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Rose Kirka 1921 - 2000

Rose Marie (Hoey) Kirka of Bethlehem, Lehigh County, PA was born on April 6, 1921 in Bethlehem, Northampton County, and died at age 78 years old on March 5, 2000 in Bethlehem. Rose Kirka was buried at Union Cemetery in Hellertown.

Rose Marie (Hoey) Kirka
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Bethlehem, Lehigh County, PA 18018
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April 6, 1921
Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States
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    Rose Marie (Hoey) Kirka was born on April 6th, 1921 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to John J. Hoy Hoey (1890 - 1947) and Marie T. Renzz (1899 - 1990). Both of her parents were born in Pennsylvania. Rose had five surviving siblings: Charles, born 1915, John J born 1916, Bernard, born 1920, Marie born 1924, and James, born 1927. She also had two brothers who died in infancy. Rose Marie Hoey married Frank Stephen Kirka (1916 - 1978) on April 4, 1938 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. They had three daughters, Rosemarie, born 1938 and Mary Ann, born 1943, and Marjorie, and two sons, Donald J, Frank S. "Butch" Kirka Jr., born 1939.
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Rose was Caucasian of Irish heritage on her paternal line. Her paternal grandfather, Patrick Hoey, was born in Ireland in 1872. On Rose's maternal line, her maternal grandfather, Sigmund Rentz Renz was born in Germany in 1848. Sigmund's father was also born in Germany.

  • Nationality & Locations

    Born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Rose was a lifelong resident of the Bethlehem area. She died at the age of 78 in Bethlehem and is buried in Union Cemetery in Hellertown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.

  • Religious Beliefs

    Rose belonged to St. Anne's Catholic Church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

  • Professional Career

    She worked at Just Born Candies in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for thirty years as a machine operator until she retired in 1984.

  • Personal Life & Family

    Rose was born to John Hoey and Marie Theresa Renz or Rentz and was survived by siblings Bernard and James. She married Frank Stephen Kirka and they had children Donald, Rank, Marjorie, Maryanne, and Rosemarie, who predeceased her. The was survived by thirteen grandchildren and twenty-two great-grandchildren.
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In 1921, in the year that Rose Kirka was born, hugely popular Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, silent film star, was arrested for rape and manslaughter after an actress died following a party at his house. He was acquitted after three trials and the jury wrote a formal letter apologizing for the charges, but his career never recovered. His films were at first banned - the ban was lifted after a year - and he was mostly ostracized by the community. He died at 46..
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In 1932, by the time she was only 11 years old, five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.
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Hoey, James (Jul 19, 1881 - Mar 14, 1950) Hoey, Raymond (Apr 24, 1904 - Jun 1977) Hoey, Leah (Mar 13, 1886 - Apr 1977) Hoey, Anne (May 30, 1898 - Dec 1978) Hoey, Joseph (May 30, 1920 - Jul 1980) Hoey, Edward (Feb 3, 1923 - Jan 9, 2007) Hoey, Edward (Nov 1, 1924 - Jul 1957) Hoey, Elizabeth (Nov 3, 1928 - Jul 27, 2007) Hoey, Dorothy (Sep 12, 1927 - Mar 1981) Hoey, Esther (Apr 3, 1914 - Mar 1976)
Hoey, Frances (Sep 17, 1902 - Jun 1983) Hoey, Edward (Mar 25, 1899 - Dec 1974) Hoey, Laurence (May 13, 1900 - Jan 29, 2002) Hoey, John (Mar 23, 1907 - Jul 1976) Hoey, Marie (Jan 15, 1902 - Oct 1977) Hoey, Phyllis (Mar 19, 1924 - May 22, 2008) Hoey, Raymond (Jun 22, 1927 - Jul 17, 1983) Hoey, Dorothea (Aug 26, 1905 - Nov 22, 1990) Hoey, Donald (May 19, 1919 - Oct 1980) Hoey, Helen (Nov 9, 1905 - Dec 1994)
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