ROSE ELIZABETH FITZGERALD BORN
Boston, Massachusetts (JFK+50) Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy. mother of future POTUS John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was born on July 22, 1890 at 4 Garden Court Street here in Boston's North End.
Rose's parents were John F. and Mary Josephine Fitzgerald. She studied piano at the New England Conservatory and attended the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Manhattanville, NY.Rose met Joe Kennedy in Old Orchard, Maine in 1906 and after a long courtship, Rose married Joseph P. Kennedy on October 7, 1914.
Rose later recalled...
"I fell in love when I was seventeen and I never fell out."
Rose's father, John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, then the Mayor of Boston, did not share his daughter's love for Joe and the wedding ceremony was held in private attended only by family and the closest friends.
The couple began their marriage living in Brookline and would eventually have 9 children. Rose was a devout Catholic who almost always attended Sunday Mass. She died at the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port on January 22, 1995.
The funeral was held at St. Stephen's Church on January 24 in Boston's North End where Rose had been born. Her surviving son, Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy spoke to the 800 people who came to pay their respects to his mother.
Senator Kennedy said...
"She has gone to God. She is home. And at this moment, she is happily presiding at a heavenly table with both of her Joes, with Jack and Kathleen, with Bobby and David. She had a long and extraordinary life and we loved her deeply. To all of us in the Kennedy and Fitzgerald family, she was the most beautiful rose of all."
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, who left behind 30 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren, was buried in Brookline's Holyhood Cemetery next to her husband Joe.
Boston, Massachusetts (JFK+50) Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy. mother of future POTUS John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was born on July 22, 1890 at 4 Garden Court Street here in Boston's North End.
Rose's parents were John F. and Mary Josephine Fitzgerald. She studied piano at the New England Conservatory and attended the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Manhattanville, NY.Rose met Joe Kennedy in Old Orchard, Maine in 1906 and after a long courtship, Rose married Joseph P. Kennedy on October 7, 1914.
Rose later recalled...
"I fell in love when I was seventeen and I never fell out."
Rose's father, John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, then the Mayor of Boston, did not share his daughter's love for Joe and the wedding ceremony was held in private attended only by family and the closest friends.
The couple began their marriage living in Brookline and would eventually have 9 children. Rose was a devout Catholic who almost always attended Sunday Mass. She died at the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port on January 22, 1995.
The funeral was held at St. Stephen's Church on January 24 in Boston's North End where Rose had been born. Her surviving son, Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy spoke to the 800 people who came to pay their respects to his mother.
Senator Kennedy said...
"She has gone to God. She is home. And at this moment, she is happily presiding at a heavenly table with both of her Joes, with Jack and Kathleen, with Bobby and David. She had a long and extraordinary life and we loved her deeply. To all of us in the Kennedy and Fitzgerald family, she was the most beautiful rose of all."
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, who left behind 30 grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren, was buried in Brookline's Holyhood Cemetery next to her husband Joe.
Rose and Jack
JPK,Jr. Foundation Awards Dinner
Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC
December 6, 1962
Photo by Abbie Rowe/JFK Library