When I graduated from college in the Spring of 1971, I moved in with my parents and began looking for a job.  By July, I was hired by Sanders Data Systems, a Division of Sanders Associates.  While the mother company was primarily a military contractor, Data Systems was a commercial division competing against IBM.  On the first day, they walked me around the manufacturing floor so that I could understand how the products were made.  In the process, I was introduced to the employees at each work station.  That included a skinny blonde with waist long hair.  Pam Woods was a Junior Test Technician testing circuit boards.  I am terrible at remembering names and this was just overload.

About a month or two later, I was walking towards the men's room when I turned the corner to go down another hall, I physically ran into that skinny blonde.  She said "Hi Bruce" and just kept walking.  That event changed my world!  If she knew my name, then there must be something there.  I began going out on the manufacturing floor and chatting with her.  Our first date was watching Mod Squad on TV in her apartment and then going with another couple to the casino in Salisbury, Massachusetts to see a group called Mac's Mob.

The rest is history.  Less than a year later, we were married.  It was June 17th in 1972.  Like many others, we struggled, living pay check to pay check, as we developed our careers.  Pam in retail sales and me in engineering and management for several computer companies.  We had three wonderful daughters and we focused on raising our family.  Eventually, due to a strong work ethic, things were working in our favor.  The girls all went off to college and when they graduated and moved back home, Pam and I moved away.  We bought an old family farm in Maine and raised Christmas trees and timber.  Our daughters went on the have our five grandsons.  They visited us in Maine quite often.  Eventually, we bought a used motor home and began traveling.  In 2020 we decided to sell much of what we owned and travel the country for two years as nomads.

After seeing some alarming symptoms, we sought medical help and Pam was eventually diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia.  That disease is a combination of dementia and Parkinson's.  Our travel days were over.  Pam was very adamant that she did not want to "be left in a nursing home".  For the next three years, I was her primary caregiver.  That simple sentence does not begin to describe the situation.  Elsewhere on this website you will find the Change the Journey Blog.  It will describe some days in excruciating detail.    Sadly, Pam lost her battle with the disease in June 2024.  Her suffering was finally over and ours was just beginning.  This page is our tribute to her.  We miss her every day.

Obituary for Pamela Rozett

Pamela “Pam” (Woods) Rozett, 74, of Litchfield, NH passed away peacefully at home on June 15, 2024, after a courageous battle with Lewy Body Dementia. Born in Ayer, MA on May 27, 1950, to the late Lois (Naylor) and Delmar Woods, Jr. She grew up in Dunstable, MA, and graduated from Groton High School in 1969. Pam was working at Sanders Associates when she met the love of her life, Bruce Rozett. After less than a year, they were married. They went on to have three daughters and five grandsons and spent nearly 52 years together.

Residing in Londonderry for 25 years, she was an avid candlepin bowler. Pam managed a children’s shoe store, the Shoe Zoo, where she was renowned for remembering each child’s age and shoe size. Pam joined JC Penney when they opened the store in Salem and spent the next 18 years in various capacities. She ended her JCP career selling custom window coverings in the South Portland, ME store while they operated Shaving Hill Farm in Limington, raising Christmas trees and timber and riding their horses.

Retirement brought Pam and Bruce back to Litchfield, where they lived when they got married and brought them closer to their three daughters, Courtney (Jay) Sanchez of Manchester, Allyson Rozett of Goffstown, and Kendra (Jeffrey) McCormick of Hudson. She was adored by her five grandsons, who referred to her as Gmom.

Besides her husband, daughters and grandsons, Pam is survived by her five sisters, LoAnn Ross of Merrimack, Amy (Paul) Dixon of Colorado, Paula Woods of Wilton, Robin (Guy) Whitworth of Tyngsboro, and Kathy (Joe) DePontbriand of Litchfield and many nieces and nephews.