Rosalind B. Ehrenberg

Rosalind B. Ehrenberg
December 25, 1943 • October 23, 2024

Rosalind Beatrix Brzoznowski Ehrenberg was born on Christmas day 1943 in Orr, Minnesota.  She was the fifth  of six children born to Clemens and Hattie Brzoznowski and was preceeded in death by all but her oldest brother. Rose graduated from Orr High School in 1961 and moved to the Twin Cities to begin her life journey.  There she met her life-long friend, Jane Ehrenberg, who introduced Rose to her future husband, Paul Ehrenberg. From the day they met, Paul spoke to Rose every day in an effort to gain her affections, an act that continued through their life together. Rose claimed that she only accepted a date with him to teach him a lesson, and she was still trying to teach him a lesson after 56 years of marriage and four daughters (Kelly Ehrenberg, Heidi Hage, Heather Ehrenberg and Julie Arnold), three sons-in-law: Fred Hage (husband to Heidi) Sokol Celmeta (husband to Heather) and Jesse Arnold (husband to Julie); four grandchildren: Cole Hage, Christina Hage, Henry Arnold and Asher Arnold; and her beloved puppy KoKo; when she passed October 23, 2024 at 10:45 a.m.
Rose will be remembered for the little twinkle of mischief in her eye, her delicious cookies, her extensive volunteerism with the Swift County 4-H program, suing for maternity leave rights and protections in the state of Minnesota during the 1970s, and most importantly for the love she showed her family.  During Rose's life, she worked as a secretary, an instructor at a technical college, she ran the dairy side of the farm she built with Paul and was a busy mother raising four little “young ladies”.  As though caring for Paul and four daughters was not challenging enough, Rose was told by doctors on several occasions to get her affairs in order. But as her ability to remain married for over 56 years proves, Rose refused to give up.  Rose survived the death of her mother when she was a child, two bouts of breast cancer, complete heart failure, stroke and raising her children.  She had a spine of steel and will be greatly missed by her loved ones.