Rose O’Brien, 94, Belfield, died Saturday, June 27, 2015 at CHI St. Alexius Health Center, Bismarck. Rose’s Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m., Friday, July 3, 2015 at St. Bernard’s Catholic Church, Belfield, with Fr. William Ruelle as the celebrant. Interment will follow at St. Bernard’s Cemetery. Visitation will be on Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Ladbury Funeral Service, Dickinson, and will continue at the church from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a rosary & vigil at 7 p.m. Visitation will continue on Friday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., at the church.
Rose Cinder was born September 11, 1920 on the family farm near New Hradec, the daughter of Frank and Barbara (Binstock) Cinder. The family moved southeast of Belfield where she was raised and educated. She attended country school and graduated from Belfield High School. She then went on to attend Dickinson State Teachers College and earned her teaching certificate.
On July 23, 1944, Rose was united in marriage to Donald J. O’Brien at St. Matthias Church, Huntington Park, Calif., while Don was serving in the military. Rose had taught school in area country schools prior to and following their marriage. In the spring of 1946, Don and Rose bought the J. Harold Johnson ranch in Billings County, where they ranched for 35 years and raised their 12 children. In 1981, they retired and moved into Belfield.
Rose loved cooking and baking, traveling and taking special events trips, growing flowers, working on jigsaw puzzles and crossword puzzles. She had a love of learning. She did plenty of sewing and mending while raising the “dirty dozen”. She belonged to the Catholic Daughters, the Pioneer Birthday Club, Belfield Senior Citizens, and the American Legion Auxiliary.
Rose is survived by 12 children, Mary (Jim) Rabenberg, Mobridge, S.D., Denise (Bob) Person, Dickinson, John O’Brien, Halliday, Dennis (Arlinda) O’Brien, Belfield, Bill (Lana) O’Brien, Fairfield, Tim (Karen) O’Brien, Belfield, Darby (Nita) O’Brien, South Heart, Barb (Ronnie) Boltz, Grassy Butte, Donovan (Robin) O’Brien, Medora, Mony (Rod) Wolf, Dickinson, Jeff (Crys) O’Brien, Sheridan, Wyo., and Aaron (Dream) O’Brien, Dickinson; son-in-law, Aaron Hawkinson, Hamilton, Mont.; 37 grandchildren; 72 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Heidi Murray; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Don, on September 6, 2004; her parents; daughter, Sharon Hawkinson; son-in-law, Roger Boltz; granddaughter, Carlye Boltz; grandson, Seth O’Brien; and siblings, Lillian Heath, Ed Cinder, Martha Jurgens, and Pauline Kostelnak.
In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred to the donors charity of choice.
