Ros Rudolph
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Rosalind “Roz” Millinger Rudolph passed away in California on December 1, 2024. Roz was 100 years old, and had enjoyed a full life. She was born on July 30, 1924.
Roz was a graduate of The Maxwell School at Syracuse University having earned her B.A. in 1944. It was the Maxwell School that fostered her lifelong interest in world affairs, politics and government.
A few years after earning a bachelor’s degree, she returned to Syracuse for a homecoming weekend, where she met her future husband, Seymour Rudolph. They married six months later and she remained in Syracuse for 60 years. The couple had three children: Andrea, Alan and Ellen. Seymour, known to loved ones as “Si,” died in 1987.
Roz will be remembered as a curious and adventurous person at heart, who was eager to explore the world with her family. One of their first excursions, in the mid-1950s, was a trip to South Africa which included a safari. In 1972, the Rudolphs celebrated their 25th anniversary with a trip around the world. They made stops in China, Thailand, India, Nepal, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Italy and Greece. In the 1980s, they visited Russia, China and South America. Over the years they also visited Scandinavia and New Zealand and hosted several foreign exchange students.
She was passionate about keeping active and loved outdoor sports, especially golf and tennis. She won at least one club championship, at Lafayette Country Club, and continued to play regularly well into her 90s—often with friends who were 20 years her junior.
A tireless volunteer and a member of several boards, she helped run the Syracuse Community Nursery School and supported the Everson Museum as a gift shop promoter and buyer. She was also an avid patron of the arts in Syracuse and in Rochester, where she resided for seven years prior to moving to California in 2018.
Roz was pre-deceased by her husband Si, and her daughter Ellen’s husband Stephen. Her surviving family includes her children Andrea, Ellen and Alan, grandchildren Andrew (Kate), Marina, and Sam; and great-grandchildren Jacob, and Ella.
A celebration of her life will be at Sisskind Funeral Chapel on Thursday June 25 at 11AM. Friends may visit with her family immediately prior to the service on Thursday from 10-11AM at the funeral chapel, 3175 E. Genesee Street, Syracuse.