Dr. Rosonna Marie Tite

Today would have been your 74th Birthday!
I think about you every day and miss you so very much!
Love forever,
Your sister and friend,
Brenda

My sympathy to Ellen and to all of Rosonna’s dear children, family, friends and students. Rosanna was my thesis advisor but she was more-a model of kindness and a tolerant perpetuator of faith that everyone can make a practical and meaningful difference. Everyone has talent. Try to see all sides. I have never forgotten and I will never forget her. She created impact for good that will live on for generations to come! It was a privilege to know you, Rosonna.

I am saddened by your passing, Rosonna, but understand what you and Ellen were going through.

Thankfully, I had many years working with Rosonna, almost from the beginning when both she and I joined Memorial. We had our many discussions and debates, particularly with approaches to research, but we frequently ended them over a cup of coffee and a good laugh. She had a great sense of the wide range of how we come to our understandings—a true scholar. I learned much from her. It was a real pleasure working with Rosonna, and I missed her when she retired.
I did not know how ill Rosonna was until recently but managed to have a couple good visits with her. Condolences to you Ellen and to your family. I know Rosonna will be long remembered, and she will be seriously missed but with many good memories.

My condolences to her family.

Dr. Tite was my professor when I did my M.S.W. program. I am very grateful for her contributions to my education and for her kind approach. I am saddened to hear of her passing. My condolences to her family and friends.

My condolences to Rosanna’s family and friends. She was a wonderful colleague and a very special person.

Aunt Rosonna was such an inspiration and encouragement to me, not only when I was growing up but especially when I began my own academic journey. She believed in me when I stumble over believing in myself. I always hoped she’d be proud of her nephew and that she’d see some of her work continued in my own journey as a teacher. She exemplified the heart of a teacher, a scholar, a friend. I will miss her. Thank you so much for livestreaming her service. Being on the west coast, I could not be there in person but I was able to attend and, in my own way, say farewell and thank you to her.

Sad to hear about Rosonna’s passing. Although we had not seen each other after retirement, I remember fondly our adventures as pioneers of the old Women’s Studies programme. May she rest in peace.

Rosanna was an important mentor to me in my early days as an Assistant professor in the Faculty of Education. Drawing from my teacher roots , I was always trying to get everything done at once. She always reminded me – although our research feels endless , the researcher also needs time to rest. I have always dedicated a few weeks in July to “joyful rest” on her advice. Lucky to have had Rosanna in those early days !

Dear Ellen,
To you and extended family, please accept my deepest condolences .💐 May Rosonna Marie Rest In Peace. Her life was indeed well lived and her contribution to Education will long be remembered.
Pat

Rosonna was a wonderful sister-in-law. I first met her when I had the pleasure of attending the wedding between my sister, Ellen and Rosonna. Her intelligence, lively wit and great conversation skills made her fun to be around. I will miss her dearly. I want to offer a blessing here, one which I was privileged to give at Ellen & Rosonna’s wedding. It is as meaningful today, as it was back then.

OLD SCOTS BLESSING……
May the blessing of light be on you – light without and light within. May the blessed sunlight shine on you like a great peat fire, so that stranger and friend may come and warm themselves at it. And may light shine out of the two eyes of you, like a candle set in the window of a house, bidding the wanderers come in and out of the storm. And may the blessing of the rain be on you, may it beat upon your Spirit and wash it fair and clean, and leave there a shining pool where the blue of Heaven shines, and sometimes a star. And may the blessing of the earth be on you, soft under your feet as you pass along the roads, soft under you as you lie out on it, tired at the end of day; and may it rest easy over you when, at last, you lie out under it. May it rest so lightly over you that your soul may be out from under it quickly; up and off and on the way to God. And now, may the Lord bless you and bless you kindly. Amen.
From – “Carmina Gadelica” collected and compiled by Alexander Carmichael.

Dear Ellen, Heather, Marie and other cherished family members, especially grandson David, I was so saddened to read of Rosonna’s passing. She was such a wonderful person with great determination whom I learned a great deal from. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers at this difficult time. She will be missed. Sincerely, Pamela Snow

Rosonna was an inspiring professor and mentor! She greatly expanded my postsecondary education as both my research professor and my thesis supervisor . I was so saddened to hear of her passing. Sending Sincere condolences to her family. May she rest in peace!

I was so fortunate to have had Rosonna as my thesis supervisor. An amazing professor and mentor. I learned so much from her about research and how to be a better educator. I was so saddened to hear of her passing. Sincere condolences to her family.

My sincere condolences to Dan Spooner and the entire Spooner family on the loss of a loving sister and aunt. May she rest in eternal peace.

My sincere condolences.

My condolences to her family and friends on the loss of Rosonna from their lives. I feel privileged to have been her student and learned so many important lessons from her about research, scholarship, social justice and caring. Rosonna made a difference in so many lives. She made the world a better place.