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“I DON’T BELIEVE IN joining something without participating.”
Those were the words that started the nine-year “run” for Marie
Crimi Roser as a trustee on the Little Company of Mary Community Health
Foundation Board, beginning in 1994. Roser’s gratitude for the loving
care given to her late husband Don, and her admiration of the Little Company
of Mary Sisters and their dedication to the care of the sick and dying, prompted
her service and generosity to LCM.
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Born to tailors working on the lower east side of Manhattan, Roser internalized
the teaching that education and hard work can result in success. After moving to
Los Angeles, Roser combined family life and business as a successful general
contractor with her belief in community service. Evidenced by thirteen years in
the Gardena Valley Chamber of Commerce-including a term as the first
woman president in the organization’s fifty-year history-and her
leadership role as president of both the Exchange Club of the South Bay (a
national program dedicated to the prevention of child abuse) and the
Torrance YWCA, Roser was determined to “give back”. After working
with Marie on a YWCA project, fellow LCMCHF board member and friend Stan
Raskin commented, “Marie can only be described in superlatives. She is
one of the smartest women I know, and combines that intelligence with her
wonderful charm and empathetic spirit.”
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