Rose Elenora Polikowsky, age 89, died Monday, August 21, 2017 at Season's Hospice House in Rochester.

Rose Merkel was born on April 15, 1928 in rural Spring Valley, MN to Milton and Rosena Merkel. She worked for Waters-Conley and Mayo Clinic. On November 9, 1946, she married Arleigh G. Polikowsky at Trinity Lutheran Church in Rochester. She was a beloved mother and liked to crochet, quilt, play cards, and take walks.

She is survived by her daughter, Diana (Richard) Parks of Whitehall, Montana; two sons, Gary and Don Polikowsky both of Rochester; eight grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; two brothers, Paul and Arthur Merkel; and two sisters, Shirley Schroeder and Lorraine Reiland.

She is preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Kathy Rose; a great-grandson, Clayton French; her brothers, Harvey, Clifford, Kenneth and Ray; along with her sisters, Irene Merkel, May Vicker, and Arlene Starkson.

The Funeral Service for Rose will be held on Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 11:00AM at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Rochester with Pastor Adam Koglin officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be at Grandview Memorial Gardens in Rochester. A reception will follow the service.

Memorials are preferred to Redeemer Lutheran Church of Rochester.