A 31-year resident of Lake Tahoe, Rosemary Senter Wrinkle, passed away peacefully on March 24, 2008, at Barton Memorial Hospital. She was 82.

Rosemary was born in Turlock, Calif., April 28, 1925, and grew up in Calistoga, Calif. She attended Mills College in Oakland, Calif., before transferring to UC Berkeley where she received her bachelor of arts degree; later receiving both her elementary and secondary teaching credentials.

Rosemary met her husband of 53 years, Donald Merwin Wrinkle, at Cal Berkeley and they wed in 1945. Don and Rosemary moved to Sutter Creek, Calif., starting their careers and living there for eight years. In 1953, Rosemary and Don relocated their family to Coalinga, Calif., where they remained until 1977.

While in Coalinga, Rosemary was actively involved in the school system as an educator, starting the first Coalinga preschool. During her time in Coalinga, Rosemary kept very busy, not only with her family, but with community service work and volunteering her “spare” time to numerous charitable organizations including the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, AAUW, PTA, the Boy Scouts of America, the Girl Scouts of America, and served several terms as the president of the Central Valley Council of the Girl Scouts of America. Rosemary and Don retired to Lake Tahoe in 1977.

Never idle, she and Don started a small retail business in 1978 known as Tahoe Knit and Home Arts and Zephyr Feed. Later this business evolved into Antique Junction, and then became Zephyr Feed & Boarding in 1996. The business is now known as Zephyr Feed.

Rosemary was very active with Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe, an organization for professional and business women. She received the “Soroptimist International Woman of Distinction” award in November 1986, and she is honored at the “Women of Tahoe” exhibit at the Dextra Baldwin Museum, located at the Tallac Historic Site. Rosemary touched the lives of many people through her desire to teach.

Many people at Lake Tahoe, remember Rosemary as the lady who taught them how to quilt, knit or crochet.

Rosemary was preceded in death by her husband, Don, and is survived by her five children, eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren: Sharon Wrinkle and her daughter Jillian of Santa Barbara, Calif.; David Wrinkle and his daughter, Madison of Port Ludlow, Wash., and daughter Makenzi of South Lake Tahoe, Calif.; Don Wrinkle Jr. and his daughters Haley, Taylor and Jordan,of Santa Barbara Calif.; Randi and Bob Barnett and their son Clark of Lake Tahoe, Nev., their daughter and son-in-law, Kenalee and Karl McPeek of Freeport Ill., and their six children Samantha, Odell, Maverick, Iris, Falyn and Karl III “Levi”; and Salli and Ron Dulco of Carson City, Nev. The family wishes to give their heartfelt thanks to everyone throughout the years for their friendship and care that they have shown Rosemary.

The family has requested that in lieu of flowers all donations be made to the Rosemary Wrinkle Educational Scholarship Fund administered through Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe, P.O. Box 2179, Stateline, NV 89449. Please notate on your check to designate the funds to the Rosemary Wrinkle Scholarship fund.