PLYMOUTH – Rosemarie Button, 56, of Plymouth, lost her three-year battle with cancer on July 1, 2011, at the home of her daughter in Earlville.
A daughter of Charles and Luanne Carpenter Brazee, Rosemarie was born in Oxford in April of 1955. She attended school in Greene and Norwich, residing most of life in the Norwich and Plymouth areas. On May 12, 1972, in Norwich, Rosemarie married David Button. Over the years, she worked for the Community Work Shop and in the recycling center at Victory Markets. Her last employment was at the Gilmour Residential Health Care Facility. Rosemarie was a quiet and soft-spoken lady who was never judgemental. Family oriented, she doted on her grandchildren.
Rosemarie is survived by her husband, David Button of Plymouth; her children: Travis Button and companion Jennifer Radan of Norwich, Sheri Miller and husband Edward of Earlville, David Button Jr. of Plymouth, and Brandi Button and companion Mike Bishop of Plymouth. Also surviving are Rosemarie’s sisters and brother: Ellen Carpenter and husband Wilson of South Plymouth, Caroline Morse and husband Mike of Hamilton, Beverly Button and husband James of Sherburne, Norma Brazee of South Otselic, Cindy Crosby and husband Doug of Smyrna, Pamela Harvey of Mohawk, and Charles Brazee and wife Pam of West Winfield; 9 grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins. Rosemarie was predeceased by her brother, George Brazee, and her grandson, Dalton Miller.
Funeral services for Rosemarie will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday from the R.J. Fahy Funeral Home. The Rev. Joseph Acanfora of Gilbertsville, Pastoral Care of Hospice and Palliative Care of Chenango County, will officiate. Friends are invited to call at the R.J. Fahy Funeral Home on Tuesday from 9-11 a.m.