Rose D. Koysh, 90, 617 North Thoman, Crestline, Ohio, died Saturday, March 22, 2008 at Galion Community Hospital.
Rose was born in Turner, Michigan, on May 27, 1917 to the late Jacob and Emilie (Thaut) Dewald.
She married Joseph W. Koysh on March, 24, 1938 and he preceded her in death on July 23, 1983.
Mrs. Koysh was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Crestline.
She has lived in Crestline since 1938, when she moved from Turner, MI.
She loved to crochet and had made each member of her family an afghan. She loved to garden and grow roses. She was close to all of her grandchildren.
She is survived by: her son and daughter-in-law, William J. and Martha Faye Koysh and her daughter Joyce Crawford, all of Galion; her five grandchildren, Dan Crawford, Peggy Reece, Eric Crawford, Bill Koysh, and Scott Koysh; her nine great grandchildren, Megan Koysh, Tyler Koysh, Scott Koysh, Adriel Koysh, Jassen and Tammy Crawford, Kevin Crawford, Heather Crawford, Rachel Crawford, Aaron Crawford; and her three great great grandchildren, Torri Crawford, Raven Crawford and Mayhalya Rose Koysh; her brother Jacob Dewald, Au Gres, MI; her five sisters, Adoline Ridenour, Mansfield, Ohio, Hilda Sass, Minot, ND, Bernice Metcalf, East Tawas, MI, Catherine and Harold Nitschke, Crossville, TN, and Esther Woodward, Bucyrus, Ohio.
She was preceded in death by her grandson Tim Crawford, her brother Clarence Dewald, and her two sisters Erma Nichols and Fredoline Ott.
Friends may call Monday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at the Mark A. Schneider Funeral Home, Crestline. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at Mark A. Schneider Funeral Home, Crestline, OH. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery, Crestline. Online condolences may be made to the family at masfh.com