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Rosalie Emma Yeomans was born on May 12, 1907 to parents Charles and Isabella Yeomans. The Yeoman family ran the north Langley community's first post office, and Rosalie's mother chose Walnut Grove as the name for both the farm and the post office. As a child Rosalie attended the one room West Langley School. She moved to Vancvouer for secretarial training and on completion was employed as secretary to David Spencer of Spencer's Store (later Eaton's on West Hastings). Rosalie came back from Vancouver in 1926 to take over the store and post office (on the corner of 208th and 96th Ave) from her brother Raymond, so he could work on the farm. The store became the hub of the community. She lived with her family until 1950, then made her home in the apartment that Raymond had built on the second floor. She lived there until she retired in 1972, moving to a green rancher just north of the store. In 1995, she moved into the Rosewood Extended Care Home. She died on January 29, 1997, a week before her brother, Bert (Robert).