Rosemary Pagano

Apr 3, 1934 -

Nov 7, 2021

Rosemary Pagano (Kalkins) passed away, at the age of 88, leaving behind her two children and four grandchildren.

Rosemary went to Wrangell High School and was a cheerleader for the Wrangell basketball team when they won the 1952 All Alaska State Championship. After graduating in 1955, she attended college in Corpus Christie, Texas. She then became a stewardess for Pan Am and relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area. She enjoyed working for Pan Am and traveling the world in the early '60s. During this time she married and continued working for Pan Am while pregnant with her first child.

Rosemary later worked as a social worker in the Bay Area while raising two children. She was an avid sports fan and enjoyed football, hockey, Olympic figure skating and aquatic sports. In her 40s, she took up swimming and joined a master swim team.

In 1983, she moved back to Alaska and lived in Anchorage, where she continued work as a social worker.

Rosemary was a lifelong learner, taking classes into her 70s. Her favorite subjects were math and Spanish. Also while in her 70s, she earned her realtors license.

Rosemary was involved with numerous churches throughout her life, most recently with Our Lady of Guadalupe in Anchorage. She was also a member of the Catholic Daughters of America.

Shs is preceded in death by husband, Edward Pagano; father, Edward Kalkins; mother, Elsie Vance Kilborne; brother, Edward Kalkins; brother, Randolph Kalkins; and sister, Darlene Kilborne.

A memorial service will be held in Wrangell, Alaska, at 1 p.m., on July 6, 2022, at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church.