Rudolph Wilhelm Bossert passed away at home on August 6, 2022. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 15, 1942, to Karl and Anna Bossert and lived to be eighty years old.
A lifelong St. Louisan, Rudy attended Roosevelt High School and the University of Missouri–Columbia, class of 1963. Upon graduation, he worked in journalism and marketing before moving into carpentry and working as an entrepreneur and business owner along with family and friends for 40 years.
He married Martha Manley in 1964, and they were happily married until Martha’s death in 1983. He (and daughter Ann and son John) was blessed when he married Rochelle Rottnek on February 10, 1989, and they were happily married for 33 years. Rudy is preceded in death by his parents (Karl and Anna), his first wife Martha, and his brother Carl. Rudy is survived by wife Rochelle, by daughter Ann (Kevin) Hemenway, and son John (Denise) Bossert. He leaves behind six beloved grandchildren (DJ Cook, Luke Hemenway, Jennifer Bossert, Kari Eoff, Stephen Schroeder, and Andrea Dance) and ten great grandchildren (Alycia, Oziah, Eden, Eliana, Miles, Joseph, Omry, Levi, Asher and Eli) and many nieces and nephews.
Rudy will be remembered as a devoted husband and father, a man who was funny and generous, quick with a joke, and a master chef at the grill. He was a devoted Cardinals fan, an avid fisherman, and a frequent prankster.
He has donated his body to Saint Louis University, and he will be remembered with a celebration of life at a future date. A Kutis South County Chapel Service.
So sorry for your loss! I will forever be the fish on the end of the line of Rudy’s jokes. He will be missed
So sorry for your loss! I will forever be the fish on the end of the line of Rudy’s jokes. He will be missed
Grew to love Rudy and Rocky when Rudy was rehabbing at Sherbrooke Village where I wirk. I will miss him and all his humor.
Grew to love Rudy and Rocky when Rudy was rehabbing at Sherbrooke Village where I wirk. I will miss him and all his humor.
Rochelle and family – I am so sorry for your loss! Rudy sounded like a great man.
Rochelle and family – I am so sorry for your loss! Rudy sounded like a great man.
Rudy was a great guy with harmless jokes that he told with charm and wit. Rocky, while we pray for you and your family, I know Rudy will be bugging the Lord to take care of all he left behind
Rudy was a great guy with harmless jokes that he told with charm and wit. Rocky, while we pray for you and your family, I know Rudy will be bugging the Lord to take care of all he left behind
So sad to hear of your loss. I know he was a great man and a character to fit in with the Rottnek’s! Know you will be in my prayers. May his memories bring you peace.
So sad to hear of your loss. I know he was a great man and a character to fit in with the Rottnek’s! Know you will be in my prayers. May his memories bring you peace.
Rudy and I were classmates at Mizzou and always had fun together. Living in Florida for the last 25 years, unfortunately we lost contact. However I will always remember his smiles and our good laughs.
Rudy and I were classmates at Mizzou and always had fun together. Living in Florida for the last 25 years, unfortunately we lost contact. However I will always remember his smiles and our good laughs.