Witney H. Rose

Witney Holland Rose, daughter of Dorothy Jean Dixon and Stanley John Rose, Jr., was born December 12, 1968 in Baltimore, Maryland. Sunday, January 19, 2003 she was taken prematurely from us as the victim of homicide. Witney began her education at John Paul Regional School in Baltimore, MD graduating from the 8th grade. Her high school education was completed at Western High School in Baltimore, MD. She attended Spelman College in Atlanta, GA and University of Florida at Gainesville where she graduated with a degree in Economics. After her graduation she had a brief career in finance at Nation’s Bank in Charlotte, NC.Witney then made the decision to attain a career in medicine. She resumed her education at Coppin State University in Baltimore, MD, worked in the office of Marsha Brown, M.D., and expressed her creative nature in a host of careers. She attended medical school at the former Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, PA, graduating May of 2001. At her death she was 2nd year resident in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland at Baltimore.Witney was an active participant in Nichiren Daishonin’s Buddhism where she served in a variety of capacities.“A life is measured by the joy one brings to others.”Witney shared joy with all that came in contact with her. Her joy was displayed through her love of activity, nature, and her all around joy of life. Dance was Witney’s first love beginning formal instruction almost as soon as she could walk. Her second love was horses and horseback riding. Her love affair with horses persisted even after a horse bucked her off, landed on her and stepped on her arm shattering her elbow, (It was always easy to buy Witney a gift, because if it had horses on it, she loved it.) Other loves in her life-included music, tennis, painting, walking, and chatting.Throughout her life Witney Holland Rose filled many roles as daughter, sister, aunt, godmother, niece, granddaughter, cousin, mentor, friend, role model, and comforter. She is survived by her mother Dorothy Dixon, father and stepmother Stanley and Connie Rose, sister and brother-in-law, Quincy and Kevin; goddaughters, Victoria and Joelle; godparents, Alex and Dolores; nephews, Malcolm and Benjamin; uncles, Marvin, Conal, Wilton, Charles; aunt, Dorothy; dear cousin and friend, Nadine; and a host of other relatives including great-uncles, great-aunts, stepsisters, stepbrother, cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Fred and Lucille Dixon, Stanley Rose, Sr. and Hibernia Rose Carey, godchildren, Kevin and Camille, and Uncle Donald.Buddhism teaches that life and death are but two constantly recurring phases of life. In other words, life is eternal and indestructible-forever existing. Death is but a state of latency-and interval like a night’s sleep. What we see as death is in fact an aspect of life in which we regenerate enough life force to take on a fresh new physical form so that we can return to contribute to the well being of the great universe, to our family and others.

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Witney H. Rose

December 12, 1968 - January 19, 2003