Clifford “Cliff” Rosencranz, age 66, passed away November 3, 2021 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. A Celebration of Life will be held from 1-5 PM, Sunday, December 12th at the Tuscan Center, Midtown Square in St. Cloud, Minnesota. A lunch will be provided.
Clifford “Cliff” Otto Rosencranz was born February 18, 1955 in Miles City, Montana to Morris and Vera (Smith) Rosencranz. He grew up and attended school in the small town of Broadus, Montana.
He moved to Forsyth, Montana, where he worked and became manager of a lumber company. In 1982, he married Mary and became a dad to stepson, Jesse. In 1983, they moved to St. Cloud, MN where he worked at Mills Fleet Farm. In November, he felt blessed at the birth of his daughter Jodi. Cliff and Mary divorced in 1987.
On July 9, 1988 Cliff married Michelle Klein, making their home in Rice, MN. He worked as a salesman for Central McGowan, later becoming a purchasing agent for the company. Cliff retired in 2015.
Cliff became a grandpa “Papa” in 2012 to Joshua, the light of his life. He loved spending time with his grandson. Going fishing, making woodworking creations, watching movies, wrestling (and Papa always won), playing games, and going to Dairy Queen were a few of Cliff and Joshua’s favorite activities. Joshua loved his Papa very much and Papa loved spoiling him. Joshua brought Papa more joy than anyone could ever imagine.
Cliff loved motorcycling, hunting and camping in his younger years. After retirement, he kept busy around the yard, traveling, helping neighbors and spending time with his grandson.
Cliff passed away November 3, 2021 at the age of 66 at Abbott Northwestern Hospital after losing his battle with liver cancer. He is preceded in death by his parents and brother, Roger, who passed away earlier this year.
He will be lovingly remembered and deeply missed by his wife, Michelle; daughter, Jodi (Joe) Anderson; grandson, Joshua Anderson; stepson, Jesse (Kerri) Kohler; brother, Darrell (Jen) Rosencranz; sister-in-law, Rita Rosencranz and numerous other family and friends. He will be remembered as a kind, loving, generous man.
To Jodi and family,
It’s never easy to say goodbye to a loved one. The care you gave him during his final days
blessed you and him. May your memories of him help to ease your sorrow. God bless you and your family.
I was so sorry to hear of my cousin’s passing. It has been many years since I last saw him, so for me, he will always be young. He was kind and funny. We were childhood playmates. I will miss him for the rest of my days.
Michelle and family, I am deeply sorry for you loss. All of us here at Central McGowan are thinking of you and know Cliff will be greatly missed! God Bless~
Jodi and family,
I have very fond memories of Clifford growing up in Broadus, Montana. We used to ride our motorcycles to the Black Hills, SD together. Clifford was always fun to be with. One of my memories of him was one time we went to a restaurant and we decided we would talk in hairlip when we ordered. Oh that was fun, but the waitress picked up on and started talking hairlip with us as well. Before long the whole restaurant was laughing with us as we struggled to pronounce what we wanted to order in hairlip.
Their was also the time, when all our camping stuff was ripped off and all the motels were full. So we went back to our campsite to see if maybe some threw our stuff in the garage. So we had no choice but to sleep there. So we found a couple of picnic tables and tried to sleep on them. All of a sudden we encountered a couple of skunks. Clifford whispered as loud as he could “skunk, don’t move”. We both could feel the skunks sniffing around our faces. After a bit we seen them move on. Oh that was a close call. That was a very long night. We laughed about that a lot.
I regret that I lost touch with Clifford a long time ago.
May the God comfort you with great memories of Clifford as well.
Leo Rogge