Weekly Record Herald
June 4, 2010
 
WRIGHT, ROSE V. - Rose "Violet" Wright, 92, of Troy, formerly of Tipp City, died Friday, May 29, 2010.  She was born Nov. 27, 1912 the fourth daughter of Jesse J. and Flora M. Bullens of Rock Castle County, Ky. in 1936, she married Joseph Wright of Tipp City and joined the Troy First Baptist Church in 1961.  She taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School, was a Guild Girl's leader, was active in Women's Missionary Society, Women's Sewing Day, Sunshine Committee, and volunteered in the Stouder Hospital Auxiliary.  For the last for years she has lived at the Troy Sterling House and Koester Pavilion.  Violet was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 61 years, Joseph, on May 22, 1998; son-in-law of nearly 42 years, Robert Joe Blumenstock; stepmother, Lula Powell Bullens; mother-in-law, Alma Wright; three older sisters, Mabel Howard, Beulah Clem, Doris Hacker; three younger brothers, Harold, Jesse Jr., Boyd Bullens; and several nieces and nephews.  She is survived by her daughters and son-in-law, Peggy Jo and Ernst Grunewald of Watervliet, Mich., Linda Blumenstock of Troy; grandchildren, David and Cindy Blumenstock of Kettering, Jovilin Grunewald and Mark Tanner of Oak Harbor, Wash., Daniel Blumenstock of Troy, Peggy J. Grunewald of Phoenix, Ariz., currently serving with the U.S. Army in Iraq; five great grandchildren, Andrew, Bethany and Aaron Blumenstock of Kettering, Thomas and Katherine Tanner of Oak Harbor, Wash.; half-sister, Nancy (Bullens) and Alvin Rice of Kentucky; a special foster daughter, Diane and Jeff Gray of Piqua; several cousins, nephews and nieces.  Funeral services were held June 2 at Troy First Baptist Church, with Pastors Dale Christian and Douglas Magin officiating.  Burial followed at Maple Hill Cemetery in Tipp City.  Arrangement by Baird Funeral Home in Troy.  Friends may express condolences to the family through www.bairdfuneralhome.com
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