The Memorial Mass for Rosie Guck will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday August 19, 2017 at the River Park Chapel, Macken Funeral Home with Rev. Tom Loomis of Holy Spirit Catholic Church officiating. Visitation will precede the service starting at 10:00 AM at the River Park Chapel, Macken Funeral Home. A private burial will be conducted at a later date.

Rosie, 66, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, formerly of Sartell, Minnesota, temporarily residing in Rochester, MN, peacefully passed away Wednesday morning, August 16, 2017 at her residence in Rochester. Rosie was born November 2, 1950 in Little Falls, MN to Andy and Balbina (Fussy) Solorz.

Rosie graduated from St. Francis High School for Girls in Little Falls, MN. She went on to St. Cloud Vocational School in the LPN nursing program. After graduating, she began work on the Orthopedic Floor of the St. Cloud Hospital. On July 17, 1970, Rosie married Joseph Guck at the St. Stanislas Catholic Church in Bowlus, MN. The couple lived in the St. Cloud area for the next 28 years during which time she and Joseph raised their family of two boys. In addition, Rosie worked several different jobs including at the St. Cloud Medical Group in the OBGYN practice, she worked alongside Dr. Michael Flanagan for 13 years at his private OBGYN practice, at the St. Cloud Hospital in Labor and Delivery, Health Partners as a case manager, The Country Manor Nursing Home in Sartell as RN, and finally Medica Health Systems as a Contract Service Fee Negotiator.

She also went back to Hennepin Technical College for her RN license and Rosie and Joseph later attended together the Concordia Adult Learning Outreach Program and earned a BA in Organizational Management and Communications.

In 1998, one son graduated from College and the second son in his last year of Technical College, Rosie and Joseph decided to "escape" the Minnesota winters to South Carolina. This 19-year adventure took them to South Carolina, the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Robbins, GA, Goldsboro, NC and finally retirement in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Rosie again worked many different jobs: a Surgical Scrub Nurse in an OR, an Insurance Claims Analyst, set up a Heartburn Treatment Center in the Salisbury Hospital in Maryland, Assisted a Surgeon in setting up a Bariatric Surgery practice that included establishing and leading a support group for continuing education and support for the surgery patients. In Georgia, she worked for a Hospice agency as a manager, then worked as case manager at the Robbins Air Force Base. In Goldsboro, NC, she worked at the Hospital as a case manager and retired from that job. She touched thousands of lives throughout her 40 years of work in the Medical field.

Rosie is survived by her husband, Joseph of 47 years; her son, Jeremy and wife Amber; grandchildren, Avery Grace and Austin Joseph of Cedar Rapids IA; son, Jordan Guck and wife Lindsay Walker, Duluth, MN; sister, Barbara and husband Joe Maile of Forest Lake, MN. She is preceded in death by her parents, Andy and Balbina Solorz.

Rosie loved the Beach, loved being with family and loved connecting with people.

Memorials are preferred to the Pink Ribbon Mentors program supported by the non-profit organization, Join the Journey, http://www.active.com/donate/general2017 .

Rosie and Joseph would like to say a special thanks to the Mayo Clinic Oncology team (Dr. Matthew Goetz, Dr Moynihan, Emily Olson, Amanda Rynearson), Pat Rubenzer of Mayo Clinic and Bobbi Schopp, Rosie's breast cancer mentor at Mayo, and the entire Mayo Clinic facility operations because we always felt the patient was priority one and have built systems and communications that supported that philosophy.