Rose Marie ‘Rosie’ Lockerbie

Rose Marie Lockerbie, 92, of Goleta, CA died April 30, 2023. Rosie is survived by her two daughters Chris Lockerbie and Char Lockerbie Harris. She is also survived by her two granddaughters Sunny Harris Bandy and Lindsay Harris Cooney, as well as five great-grandchildren. She was married to Jack ‘Jake’ Lockerbie who recently passed away on March 2, 2023.

Rosie was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley and attended Van Nuys High School. She was born to Swiss immigrants and moved from Bern, Switzerland to bring Swiss-style dairy farming to the Los Angeles-area. She was the youngest of six girls and her father, expecting sons to help him with the family dairy, still made his girls work on the farm so she had lots of memories milking and caring for the cows. Rosie and her sisters enjoyed the outdoors of Southern California and continued the tradition of family adventures with all their husbands, kids and grandkids with camping trips to Refugio, family hikes around California and coastal getaways.

Rosie and Jake raised their family in Goleta where she especially loved to garden spending hours each day tending to her flowers and fruit trees with her dog by her side. Another family tradition was for each sister to host a holiday party and Rosie’s was the Fiesta party every August where she would make her famous cheese enchiladas – a family favorite!

Rosie is remembered by her family for being such a caregiver to her daughters, granddaughters, sisters, nieces and nephews always making sure everyone was fed, pantries stocked and their faith in God strong. Coming from a large family she never took for granted the importance of a strong family, strong faith, and enjoying time together.

The Lockerbie family would like to thank Country Gardens Home Care, the Demonteverde family and her personal caregiver, Beth, who gave her exceptional care these last few years.

A joint memorial service for Jake & Rosie will be announced this summer.