July 21, 1938 – Aug. 18, 2024
Rosella Felts, 86, Silver Lake and Sebring, Fla., passed away at 10:04 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, at Good Shepherd Hospice House in Sebring, Fla.
Rosella was born on Thursday, July 21, 1938, in Winamac, the daughter of Charles and Florence (Cline) Murfitt.
Rosella married Roger L. Sander on Feb. 3, 1957, in Leiters Ford. He preceded her in death on Sept. 15,1957.
On April 4, 1963 in Louisville, Ky., she married Dale M. Felts. He preceded her in death on Dec. 10, 2009.
Rosella after graduating from Leiters Ford High School, the class of 1958, she was a stay home mother and worked later at Chamberlains in Akron. Rosella and Dale later opened and operated the Felts Snack Shoppe in Akron. Rosella was well-known for her doughnuts, cinnamon rolls and especially her caramel nut rolls. She had been a farmer’s wife and gardener, as well as a waitress at Bob Evans in Warsaw and Bob Evans in Sebring, Fla. After retirement she had also worked for Forte Residential in Plymouth.
She had been a volunteer at Mason Health Care Center, Warsaw, and was a member of the Evergreen Rebekah Lodge No. 57, Royal Center Order Eastern Star No. 375, had attended the Akron Church of God and Olive Branch Church. She was voted this year's president of the Leiters-Aubbeenaubee Township Alumni Class. She enjoyed making lap robes for Mason Health Care, playing the organ, euchre, watching mystery movies, sitting in her recliner and watching the lake and the swans. She also enjoyed playing pegs and jokers and enjoyed watching the Hallmark Channel as well as being an Elvis fan. Rosella made friends at her residence in Silver Lake, at her Diamond Lake clubhouse as well as Lake Damon clubhouse in Avon Park, Fla.
She is survived by her children, Patricia (Jeffery) Stoops, Plainfield, Dairl (Nancy) Sander, Akron, Melinda (Dave) Pettet, Brook, Brian Felts, Avon Park, Fla., Neil (Ellen) Felts, Rochester; 16 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Tina Dryer, grandchild, Landen Felts, sisters, Charlotte Chapman, Mary Ricks, and brothers Edward Murfitt, Guy Murfitt.
Friends may visit from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, at Zimmerman Bros. Funeral Home, Rochester. Graveside services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 30, 2024, at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Rochester. Online condolences may be expressed at www.zimmermanbrosfh.com.
