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Rose Dean Corte July 9, 1932 – November 25, 2016 Rose Dean Corte, age 84, went to be with The Lord on Friday, November 25, 2016, in San Antonio after a long battle with dementia. She was born July 9, 1932 to Floyd and Annie Newton in San Angelo, Texas. Rose grew up in San Angelo and graduated from Alice High School. During World War II as a youth, she served in the Civil Defense Corps providing surveillance and spotting aircraft. She would marry Frank J. Corte in 1950 and they would begin their family of five children. She and Frank moved to San Antonio in 1963 to pursue business opportunities. Rose assisted her husband in his business ventures by doing accounting and maintaining real estate licenses that were critical to their businesses. They celebrated their 66th wedding anniversary in March of this year. She became a Christian at an early age and would always want to tell others about God’s love and grace. She would become a prayer warrior for those lives she touched and would serve in many capacities in every church where she belonged. Rose became a founding member of University Baptist Church in 1977 where she would serve as its chartering Treasurer. Granny as she is known to her family would be the loving and caring mother to each of her children, grand-children and great grand-children. Rose always loved gardening, sewing, traveling with Frank, and studying history and learning about her family through genealogy. Rose’s parents, brother, Edward, and her son Robert Michael precede her in death. She is survived by her husband, Frank; her daughters, Julia Corte, Brenda Beam and husband, Mike, Rita Corte; her son, Frank, Jr. and wife, Valerie Corte; she has many grandchildren, Sarah Meece and husband, Jack, Amy Ballinger and husband, Dusty, Jessica Bullard, Catherine Cude and husband, Tommy, Elizabeth Brown, Dustin Beam and wife, Erin, Brandon Beam and wife, Holly, Brian Conner, Kevin Conner and wife, Rebecca, Victoria Hall and husband, Clifton, Katrina Corte, and Frank Corte III. Rose has many great grandchildren, Lessie Meece, Julianna Ballinger, Rosalyn Ballinger, Cody Bullard, Cayla Bullard, Corte Beam, Emmalyn Beam, Sadie Cude, Ella Cude, Gwyneth Conner, Kaden Conner, Penelope Conner, and Rose Conner; her sister, Joyce Fisher, and husband Wade; her niece, Chris Boring, and husband Russell; and her nephew, Johnny Fisher and wife Debbie. A celebration of life will be conducted at University Baptist Church on December 3rd, Saturday at 11:00am located at 6465 Babcock Rd, San Antonio, Texas 78249. Graveside will be for family at the Corte Cemetery in Devine, Texas. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Beyond Measure building fund at University Baptist Church. Please annotate donation for Corte memorial.

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Rose Dean Corte

July 9, 1932 - November 25, 2016