ROSALIE SCHWARTZ

FORT WORTH -- Rosalie Sepin Schwartz, 86, died Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 19, 2013, in Houston after suffering a stroke. Funeral: 1 p.m. Friday at Beth-El Congregation, 4900 Briarhaven Road, with burial following in the Beth-El Section of Greenwood Memorial Park. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Beth-El Congregation; Senior Citizen Services of Greater Tarrant County, 1400 Circle Drive, Suite 300, Fort Worth, Texas 76119; or Cherish Our Children International, Box 54007, Houston, Texas 77254. Rosalie was born June 4, 1926, in Upper Darby, Pa., and attended high school in Miami Beach, Fla. During World War II, she met the love of her life, Bud Schwartz, who was stationed in Miami with the Navy. Rosalie and Bud were married in 1946 and in 1947 moved with their infant daughter, Arlene, to Fort Worth, where they soon added son, Lewis, and daughter, Ann D. Rosalie and Bud lived in Fort Worth for 44 years where she worked with Bud in their clothing business until they retired to Pecan Plantation in Granbury where they lived until Bud's death in 1998. Rosalie later returned to Fort Worth and lived in a retirement complex where several of her closest friends also resided. She also had a loving and close relationship with her sister, Marilyn. Rosalie was a longtime member of Beth-El Congregation and participated in many organizations, including B'nai B'rith, Council of Jewish Women, Hadassah and Beth-El Sisterhood. She was a founder, charter member and officer of several of these organizations and was active in her children's schools and PTAs as well. Later, Rosalie was a longtime board member of Senior Citizen Services from its earliest beginning, and just recently retired from its board. Rosalie and Bud enjoyed traveling, and cruised all over the world. She especially loved being "Nanny" to her four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The grandchildren loved summers at "Camp Schwartz" and were always proud of their "young" grandmother. Rosalie lived life to the fullest and enjoyed attending shows, gambling and shopping. She was well known for her always stylish clothes and her many hats and will be missed by all who knew her. She was preceded in death by her parents, Gerson and Ray Sepin; husband, Herman J. "Bud" Schwartz; brother, Robert Sepin; and son-in-law, Jerome H. Levy Jr. Survivors: In addition to her daughters, Arlene Levy of Houston and Ann D. Aston and her husband, Steve, of Fort Worth, Rosalie is survived by her son, Lewis Schwartz and his wife, Dee Dee, also of Fort Worth; granddaughters, Genene Turndorf and her husband, Michael, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Jennifer Levy of Houston; grandsons, Toby Schwartz and his wife, Dana, and Danny Schwartz and his wife, Lillian, of Austin; great-grandchildren, Max and Lily Turndorf and Elly and Harlan Schwartz; sister, Marilyn Myerson of Atlanta, Ga.; niece, Lorie Lewis and her husband, Les Fuchs, also of Atlanta, Ga.; and "daughter," Denise Estrin and her husband, Steve, of Houston. Robertson Mueller Harper Funerals & Cremations 1500 Eighth Ave., 817-924-4233 To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of ROSALIE SCHWARTZ please visit our Sympathy Store.