Rebecca Ann (Roese) Tosca

Rebecca  Ann  Tosca 87 of  Ashville passed away on  Friday, May 1, 2015 at Mt. Carmel West in Columbus.  She was born on Aug. 27, 1927 in So. Bloomfield, OH to the late  Edward and Sallie  (Welch)  Roese.

Becky retired from the Ashville Savings Bank after many years, she also sold Avon for over 40 years.  A graduate of Ashville-Harrison H.S. Class of 1945, which would have been her 70th  class reunion.

She was a member of First English Lutheran and a Pythian Sister of Temple 366 in Ashville.  Becky loved attending to her flowers and working in the yard.  Each year she would host all of the family at her house for the annual 4th of July celebration. Preceded in death by son, Gary Lee Tosca Jan. 11, 2015;  sisters, D. Helen Roese, Lucille Roese, Georgia Graham, Martha Huston Cline, and Pauline Roese; niece Joann Graham; great niece Betsy Nicholson; great nephew Dustin Roese.

Survived by daughter Sally (George)  Reid of Grove City and son Edward Q. Tosca of Los Angeles, CA.; brother Barney (Kate) Roese of So. Bloomfield; nieces and nephews, Mona Lee (Jerry) Trego, Judy (Larry) Beard, David Roese, Bruce (Terry) Roese, Keith (Rita) Roese, R.D. Roese, Nancy (Bill) Edwards, Sandra (Larry) Carnes, Tim (P.J.) Tosca, Patty Roby Bodie;   Karen Wells, Mike (Mary) Lombardo, and Joe (Julie) Lombardo;brother-in-law Harold Tosca; sister-in-law Joan Roby,  numerous great and great-great nieces and nephews; and many friends.

Funeral Service 11:00 a.m. Wed. May 6th, 2015 in the Oliver-Cheek Funeral Home, 420 W. Main St. Ashville with Rev. Joe Wolf  officiating.  The family will receive friends on Tues. from 5-8 p.m. and also Wed.  1 hour prior to the service.  Family request in lieu of flowers contributions should be made to a charity of choice.