Elizabeth S. “Sally” (Meskers) Rozett

ELIZABETH S. “SALLY” (MESKERS) ROZETT – in Woburn, March 3rd. Beloved wife of the late William Rozett. Devoted mother of Patricia Rozett Tracy and her husband Richard Tracy of Reading, Pamela Smith and her husband William of ME, William Rozett and his wife Linda of VA, and Peter Rozett and his wife Christine of Reading. Sister of the late John, Joseph, and Marie. Also survived by several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the Lynch-Cantillon Funeral Home, 263 Main Street, Woburn, on Tuesday evening, March 8th, from 5 to 7 p.m. Interment services will be private. Donations may be made in Sally’s memory to the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478-9106.

OBITUARY:

Elizabeth S. Rozett, known to family and friends as “Sally,” passed away at Hearthstone in Woburn Thursday evening, March 3rd, at the age of ninety-seven. She was the beloved wife of the late William Rozett, who died in 1993.

Born in New York City, Sally was the daughter of the late John and Mary Meskers. She graduated from St. Vincent’s School of Nursing in New York and worked there for a short time. She and her husband raised their family in Winchester, and Sally worked as an industrial nurse in Woburn after her children were grown.

She retired to Leesburg, Florida in the 1970’s, where she led an active life, swimming with her friends and spending time outdoors. In 2005 she took up residence at Hearthstone in Woburn, where she was lovingly cared for in her later years by their staff and her daughter, Pat.

Preceding her in death, along with her husband William, were two brothers, John and Joseph Meskers, and a sister, Marie.

Surviving are two daughters, Patricia Rozett Tracy and her husband Richard Tracy of Reading, and Pamela Smith and her husband William of Maine, two sons, William Rozett and his wife Linda of Virginia, and Peter Rozett and his wife Christine of Reading, as well as several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Relatives and friends are invited to call at the Lynch-Cantillon Funeral Home, 263 Main Street, Woburn, on Tuesday evening, March 8th, from 5 to 7 p.m. Interment services will be private.

Donations may be made in Sally’s memory to the Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478-9106.