Cheryl Rose

Our beloved Cheryl Ann Rose was born March 1, 1950 in Philadelphia, PA to the late Charles Burems Sr. And Jennie Mae Burems. September 22, 2023, God, in his infinite wisdom, saw fit to call his faithful servant home to eternal rest.

Cheryl was educated in the Philadelphia school system and then moved on to work several meaningful jobs throughout her life. One job that Cheryl found great joy and was a nonprofit organization called Women’s Way. While working there, Cheryl was able to travel the world, explore and meet many people from all walks of life which is something she found great joy in doing she stayed with the company for over 20 years and retired from there.

Cheryl was an avid reader. Some of her all-time favorite books were the Harry Potter series, the color, purple, and all things written by Stephen King. She enjoyed watching the Harry Potter movies and was a huge fan of Chicago PD in the Chicago series. Cheryl was a sports fan with a great love of passion for the Philadelphia Eagles and the 76ers.

Cheryl was a great cook and was known for making many tasty dishes for her children and grandchildren. She valued spending time with family and enjoyed singing especially with her brothers and sisters. Cheryl was very witty, very smart and possessed as wealth of knowledge. She would often say “ I know a little a lot.” If you ask her a question, she would answer with great enthusiasm. What she couldn’t answer, she would go and send the screenshot.

Cheryl was a wonderful mother, Nana, sister, Aunt, and a good friend to many. Cheryl leaves to mourn: children, Madison, William, Juanice, Cathi and her youngest daughter Charlene who was her caretaker until her untimely death; sister, and best friend, Charlene; sisters, Gwendolyn, Elizabeth, and Sandra; sister-in-law, Linda; best friend, Kathy; good friend, Thelma, and Loretta; A host of nieces and nephews; many cousins; many grandchildren and great grands, including Lakisa (Whom she affectionately nick names Bougie Babe), Tamica, Brianna, Juanice and William. She was crazy about her great grandson Ja’ki. Cheryl was preceded in death by her husband Sam, her parents, Charles, and Jennie Burems and her brother, Charles, Mark and Reverend Donald Burems Sr.