Rosalie Mae Oropesa

Rosalie Mae Oropesa, 89, of Port Orchard, WA went home to the Heavenly Father on October 30, 2025, after a long battle with heart disease at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Gig Harbor, WA.

She was born on May 4, 1936, to James & Hazel Vacovsky in Baltimore, Maryland where she grew up with her four brothers James Jr., Norman, Albert & Roger.

She married Diogenes F. Oropesa. Sr. in May 1957 and had two sons Diogenes, Jr. & Jeffrey.

She was a devoted wife, mother & grandmother raising her sons while her husband was serving in the US Navy. She worked at the Navy Exchange in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and eventually settled in Bremerton, Washington in 1975, when her husband retired after 21 years. She became a bank teller when the boys were older and worked until she retired in her 60’s.

She stayed active by being a snowbird in Arizona in their RV, ballroom dancing with her husband Don, Sr. and going on cruises around the world. She loved baking and always had cakes or cupcakes at everyone’s birthdays or holidays.

Rosalie is survived by her husband, Diogenes, Sr. her two sons, two grandchildren, daughter in-law and youngest brother, Roger as well as many nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents, & brothers James, Jr., Norman & Albert and other relatives.

A private family viewing & funeral service will be on Monday, Nov. 24, 2025, at Lewis Funeral Chapel in Bremerton, WA with Fr. Scott Connolly officiating. Service begins at 11am. Cremation will follow and committal will be on Dec. 5, 2025, at Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent, WA.

Memorials & flowers can be made at Lewis Funeral Chapel in Bremerton, WA.