Rosemary Lasater (Patton)
Rosemary
Lasater … Cute, pretty and smart … and plays the accordion.
How many times did we hear Rosemary play “Lady of Spain” at various
talent events? Rosemary was always
into art and music. So much so that
she devoted her career to it!
Many of the neighborhood kids congregated at her home which was a north side
social center. Gene Landreth was her
first kiss (Gene really got around) and her first real boyfriend was Butch Jones
(where the heck is Butch anyway?). She
dated Danny Bell. And she had a secret crush on Charles Bright (along with Janie
Whitefield) in grade school.
As with many CHS grads, Rosemary married young – right out of CHS to Sonny
Snider who was a grade ahead of us. They
moved to Kansas City
and opened an art supply retail store and had art classes along with picture
framing. She put her natural talents
into work. She spent 14 years in the
art supply business. She divorced
after 20 years, remarried (over 26 years ago) and moved back to
Now her hobby is genealogy and she is a volunteer for the U.S. Genealogy Web
Project … which is HUGE undertaking. Rosemary
rents or owns US Census on microfilm and transcribes every name and other info
onto the above web site. Her other hobbies are bass fishing and her loveable
dog, Boomer, a Shi-tzu, who graduated with honors from dog training school.
Rosemary is a deacon in the Disciples of Christ Church and teaches
children’s Sunday School classes.
Bad news and good news. Rosemary has
been battling cancer for quite a while. She
says she is a three time cancer survivor! The
good news is that she survived. Rosemary
again had cancer surgery the first week in September 2003.
Fortunately the tumor was removed and she has totally recovered.
Illness kept Rosemary from attending our previous reunions, but she plans
on attending our 50th!
Last updated
01/06/16