Roswitha "Rose" Burkart, 88, Marshfield, passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at Wells Nature View, 2807 South Apple Avenue in Marshfield.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 12:00 pm on Monday, May 8, 2023 at St. John's Catholic Church in Marshfield with visitation from 11:00 am until service time. Rev. Dan Thelen will officiate. Burial will take place at a later date. Rembs Funeral Home is assisting the family.

Roswitha was born on October 3, 1934 in Germany to Heinrich and Margarete Mueller. She moved from Germany to the United States when she was 19 years old. On November 14, 1953, she married Josef Burkart at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Chicago, Illinois. They lived in Chicago, Florida, and then Door County before moving to Marshfield.

Roswitha was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and homemaker. She adored her grandson, Martin, and family was everything to her. Roswitha enjoyed gardening, cooking, knitting, reading, bird watching, bird feeding, and keeping an immaculate house. She also had an interest in studying medicine.

She is survived by her daughters, Ingrid (David) McClure of Marshfield and Jutta (Gerald) Field of Highland Park, IL, and grandson, Martin Josef McClure who is serving in the US Navy in Norfolk, VA. She is further survived by her brother-in-law, Karl Berg and niece, Claudia Berg.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Josef Burkart, brother, Manfred, and sister, Wilma Berg.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to the wonderful, loving caregivers and management at Wells Nature View, St. Croix Hospice, and Compassus Palliative Care. They would also like to thank St. John's Catholic Church for their weekly visits.