Rosemary (Noone) Babcock, a longtime resident of Annapolis, Maryland, passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at Heartlands Assisted Living in Severna Park. She was 101 years old. Rosemary was the oldest of eight children, born in Washington, D.C. on September 12, 1918 to Thomas H. Noone and Agnes (Bennett) Noone.

She was raised in the Washington D.C. area, graduated from Immaculate Conception High School and later worked for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

In 1940, she married Samuel Arlington Babcock in Washington D.C. They had two children, Terence and Sheryl. She had the opportunity to travel extensively along with her husband and family while he served as a career Army Officer.

After many years of being stationed across the country and the world, Rose and Sam returned to Maryland, living in various locations just outside Washington, D.C., and finally settled in Crofton in 1975. Sam died in 1981 and a few years later, Rose moved to the community of Cape St. John in Annapolis, where she lived with her brother John and next door to her sister Josephine for many years. In 2012, she moved to Heartlands in Severna Park.

She continued her love of travel later in her life, when she traveled to Europe with family and friends, often from St. Mary's Church, where Rose was an active parishioner. Traveling to Italy with friends from the church was among her best memories. Ireland was another of her favorite destinations.

Rose was an enthusiastic and welcoming hostess both at home and in restaurants. Dining out was a favorite pastime of hers and Sam's and together, they were frequent faces at many Annapolis-area restaurants, especially L'Auberge de France and Busch's Chesapeake Inn.

Rose loved red lipstick, parties (and she was the life of them), and spending time with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, brothers and sisters, and nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Arlington Babcock, her parents, her brothers John, Matthew, Daniel and Thomas Noone and her sisters Eileen (Sr. Odile, Daughter of Charity) and Patricia (Noone) Hughes.  She is survived by a sister, Josephine (Noone) Fox, her children Terence Babcock (Carole) and Sheryl (Babcock) Waskom (Richard), her grandchildren Jeffrey Babcock (Carol), Kathryn (Waskom) Pollard (Cooper), Stephen Babcock (Erin), Thomas Waskom (Marcail), Kevin Babcock (Megan) and Erin (Waskom) Barrineau (Clark), and 13 great-grandchildren.

Family and friends may visit on Thursday, October 17,2019 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Barranco Severna Park Funeral Home & Cremation Care, P.A., 495 Ritchie Highway, Severna Park. A funeral mass will be held on Friday, October 18, 2019 at 11 a.m. at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 689 Ritchie Highway, Severna Park. The burial will be on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 11:00am at Arlington National Cemetery. Those attending the burial are to arrive at 10:15 am.

Online condolences may be made on www.barrancofuneralhome.com