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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Louise Hoyt
Rossetto
August 13, 1937 – July 28, 2018
Obituary
Louise Hoyt Rossetto was born in Patterson, NJ the daughter of a WWI veteran father and a domestic worker Finnish immigrant mother. She excelled in her academic studies and had a natural talent for art. She was introduced to her future husband James Rossetto by her sister Alice. Louise relocated from NJ to Ft. Lauderdale for a short time and was married to James there in 1959 and moved back to NJ with her new husband. The couple with their new born son Richard then moved back to Florida in Orlando where her husband took a new job with Martin Marietta.
The Rossetto's family grew with the birth of their daughter Cynthia and son James.
Louise was a talented artist who turned the families garage into an artists studio where she welded copper sculptures. She exhibited her work at many art festivals around Florida including the Winter Park Festival for years which took her family to many locations. She won awards and sold a lot of her creations. One of her pen and ink drawings was featured in an exhibit at the Loch Haven Art Center. She also studied woodcarving with local Central Florida artist Janet Gould.
Louise was also a fantastic cook and entertained her neighborhood friends in Westwood with delicious Italian meals and fun themed parties like fondue and at Christmas her home became a cookie factory where she prepared amazing holiday treats to give as gifts to friends and family. Each cookie was a work of art and a tasty treat.
Mrs. Rossetto went back to school to learn floral design and worked for a time at several floral shops putting together beautiful arrangements for weddings and other occasions.
Later in life she returned to school for academic studies at Valencia College where her grades landed her on the Presidents list.
She later decided to delve into ceramics which was a discipline she had not explored before. She worked mostly in porcelain and created organic pots jewelry and sculptures. She set up a studio at her new home in Clarcona where she had two kilns installed to fire her work. The artist worked among the trees and nature of her oak lined lot looking at a 40 acre cow and horse pasture that she loved viewing.
Her daughter Cyndi and her husband made her a grandmother to two wonderful boys, Aaron and Alex and she was a doting grandmother who adored the boys and loved taking care and educating them.
Louise was a supporter of the arts and supported her children's interest in the arts. Her daughter became a dancer with the Ballet Royal and danced at Disney and Sea World and became a teacher of the arts for elementary school children. Her son Richard became a photographer and had his work shown in many magazines and newspapers and nature sites. Her son James has worked for creative companies like TV stations, magazines and Advertising Agencies. Her creative influence formed their love of the arts.
She described her husband James Rossetto as the love of her life and they were truly each others best friends. James has taken care of her through some challenging health issues and never wavered in his love and support of his wife of almost 60 years.
Louise had bad arthritis and would spend many hours doing pen and ink drawings to pass many nights she was dealing with the pain. Each drawing is a fantastic piece of art.
She had a very short battle with terminal cancer and did not have much time after her diagnosis. She was able to spend her last days at her daughters house with her husband, children, grandchildren, friends and family by her side. She told her family she was not afraid and had never been afraid to die.
In lieu of any flowers the family is asking that a donation to any arts organization be made in her name.
Louise was recently predeceased by her sister Alice and her her niece, Alice's daughter Allison both from cancer. She was also predeceased by her sisters
Helen and Mary and her brother William.
She is survived by her husband James, children Richard, Cyndi, and James, son-in-law Conrad and grandchildren Aaron and Alex and many nieces and nephews.
The family will have a private dinner to celebrate her life together.
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