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Obituary - Rose Messina
Monday, August 12, 2019 at 8:08AM On Sunday, August 10, 2019, Hauppauge lost Rose Messina at Age 97. She was a gem in the community.
Rose and her husband, Dominick moved to Hauppauge in 1960 and had been dedicated to her family and Hauppauge since then. She was class mother to every one of her six children for over twenty years.
Rose was very active at St. Thomas More Parish, a member of the St Thomas More “Young at Heart” Organization for over thirty years and an active lifetime Columbiette member for 75 years.
Rose was one of the original founders of the Hauppauge Sideliners Club and remained a member for over twenty-five years. She started cooking for the Hauppauge Wrestling Team in 1969 and continued organizing dinners for the team, which eventually led to multiple teams her children played for. Her dedication to the teams back in the day evolved into every sports team today in Hauppauge enjoying an end of the year awards banquet.
She was a team mom seamstress and cook for every sport her children played in from Little League Football, wrestling, baseball, field hockey, Eaglettes, cheer leading, volleyball, track, dance and theater play in school
ROSE made many of the costumes for school musicals and plays her children and grandchildren performed in. She was inducted into the Hauppauge Hall of Fame in 2011 as an honorary member and in again in 2018 with her entire family.
She was passionate about the Hauppauge Wrestling team and spent forty years supporting the team.
Rose Messina leaves behind a legacy that her family and the Hauppauge Community family has been blessed with.
Rose leaves behind two sisters, six children, 21 grandchildren and eight grandchildren.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MANAGED BY MOLONEY’S HAUPPAUGE FUNERAL HOME.*IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, THE FAMILY RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS BE MADE TO THE ROSE MESSINA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION; PLEASE MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: “THE HAUPPAUGE WRESTLING CLUB” (which is a 501c-3 non-profit organization) AND INCLUDE “THE ROSE MESSINA SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION” IN THE MEMO.
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