjamin Max Roberts and Eva Daisy Roberts. She quickly found an apartment and started a career in computers. Rosie lived with cousins for a few months before deciding that California was the place to stay. Her ambition quickly led her and her best friend Barbara to pack up and head for California without jobs or a place to live. While Rosie loved Jordan Valley and her family, she realized that she wanted to live in the big city of Boise, Idaho, to pursue a career and to experience the world. It was there that Rosie became a Basque Oinkari dancer which led to a lifelong love of music and dance, from traditional songs and choreography all the way to Elvis and line dancing. Her family then operated a boarding house in town and Rosie worked with her family to feed the myriad travelers who passed through, and much of the town on a daily basis. Rosie was born in the tiny town of Jordan Valley, Oregon, and grew up on a cattle ranch.

She died at 82 years old after a brief illness. She passed away peacefully at home on April 5. A proud family moment for sure, but finance.Īn infinite capacity for love and the ability to never let people run out of second chances were the hallmarks of the beautiful life of Rosie Josephine Pinkela. It was not usual for farmers' children to attend school, let alone a seminary, but for Frank this was the chance of a lifetime.Īfter attending the seminary school for three years and passing some difficult exams, Frank earned acceptance to the prestigious Instituto Technico Industriale Montani in Fermo, Italy. Wanting an education for their only son (Frank’s brother Natalino died as an infant) Arduino and Yolanda scraped together their meager savings and along with help from Uncle Antonio in America, they were able to send Frank to the seminary school in nearby Cagli. They lived a simple but happy life as small farmers. As a boy he worked in the nearby fields of San Savino with his parents Iolanda and Arduino Roselli. Frank lived an amazing and storied life that started with humble beginnings as the son of farmers in Italy then saw him emigrate to America where he became a famous chemist.įrank “Francesco” was born in the summer of 1934 in Colombara, Italy a small suburb of the village of Frontone in Le Marche region of central Italy.

Frank Roselli was called to be with God and passed away peacefully on April 6, 2023.

Amy Girl by Bari Wood