Funeral services for Rose Coleman Helmontoller Speights, 78, of Livingston, Texas, will be held Friday, April 12, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in the Cochran Funeral Home Chapel in Livingston, Texas. Interment will follow in the Peebles Cemetery in Livingston, Texas. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. until the service begins in the funeral home.

Rose was born June 30, 1940 to parents Clint "Buck" Coleman and Beatrice Turner Coleman, the 3 ^rd of 8 children. After several moves, her family settled in Schwab City, Texas. She married Ira "Radar" Helmontoller on December 22, 1956. They were married until his death on September 8, 1988. She married B.E. "Slim" Speights March 20, 1993 and they were married until his death on December 1, 2002. She always bragged about how lucky she was to have married two wonderful men!

Rose never met a stranger and was known for talking to everyone no matter where she was. She was passionate about her family, God and her country. She was a founding member of F.A.I.T.H. (Families and Individuals Thanking Heroes) and was actively involved in the care package program until her health started declining a few years ago. But that did not stop her from telling everyone she came in contact with about the program! She will always be remembered for her fund-raising efforts for this group.

Although Rose's last 6 months were confined to hospitals and Pine Ridge Health Care Center, she continued to make friends among the staff and looked at them all as her "family". A special thank you to the ENTIRE staff of Pine Ridge Health Care Center for the love and care and special attention given to "Mrs. Rose." She loved each and every one of you!

Rose also wanted to say a last big thank you to her special son and doctor, Dr Jerry Wood. She always loved you and appreciated you for your care and friendship! Your family is her family!

She is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Bea and Danny Ellis, and Mary and David Landgrebe; and the true loves of her life - her grandchildren, Sean, Heather, Greyson, Axel, Kristopher and Tara Ellis, and Bowen, Kristen, and Katherine Landgrebe.

She is also survived by her step-children, Larry and Jo Speights, Brenda and Michael Walker, and Linda Speights; grandchildren, Lara and Jhodig Marcano, John, Cori, and Mary Speights, Michelle and Larry Lyons, and Kimberly Tynan; along with great-grandchildren, Alexis and Lara Lyons, and Brooklyn and Kason Willett. She loved them as her own!

She is survived by her siblings, Doris Nerren, Margaret Evon Hill, Amanda and David Jones, Clint and Carolyn Coleman, Vinnie Siegel, and Dianne Shults. A special bond with each of them will always be remembered and cherished.Rose was blessed with many, many nephews and nieces, all of whom she loved and doted on. She had a special bond with them all and loved them with her entire being.

Rose also valued her friends and made a point to talk to anyone and everyone, and to get to know them, whether they wanted to or not. She made friends for life! She is survived by her longest friendship of 63 years, Ada Ruth Oberpriller. Although their friendship has been confined to the phone the last 10 years, it was just as endearing to her last week as it was when they met. She also especially loved Helene Bauldree Alphin, Grace Luna, Sherry Middleton, and Tom and Jenny Hall, her Livingston Physical Therapy girls, her Chicago Family, Lawrence, Helga, Barry, Joan and Doris, and her adopted grandkids, Bobby and Cassy Johns.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husbands; grandson, Kevin Allen Landgrebe; sister, Marcell Smith; and brothers-in-law, Bill Nerren, Delbert Hill, Jack Smith, Bobby Johnson, and Don Siegel.

In lieu of flowers, she has asked for donations be made to F.A.I.T.H. at 305 West Mill, Livingston, Texas, 77351; The Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post# 8658 at PO Box 1174, Livingston, Texas, 77351; or to the charity of your choice.