Rose Trbovich, a resident of Pacific Palisades for 50 years, died surrounded by her family on August 13. She was 84. Born on May 13, 1921 in Denver, Colorado, Trbovich married her husband Tom in 1940 and they moved to Santa Monica. They lived there for 15 years before moving to the Palisades in 1955. Trbovich worked for 23 years at Sears, 18 years at Forgette’s/Medford’s on Swarthmore, then at Bay Pharmacy until her retirement three years ago. She is survived by her three children, Thomas Eli Trbovich of Pacific Palisades; Patricia Ann Burdette of Glendale; and Terri Rose Trbovich of Toluca Lake; two grandchildren, Christopher Eli Trbovich of Manhattan Beach and Wesley Scott Trbovich of Pacific Palisades; and one great- grandchild, Sierra Rose Trbovich. A memorial service will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, August 19 in the Little Chapel of the Dawn at Gates, Kingsley and Gates, 1925 Arizona Ave., Santa Monica. A public celebration of Trbovich’s life will be held Friday at 8 p.m in Mort’s Oak Room on Swarthmore. If you would like to make a donation in Trbovich’s name, please call (800) 822-6344 for credit-card donations or send checks to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Center, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 (Attn: Memorial Dept., In Memory of Rose Trbovich).
This page is available to subscribers. Click here to sign in or get access.
