Maxine (Courtney) Rose

Funeral service for Maxine Rose, 87, of Tipton will be at 2 p.m., Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at the First Baptist Church in Tipton with Rev. Harold Gaches and Rev. Les Banks officiating. Burial will follow in the Frederick Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Jackson Funeral Home of Frederick. Mrs. Rose passed away Saturday, July 16, 2022, at her home after a lengthy illness.

Ruby Maxine (Courtney) Rose was born January 14, 1935, in Manitou to Claude Emmitt and Addie Marie (Morton) Courtney. She attended Manitou Public School, later transferring to Laing Consolidated #1 School. On December 28, 1951, she and Ellery Donald “Don” Rose were united in marriage in Vernon, Texas.
She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Don Rose of the home; two daughters, Frankie Parris and her husband Jeff of Tipton, and Jennifer Keever and her husband Gabriel of Yukon; one daughter-in-law, Cindy Rose of Plano, Texas; one brother, Claude “George” Courtney of Blanchard; one sister, Pauline Hasley Cook and her husband Tommy of Yukon; six grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; and a host of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Claude and Addie Courtney; one son, Jerry Don Rose; one granddaughter, Laura Katherine Parrish; five sisters, Claudine “Dee” Smith, Charlene Burkhalter, Irene Davis, Marlene Sayer, and Donna Jean Courtney who died in infancy; and one brother, Earl Dean Courtney.

Memorial contributions may be given to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, for Alzheimer’s Research in memory of Maxine Courtney Rose.