Obituaries

Teresa Green RosserNurse

Teresa Green Rosser, 72, a registered nurse who worked at Providence Hospital and at a retirement home, died of complications of a stroke Dec. 24 at Holy Cross Hospital. She lived in Cheverly.

Mrs. Rosser was born in Washington and grew up in the Brookland neighborhood near Catholic University. She graduated from the old St. Paul's Academy in Washington and worked briefly at a children's care center in Lackawanna, N.Y., before returning to Washington. She taught for a short time at the old St. Cecilia's Academy in Washington and at St. Mary's School in Rockville.

Mrs. Rosser lived in Nevada, Mo., from 1970 to 1984. After raising six children as a single parent, she graduated from the nursing program at Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kan., in 1984.

When she returned to the Washington area, she worked as a nurse at Providence Hospital and later at the Washington retirement home of the Little Sisters of the Poor. She retired from nursing in 2000.

In 1991, after enlisting the help of U.S. Rep. Constance A. Morella (R-Md.), Mrs. Rosser traveled to Thailand to retrieve her four grandchildren who had been taken there by their father against their mother's wishes. With the help of the U.S. Embassy, Mrs. Rosser and her daughter were able to return the children safely to the United States. Mrs. Rosser later helped raise her grandchildren.

She was a member of St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Cheverly.

Her marriage to John Rosser ended in divorce.

Survivors include six children, Loretta Dhanagom of Cheverly, Mark Rosser of Nevada, Mo., Dennis Rosser of Pittsburg, Kan., Timothy Rosser of Panama City, Fla., Maria Rooney of Leawood, Kan., and Christopher Rosser of Liberty, Ohio; six sisters, Mary Anne Sonnenschein of Silver Spring, Cecilia Pincus of Hampton, Va., Bernadette Rogers of Nevada, Mo., Agnes Cammack of Leesburg, Jane Gilroy of Lakewood, Colo., and Dolores Milmoe of Poolesville; one brother, Michael Green of Bethany Beach, Del.; and 15 grandchildren.

-- Matt Schudel

Benjamin LissReal Estate Salesman

Benjamin Liss, 92, who operated a television rental business in the District in the 1960s and then turned to real estate sales, died of complications of a stroke Jan. 3 at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital. He lived in Rockville.