Roos, Timothy D.

Timothy D. Roos

Cincinnati, Ohio

Feather Location: Row H, #24

By Eileen Kelley / Enquirer Staff

…Timothy Roos was due back in Cincinnati in October for a brief leave after his tour so he could reconnect with childhood friends, Adam, Sara, other family members and his newborn baby girl. "He was going to hold her for the first time," Adam Roos said. He'd planned to go camping; he was going to go to Wisconsin to catch a Packers game. "It's a family thing, every year," Adam Roos said.  Adam Roos broke down Friday when he spoke of his younger brother's becoming a Marine and marrying his Delhi Junior High School sweetheart, Sara, and other dreams that never materialized. "He was a great Marine. He loved his job. He loved doing it," Adam said. "There really wasn't much that Tim wasn't proud of."

Roos graduated in 2003 from Oak Hills High School after completing the two-year auto technology program at Diamond Oaks. "He just loved to work with things," said Rebecca Beckstedt, a public relations coordinator for the Great Oaks system. "This is just really hard for the school."…

Carver:  Marcine Szucs is a retired nurse who has been carving since 1993.  She carves with the Great Lakes Wood Carvers.

Wood:  Basswood