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Janet M. Rose

1932 - 2025

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10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Friday, February 28, 2025

John C. Burns & Sons Funeral Home

305 Broadway

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

617 876-8336

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Friday

February

Prayer Service

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Friday, February 28, 2025

John C. Burns & Sons Funeral Home

305 Broadway

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

617 876-8336

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bill cunningham posted a condolence

Monday, March 3, 2025

Ah Janet, what has happened to our old Cambridge? I just heard about your passing. How many memories go with you. More than fifty years have passed since we met in the midst of struggle to defend our city and our neighborhoods. Always looked forward to seeing and speaking with you. Yours in grateful memory for as long as I live and for as long as our kids live

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Mary-Ann Matyas posted a condolence

Friday, February 28, 2025

Dear Rick and family, I am so sorry for your loss. I know she was an anchor in your lives. I will keep her and you all in my prayers. with sympathy, Mary-Ann Matyas

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Rosemarie Cacciatore posted a condolence

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Cheri My deepest condolences, what an amazing women with a daughter that loved and took the best care of her . I know what you are going through and we have each other to console . Xoxo Rose

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Thursday, February 27, 2025

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My sincere condolences to all the Roses. My lifelong friends from Lopez Ave to Pine Street and beyond. Grandma Betty, Jan and all the boys showed me and my family genuine kindness when we arrived from the Azores in 1958. I will always have a place in my heart for you guys.

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Diane Macdonald Holmes posted a condolence

Saturday, February 22, 2025

So very sorry for the passing of your dear mother. Everyone in Cambridge knew, liked and respected her. She was an advocate for all things that helped people..She will be missed and remembered by many..Stay strong and keep loving each other..

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Carolyn Rosen-Wood lit a candle

Thursday, February 13, 2025

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Rick, Randy, Robert, Cheri and Marquis: It was my greatest honor to be introduced to Janet by my late husband, Bill Wood, back in 1977. She was his very best friend and in turn became my best friend. She was a formidable woman of great compassion and caring for all and especially for those with marginalized voices. Her great strength and resilience was admirable and always with a positive viewpoint. I loved to hear her and my husband's "war" stories about their time at Cambridge Model Cities and in turn had the privilege of meeting the numerous strong community women that stood with her. You could not walk down a Cambridge Street with Janet without being stopped by the many people who adored her. I will miss our long phone conversations over the years. I send you all my deepest condolences. But be consoled in your memories of your mother's well lived life and the path she paved forward for you as you are all wonderful people who will carry that legacy on within your hearts. Carolyn Rosen-Wood

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Kenneth Penrod posted a condolence

Thursday, February 13, 2025

What an amazing woman and amazing life. Her son -Randy - is a very good friend and now I can understand why Randy is such an excellent man and father. My condolences and prayers are to her entire family. It’s such a difficult thing to lose a family member but to lose your mom - life is forever changed. She certainly left her legacy of kindness and advocacy with her son Randy. Again I am so sorry for your loss but what a wonderful life to experience such a beautiful person.

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Daniel Hogan posted a condolence

Thursday, January 30, 2025

I'm sorry to hear about your mother passing, she worked hard to raise her family to be good people who valued an education. I never met a Rose I didn't like and respect.

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Mary Ann Gibbons posted a condolence

Thursday, January 30, 2025

I am so sorry to her about your Mom. She was a second mother to us all and she loved the neighborhood kids!. I often talk fondly of my time working at McDonald's under your mother's wing. She taught me how to run Children's Birthday parties and I was so excited to take on such an important role. I also got to serve as the Easter Bunny for McDonalds for several years and your mom and I worked together taking pictures with the kids that came in. It was my first real job and it taught me so much. She was a fierce advocate for the neighborhood, and the city, and her devotion and passion benefitted so many who could not advocate for themselves. Cambridge is a better place because of her. She and my mother, Pat McCarthy, were inseparable and they were always taking on some cause through their work with Model Cities, the neighborhood clinic, elder services or working on some political campaign. My grandmother, Margaret Leeman, always considered her a second daughter and was so proud of her! My grandmother always bragged about your mothers' many achievements and what a strong person she was. I am confident that they are all overjoyed to be reunited once again and are having spirited discussions! She lives on in all of us and our warm memories of her. My love and prayers go out to you and your family. Love, Mary Ann McCarthy (Gibbons)

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Wanda Evans posted a condolence

Monday, January 27, 2025

I worked with Janet at McDonalds, she was always so kind. She’s also the only person who could get me into that Hamburglar costume when I came home for a visit with my family after I quit working there! lol. She was absolutely the best human being I have ever known. Condolences to her family, I will keep her and you in my prayers.

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Kathleen Clinton posted a symbolic gesture

Monday, January 27, 2025

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I got to know many of Janet's talents when she worked with my Dad on Model Cities and housing issues. Her intelligence was surpassed only by her devotion to her family and to her neighborhood. She was much respected for her honesty.

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Neil Rosenburg lit a candle

Sunday, January 26, 2025

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I knew Ms. Rose when I was 17-18 and working at McDonald’s in Central Square. Janet was McDonald’s Community Liaison. She was a whirlwind, often running to a meeting, but she always took the time to smile and say a friendly or encouraging word, even to a kid burger-flipper. She made such an impression on me that I often think fondly of Ms. Rose, some 50 years later. My condolences to the Rose family.

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Alicia Carroll lit a candle

Saturday, January 25, 2025

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Janet Rose was an activist who cared about the people of Cambridge and fought for those who could not fight for themselves. For many of us our first job was at McDonalds and most of us ended up graduation from college. She opened up doors for youth in her community. She was a second Mom and Auntie to many of us in the community. She was one of the three musketeers along with my mother Jacqueline Carroll and Pat McCarthy. They were sisters and now reunited. Love you Janet! Rest in power.

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Kevin J. McCarthy lit a candle

Friday, January 24, 2025

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Janet Rose was a generational human being. It seems like I knew her all my life, as I grew up playing with her children in elementary school, becoming mischievous with them in high school and experiencing college and adulting with them. She was a force in our community who was there to be a voice for the voiceless. Her legacy is one of commitment to family, friends and community. She touched countless live and is responsible for much of the good that has come to those of us from the City of Cambridge. Her spirit lives on...in us all!

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Deb Baldasaro Sullivan posted a condolence

Friday, January 24, 2025

My deepest condolences to the Rose family. I only spent a little while with her and quickly realized what an amazing woman she was. I enjoyed her stories about working with my Grandfather and I immediately felt like I had known her forever. She was a hard working and accomplished woman who raised a beautiful family of which she was so proud. God bless her and may she rest in peace.

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Gary and Connie Romagna posted a condolence

Friday, January 24, 2025

Our sincere and heartfelt condolences to the entire Rose family on the passing of your mom. Please k now that our thoughts and prayers are with you all at this most difficult time. Connie and Gary Romagna

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MELISSA LAITMAN lit a candle

Friday, January 24, 2025

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Cheri Burns uploaded photo(s)

Thursday, January 23, 2025

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The Roses… We Love you Mom

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Cheri Burns lit a candle

Thursday, January 23, 2025

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I love you mom. I am so blessed that I got to spend so much time with you in the last few years. You gave me strength,love and guidance. No more pain… You will always be my best friend, my champion , my mom❤️

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Michael Sullivan posted a condolence

Thursday, January 23, 2025

To Janet’s Family and Friends: Please accept my deepest sympathies. Janet was a force that made a difference in her community and she did so because she cared. She was a wonderful person and a great friend to two generations of my family. I feel grateful that I had her as a friend. We are truly lucky to benefit from all she did and accomplished. You are in my thoughts and prayers. Sincerely, Michael Sullivan

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Thursday, January 23, 2025

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