Rosalie Helen Fooks

Rosalie Helen Fooks of Grasonville, crossed over in her home on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2002, of cancer. Rosalie was a beloved mother and wife and had many caring and loving friends that she cherished deeply. Born on Nov. 21, 1938 in Baltimore, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Evelyn Parker. She was a graduate of Catonsville High School and went on to complete several courses in the secretarial trade. She was married to James Robert Dafnis, currently of Grasonville, from 1958 to 1971. That marriage produced two loving daughters, Deborah Dafnis Townsend, currently of Stevensville, and Melissa D. Dafnis, currently of Grasonville. In 1974, after divorce, she married John Dale Fooks of Grasonville. In 1977 the family moved from Woodlawn, in Baltimore County, to their current residence in Grasonville. From 1979 to 1980 Mrs. Fooks was employed at Providence Hospital in Washington D.C., in the Personnel Department and from 1980 to 1989 as Administrative Assistant to the Vice President of Nursing. She left Providence Hospital to work at Chesterfields Restaurant as manager and moved on to freelance her skills as an independent contractor. Since 1989 she worked as a consultant to Payne Dynafoils, Inc., a naval architect firm located in Severna Park. Rosalie was a passionate advocate of animal welfare, and her dedication to their humane care was evident in the many hours of volunteer service she dedicated on their behalf. For much of her life her home has been the sanctuary and recuperating facility for many strays and injured animals. Since 1998 she served as Administrative Support and later the Secretary and Treasurer of the Animal Resource Foundation, Inc., a non-profit animal welfare organization in Chester, Maryland. Her extended family includes her stepson Troy Fooks of Crisfield; stepdaughter Charlene Fooks of Stevensville; grandsons Stephen, Nicholas and Alexander Townsend of Stevensville; step-grandson Cody Benton of Stevensville; and dear friend Alice Dafnis. A celebration of her life will be held at 2 p.m. at the Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P. A. in Chester, MD. on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2002. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Hospice of Queen Anne’s Inc., 300 Del Rhodes Ave., Queenstown, MD 21658 or to the Animal Resource Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 396, Chester, MD 21619.

Rosalie Helen Fooks

October 30, 2002