Rose Grace Sanderlin

June 21, 2020

Rose G. Sanderlin (Fortino), 92, of Pedricktown, passed away peacefully with her husband near by on Sunday, June 21, 2020. Rose was the last surviving member of her family. She was also the thirteenth child out of fifteen siblings. Her parents were Marie Antoinette (Orlanda), originally from Italy and John Fortino from Philadelphia (both predeceased). Rose was born in Philadelphia on May 1, 1928. Her family moved to NJ when she was 3 months old. As a child, she learned to help with the family's chicken business in Penns Grove. Also being from an Italian family, learning to cook was a requirement that came naturally to her at a very young age that stayed with her throughout her years. After graduating from the Penns Grove High School in 1947, she became a private secretary for the legal office of Wayland A. Lucas of Salem for five years until she married her first husband Fredrick Simpkins (predeceased) in June 1951. They eventually moved to Pedricktown, where they built a new home and raised their two children. Rose was working at Fast Eddie's Pizzeria when she met and later married the love of her life Edward Sanderlin III on July 23, 1988 for 33 years of total happiness. She leaves behind two beautiful granddaughters that she loved very much. She was blessed with many precious memories of the Wildwood boardwalk and summer fun at her shore house. Rose is survived by her loving husband Edward Sanderlin III; her daughter and spouse Joy and Kevin Bryant from Woodstock, Maryland; her son Fredrick Simpkins from Silver City, New Mexico; her granddaughter and spouse Heather and Lizbeth Aguilar from Kissimmee, FL; her granddaughter Jessica Puglisi from Middletown, DE; her stepdaughter and spouse Vicki and Boyd Harvey from Pennsville; her stepsons William Sanderlin from Penns Grove and Edward Sanderlin IV (predeceased); and her step grandchildren Edward and Emily Sanderlin of Pennsville and William Wood III (predeceased). Rose also had four great grandchildren and many friends. She will be missed by all who knew her kind and gentle heart. Her home made pizzelles, meatballs, bread and butter pickles. She loved cooking, sewing and serving her community in her local church and at the American Legion. Due to the current restrictions surrounding the coronovirus pandemic, Rose's viewing will be private for the family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 1 PM at St. Gabriel the Archangel R.C. Church, 369 Georgetown Road, Carneys Point, NJ 08069. Interment will follow at the Salem County Veterans Cemetery in Pilesgrove. Condolences can be sent to Edward Sanderlin and family at 214 Pennsville Pedricktown Road, Pedricktown, NJ 08067.