Obituaries : Rosemary Eichenberger

ATKINS:
     Rosemary Marie Eichenberger, 69, died Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at the U Of I Hospitals and  Clinics in Iowa City following a sudden illness.
     Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM, Monday, September 21, 2015 at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, 212 E. 6th St. in Vinton with Rev. Jessica Crane-Munoz officiating.  Interment will be held at the Raetz Cemetery near Atkins.  Friends may call at the funeral home from 10 AM until service time on Monday.  A Memorial Fund has been established for Camp Courageous and Special Olympics.
     Rosemary was born February 7, 1946 in Iowa City and her first home was provided by her loving adoptive parents, Dorothy and Carroll Hobson of Atkins.   She would later reside at Woodward State School and finally at Systems Unlimited in Coralville.
     Rosemary loved coloring, reading catalogs, everything Green especially anything about John Deere, music, coffee, and “her Snoopy” dog.  She enjoyed participating in Special Olympics and weeks spent at Camp Courageous.
     She is survived by her niece and guardian, Diana (Dan Kibler) Hobson of Amana, nephew, Dennis (Amy) Hobson of Bellevue, NE, nephew Scott (Sue) Hobson of Cedar Rapids, and niece, Tammy (Todd) Wilson of Atkins; her special friend, Dorothy Wilson of Palo; and nine great nieces and nephews.  Because of the loving care she received at Systems Unlimited the staff became her family and her very best friends.  Her family appreciates the compassion and loving care she received.
     She was preceded in death by her adoptive parents, Dorothy and Carroll Hobson and her brother, Jim Hobson.