ROSA KATRINA PREBIANCA WAS BORN JANUARY 8, 1913 IN CANTON, ILLINOIS TO ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS EMILIO PREBIANCA AND ALBINA TRETTENERO. IN 1918 THE FAMILY MOVED TO SAINT JAMES, MISSOURI . ROSE ATTENDED FRIENDSHIP GRADE SCHOOL TO THE 8TH GRADE. WORKING ON THE FAMILY FARM WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN GETTING AN EDUCATION DURING THESE EARLY YEARS. OCTOBER 21, 1939 SHE MARRIED JOSEPH GREGONIS. THEY MOVED TO DOWNERS GROVE, ILLINOIS WHERE THEY RAISED THEIR FAMILY. IN 1957 THEY MOVED TO SILVERTON, OREGON AND REMAINED ON THE FAMILY FARM IN EVANS VALLEY UNTIL A FEW YEARS AGO. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN WHO SURVIVE. MEL (SHARON) GREGONIS FROM LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA, BOB (JAN) GREGONIS FROM KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, DON (BONNIE) GREGONIS FROM SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AND GEORGIANA (BILL)TERLECKI, FROM SILVERTON, OREGON. ROSE ENJOYED HER BEAUTIFUL FLOWER GARDENS. SHE RAISED AFRICAN VIOLETS AND MANY OTHER HOUSE PLANTS. EVERY YEAR SHE ALSO HAD A LARGE VEGETABLE GARDEN AND CANNED OR PRESERVED ANYTHING SHE COULD. SHE BELONGED TO THE EVANS VALLEY COMMUNITY CLUB, AND HOME EXTENTION. SHE WAS VERY CREATIVE AND HAD MANY ARTS AND CRAFTS PROJECTS GOING AT ONCE. SHE LOVED TO KNIT. IN HER LATER YEARS SHE BEGAN TO OIL PAINT UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF HER TEACHER FRAN HANSON. SHE LEFT HER FAMILY WITH MANY BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS THAT WILL BE CHERISHED. ROSE PASSED AWAY ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 AT PROVIDENCE BENEDICTINE NURSING HOME IN MT. ANGEL, OREGON WHERE SHE RESIDED FOR THE LAST 4 YEARS ROSE WAS THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF HER FAMILY. HER BELOVED SISTER, ROMILDA PASSED AWAY IN MAY, 2009 AND BROTHER, FRED IN JULY, 2009. ROSE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, JOSEPH, HER PARENTS, EMILIO AND ALBINA, BROTHERS, GEORGE, JIM, RAYMOND, AND EUGENE. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER GRANDCHILDREN, DAVID, MICHAEL AND GREGG GREGONIS, ROBIN FURLAN, ANGELA WAKEFIELD, ALLEN, GARY AND RYAN TERLECKI. SHE HAD 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN EVAN, KAEDEN & KADEL TERLECKI; ZACHARY, ALEX & KENNEDY FURLAN; SETH & JAXON WAKEFIELD; BETHANY, MICHAEL, BRANDON, CHAD & LINDSEY GREGONIS. SERVICES WERE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2009 AT UNGER FUNERAL CHAPEL WITH BURIAL AT VALLEY VIEW CEMETERY.