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Rose Winkleman

Rose Winkleman

Rose Winkleman was born to Sophie and William T. Vanderpool in April 1920 in McGrath, Alaska. Her mother was originally from Anvik and her father had come to Alaska from Montana during the Klondike Gold Rush. Rose grew up on a homestead about a mile up the Kuskokwim River from the village in a family of ten children, and was sent out for high school to the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska. She married a man she met in Seward, but after they divorced, she moved back to McGrath in 1942 with her two children. She became McGrath's community health aide in 1969, and retired in 1985. She moved to Anchorage around 2003 because of health issues. Rose Winkleman passed away on August 26, 2012 at 92 years old.
Date of Birth:
Apr 29, 1920
Date of Death:
Aug 26, 2012
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Interview Title Abstract Archive #: Oral History Project Date of Interview
Rose Winkleman

Rose Winkleman was interviewed on August 24, 2005 by Karen Brewster at Rose's apartment in a senior citizens apartment complex owned by the Cook Inlet Regional Housing Authority in Anchorage, Alaska. In this interview, Rose talks about getting the health aide job, the training she received, dealing with accidents and illness in the village, transportation of patients to Anchorage, communication with the doctors, the variety of work the health aide does, why she was successful and continued with the job.

 2004-17-08 Community Health Aide Program Aug 24, 2005