TOPEKA, Kan. – Victor F. Rosetta Jr., 89, passed away Monday, Nov. 18, 2024, at Autumn Home Plus, in Topeka, Kan. He was born on June 14, 1935, to Victor Rosetta Sr. and Mae Kinney, in Osage City, Kan.
Victor was raised on the family farm near Osage City, and he graduated from Osage City High School in 1953. After high school, Vic and five friends enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. He served until 1957 as an Airman First Class. In 1959, Vic moved to Topeka and started working for the Santa Fe Railroad as a mobile maintenance supervisor. After his retirement, he fulfilled his lifelong dream of living out his retired life on Table Rock Lake, at Kimberling City, Mo.
On Dec. 27, 1954, Vic was united in marriage to his high school sweetheart, Geraldine Viles. To this union two children were born, Victor III and Ramona.
Vic was preceded in death by his parents, Victor and Mae; brother, Fred; two sisters, Marjorie and Mary; and step-granddaughter, Stacy Garlock.
Vic is survived by his wife, Geraldine, of nearly 70 years; son, Victor Rosetta III and wife, Terry, of Springfield, Mo.; daughter, Ramona Hoefer and husband, Grag, Topeka; two grandchildren, Steven (Ashley) Rosetta and Stephanie (Evan) Johnson; two step-grandchildren, Bryan McDonald and Heather Morton; four great-grandchildren; four step great-grandchildren; brother, John (Kathy) Rosetta; sister-in-law, Mary Rosetta; brother-in-law, Dennis Colson; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 22, at the Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Osage City; with military honors by the U.S. Air Force.
In lieu of flowers, family requests memorial contributions to Autumn Home Plus, attn Brittany, 747 NW Walnut Lane, Topeka, KS 66617. Condolences can be left at feltnerfunerhome.com.
