The Southsider Voice
Visit us at these places!
  • Home
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • Sports
    • Car Nutz
    • Stilley Goes Trackside
    • Southside Deaths
    • Personal Recollections
    • Reminiscing
  • About the Voice
  • Advertising
  • Contact
  • Newspaper Archive
  • Classifieds

Birthday girl turns 99

4/20/2016

0 Comments

 
PictureRosemary and Leonard Deem
By B. Scott Mohr
Editor

Rosemary Deem, who turns 99 April 26, will celebrate her birthday at a most fitting place – a bowling alley. After all, she was an avid bowler for about 70 years and is still a big fan of the sport, especially when husband Leonard rolls his stuff at Southern Bowl in Greenwood.

“I started bowling when I was 21,” said Rosemary, who carried a 150 average throughout most of her career. “I quit when I was about 90 because I started to get a little shaky on my feet.” 

Leonard, 94, bowls every Tuesday and Wednesday. “I’m his biggest fan,” she said. 

The Deems were married May 1, 1954, and resided on the Southside until retiring in Arizona. “We did a lot of traveling back then. We saw the country,” she said. They moved back to Indianapolis in 2001 and reside in Orchard View Estates.

Rosemary recalls that her first job was at a hosiery mill, where she earned 20 cents an hour. “I got a raise when I went to work at RCA for 30 cents an hour. But I quit working after I got married.”
Leonard is retired from General Motors.

When asked about her longevity, she replied, “ No smoking, no drinking and no kids. Although we have ‘adopted’ a few kids at the alley ... or maybe they have adopted us. I don’t know what the case is.” 

Rosemary enjoys good health and still likes to cook. “We like to eat at home more than going out.”
​
Everyone at the alley agrees that Rosemary is a beam of light. “Most of us hope to see her here for years,” Audrey Roach said. 

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    July 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014

    Categories

    All
    Arts & Entertainment
    Lead Story
    Sports: 500
    Sports: Basketball
    Sports: Track

    RSS Feed

 DROP OFF: The Toy Drop 6025 Madison Ave., Suite D
Indianapolis, IN  46227  |  317-781-0023
MAILING ADDRESS: P.O. Box 17187, Indianapolis, IN 46217

ads@southsidervoice.com | news@southsidervoice.com
Website by IndyTeleData, Inc.