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Rose Ann McAnulty Foor, age 89

The WWII nurse raised five children. She moved to San Carlos in 2003 to be closer to them and is remembered for her love and kindness.


Rose Ann McAnulty Foor died July 13, 2012 in San Carlos at the age of 89.

She was kind and caring, the nicest person you will ever meet.

She was born in Philadelphia in 1922, one of 12 children of Michael McAnulty and Rose Marie Lally McAnulty. She joined the Army as a Registered Nurse in 1943. She married Clayton M. Foor, a first lieutenant, in 1945. They were married for 53 years.

After her husband graduated from law school she became a homemaker, raising five sons. After retirement and until he passed away in 1998, they divided their time between Plymouth, Michigan and Tucson, Arizona. She moved to San Carlos, California in 2003 to be near her children.

Rose Ann’s son Clayton (Joann) predeceased her. She is survived by her sons Robin (Que), Michael, Matthew (Joanna) and Kevin, and by her grandchildren: Clayton J. Foor, Anne Foor, Jonathan Foor, Elizabeth Rumohr (Jim), Briana Solarte (Kurt), Catherine Foor, Kizell Goble (Justin) and Clayton Charles Foor, as well as by her great-grandchildren Ryan, Paige, Jack and Alexa Rumohr, Hayden and Isabella Solarte, and Nathan and Karyssa Gobel, and many nieces, grandnieces, nephews, grandnephews, and their children.

Friends may visit Saturday, July 21, 2012 from 1 pm to 4:30 pm at Crippin & Flynn, Carlmont Chapel, 1111 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont, CA 94002.

A Mass will be held at 10:00 am on Monday, July 23, 2012 at St. Charles Catholic Church, 880 Tamarack Avenue, San Carlos, CA 94070.

-- Submitted by Michael Foor

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