Carleton College
Class of '67
Rosadel (Rosie) Logelin
(1945 - 2009)

Rosie in 1963


Rosie's obituary reads "Rosadel died December 11, 2009 at the Denver Hospice Center.  Her whole life was a narrative of love and giving. To have known her was to have had your soul touched. She is already deeply missed by her many friends and her adoring family - Erin and Eric of Providence, Dash and Mikey of Houston, and her husband Tom."

From Jeannie Hammond: 

I got a call from Rosadel back during the period when Obama was campaigning to become president.  She told me that she had just been diagnosed with aggressive throat cancer. It seemed so surreal:  she didn’t smoke and she exercised faithfully.  I remember a visit long ago in Denver. She led me on a hair-raising bicycle trip down through major traffic to the YMCA (yep, a bike lane, but still!) where she proceeded to run several laps while I collapsed in a corner, in dread of the bike trip back. 

I have admired Rosadel since I first met her freshman year. We went to Junior Year Abroad together, lived in the French House at the same time, and were roommates at the University of Chicago . She was optimistic, graceful, and dedicated to social causes. She met her husband Tom when both were doing outreach at prisons in Colorado . 

I know that, after the diagnosis, Rosadel continued to campaign for Obama by telephone from her home, and that her family arranged to have her daughter’s upcoming wedding moved up so that she could be sure to enjoy it. And I know that other family gatherings were planned. She has a fine son and daughter and a devoted husband, and I know they helped sustain her courage and grace.

From Laura Scarlett Bottom:

Thank you for letting me know this sad and unexpected news about Rosadel. We are only sixty four and I am so sorry to hear of her death.  Rosadel invited me to be her roommate in La Maison Francaise for sophomore year. She spent her junior year in France, but we were once again roommates in French House during senior year.  Rosadel was a dear friend, and a talented and kind person. She is greatly missed.
The family asked for memorial gifts to be made to the
Rosadel Logelin Unitarian Homeless Fund, c/o The First Unitarian Church, 1400 Lafayette, Denver, CO  80218 
 
And remember that you may also designate any gift to the Alumni Annual Fund in her memory.
 
You can contact Rosie's husband, Tom Lane, at 5834 South Hanover Way, Englewood, CO 80111

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