Rosemary Flanigan

May 8, 1927 - January 19, 2017

Rosemary Flanigan, 89 of Toledo, OH, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 19, 2017, at the Franciscan Care Center. She was born on May 8, 1927, to Rose and Carroll Fulton. Rosemary married James Flanigan in 1947 and was a stay-at-home mom. During those early years, she was actively involved in her children’s lives, as a girl scout leader and president of the PTA. You could always find her in the school cafeteria passing out milk or running bake sales. She loved camping and fishing with Jim and the kids. After Jim’s passing on December 19, 1980, her focus was on her children and grandchildren, attending many of their games, graduations and weddings. She was an active member St. Luke’s Hospital Auxiliary. Volunteering in their gift shop and crafting for the Christmas Shows. Rosemary was also a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Sylvania. She thoroughly loved to needlepoint. Rosemary was preceded in death by her husband, Jim and her mother, Rose Fulton. She is survived by her sons, James A. (Theresa) Flanigan and Richard Flanigan and her daughter, Catherine (Joseph) Fillion; 6 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren. Friends are invited to visit on Sunday from 2-7 p.m., at the Ansberg-West Funeral Home, 3000 Sylvania Avenue, (between Secor and Douglas Roads). Funeral services will be held on Monday at 11 a.m., from the funeral home. Msgr. Dennis Metzger will officiate. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Northwest Ohio, 30000 East river Road, Perrysburg, OH 43551 or the American Heart Association, 4331 Keystone Drive, Suite D, Maumee, OH 43537.