Henry B. Rosenbaum, Sr.

A funeral mass for Henry B. Rosenbaum Sr., 83, life-long resident of Rosenberg, is 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Rosenberg. Interment follows at Greenlawn Memorial Park in Rosenberg, with the Rev. Father William Bartinski officiating the services. He went to be with the Lord Sunday, June 7, 2009, in Richmond. Visitation is 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a 7 p.m. rosary, Tuesday, June 9, in the Chapel of Davis -Greenlawn Funeral Home in Rosenberg. Henry was born Oct. 24, 1925 in Richmond, to R.H. and Amanda Meyer Rosenbaum. He honorably served our nation in the U.S. Navy and was a member of the American Legion Post No. 271 and the Knights of Columbus. He was a past member of the Fort Bend County Mounted Sheriff's Posse Patrol, and was a current member of the Sheriff's Association of Texas. Henry attended Rosenberg schools and the University of Houston. He credits his fourth-grade teacher, Bess Campbell of Campbell Elementary School, for keeping him and his siblings "in line." A master electrician, he retired from Shell Research/Brown & Root. Never one to hang around coffee shops with other retirees and "shoot the breeze," he stayed busy and happy until the last minute of life. Henry liked to hunt deer, fish, bake pies, play dominoes, barbecue, work in the yard and dance with good friend, Cecilia Jodarski, at the Wallis Dance Club. Throughout the years, Henry was involved in his children's activities: Friday night rodeo practices, football and sports, ballet recitals and twirling contests. If Henry's children were the light of his life, his grandsons were his sunshine. He relished the time spent with Franklin and Blake during tennis and debate matches, football games, rodeo-roping events, and tailgate parties at his beloved University of Texas in Austin. He liked to round up and organize family and friends for a casino mini-vacation. Tom Selleck was his favorite actor and Henry always wished he would make more Western movies. Henry loved children and, for the last seven years, it was evident in the pride and care he took with the Navarro Middle School students as their "Mr. Crossing Guard." He and Principal Hester were looking forward to the start of another school year. He will be sorely missed by all. He was preceded in death by his wife, Irene Brandl Rosenbaum; parents, R.H. and Amanda Rosenbaum; brothers: Rudy Rosenbaum, Leroy Rosenbaum, Jerry Rosenbaum and Reinhardt Rosenbaum; and sisters, Helen Trlica and Leona Zwahr. Henry is survived by his daughter, Karen Lynn Rosenbaum of Rosenberg; son, Henry B. Rosenbaum Jr. and wife, Billie, of Columbus; grandchildren, Capt. Franklin Hopkins IV of Fort Hood, and Blake Henry Rosenbaum of Columbus; sisters: Adela Mensik and husband, Frank, Norma Freund and husband, Raymond, and Amanda Hafer and husband, Al; sisters-in-law: Lena Brandl, Lois Skidmore Rosenbaum and Ellen Rosenbaum; special friends, Cecilia Jodarski and Marilyn Jodarski; and numerous other family and many friends. Pallbearers are nephews, James "Jim" Lindner, Bobby Sklar, Ned John Hellums, Phillip Rosenbaum and Kelvin Trlica, and family friend, the Rev. James Johnson. The family extends gratitude to the Rosenberg Emergency Team, the Rosenberg Fire Department, and the staff of the OakBend Medical Center in our time of need. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Davis-Greenlawn Funeral Home, 3900 B.F. Terry Blvd. in Rosenberg, 281-341-8800.

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Henry B. Rosenbaum, Sr.

October 24, 1925 - June 7, 2009