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- Our beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother, Alfred Harold Rosenhan, passed away on September 25, 1997 at the age of 86. He left this earth peacefully in the arms of his wife. He resided at 9776 South Laura Lane Drive (2900 East) in Sandy, Utah at the time of his death.
Born February 13, 1911 in Salt Lake City to Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Rosenhan and Ida Rosa Anna Klara Gering. Fred grew up on Green Street in Salt Lake City and later moved to Ashton Avenue and was a member of the Forest Dale ward. He married Alberta Nevada Woolf on September 30, 1939 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.As a machinist, mechanic and inventor he spent his life doing what he loved-building and flying home-built aircraft. He helped support hismother and siblings through the depression years working as a mechanic. During World War II he taught aircraft mechanics at Jordan High School for the Army Air Corps. He possessed the first private pilots license issued in the state of Utah. He designed, developed and built wheel and brake assemblies for home-built aircraft which are in use all over the world.
A member of the LDS Church, he served in many callings, including the bishopric, Sunday school and Stake mission. A deep and abiding faith in God and his example of Christ's reputation for honesty in all his business dealings was well known in the community. He will be deeply missed.
Preceded in death by parents; brothers, Armin and Cort; sisters, Elizabeth, Gertrude and Isabelle. He is survived by his wife, Alberta Woolf and his sisters, Ethel Bush (Henderson, NV); Erma Rosenhan (SLC); and Rose Ehlers (Mesa, AZ); children, Harold L. Rosenhan (LaRay); Eileen R. Yeager; Lee W. Rosenhan (Margo); Sharon A. Plaskett (Lee); Daniel T. Rosenhan (Deborah); Julia Mackintosh (Daniel); James E. Rosenhan (Patti); and Lisa I. Teran (Gary); 43 grandchildren; and 32 great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, September 30 at 12 noon at the Glacial Park Ward Chapel, 2675 East Mount Jordan Road (9955 South). Friends may call at Cannon Mortuary, 2460 East Bengal Boulevard (7700 South) on Monday, September 29, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and at the place of service from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m. prior to services.
Interment will be at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, 3401 South Highland Drive (1500 East), East Millcreek, Utah.
Published in the Deseret News on 9/28/1997.
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