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In 1957, Rose Perica married Thorald Robert "Lefty" Mofford, a captain with the Phoenix Police Department. The couple divorced after a decade, but remained friends until his death in 1983; Rose Mofford retained Lefty's surname. They did not have children, and Rose Mofford never remarried. Mofford identified as a devout Catholic.
- Arizona Was Home
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- Making A Splash in Politics
- That’S Tasty, Rose!
- Doing Good in The Community
Mofford was an Arizonan through and through. She was born June 10, 1922 in Globe, about 90 miles east of the state capitol building where she would later serve. She was born to John and Francis Perica, both immigrants from Austria-Hungary, and was the youngest of six children. Her father worked as a hoist engineer in the copper mines and her mother...
While attending Globe High, Mofford was contacted by the Cantaloupe Queens, an all-female amateur softball team. She played 20 games with the team, crossing 33 state lines in the process. She even played three games at the world-famous Madison Square Garden in New York City. “I attribute all of my success — besides my parents, of course — to sports...
Though she is most famous for serving as Arizona’s first woman governor, Mofford’s career in public service began 47 years prior to her taking the helm of the state. Mofford was hired out of high school by State Treasurer Joe Hunt and moved to Phoenix. She was his secretary. She had planned on accepting a scholarship to the University of Arizona to...
Mofford did not call it a career after she left the public sphere. She spent her latter years supporting charities (more on that later) and working several different jobs, some of which were in politics. But few know about her appreciation for salsa. Mofford trademarked her own brand, Rose’s Salsa, in 1996. The company was based in Tucson, but furt...
Helping people was a theme for Mofford and that carried over to her time outside of politics as well. As previously mentioned, Mofford cared greatly for the elderly, the disabled and children. She served on many boards and committees and worked with foundationsto improve lives, including the Mercy Care Foundation, the Crime Prevention League and th...
Sep 15, 2016 · Rose Mofford's husband (ex), TR "Lefty" Mofford (Grandy to us) was my great grandfather. Rose preferred to be called "Aunt Rose." She wanted to feel young, always.
- June 10, 1922
- September 15, 2016
Sep 16, 2016 · Ms. Mofford’s marriage to T. R. Mofford, known as Lefty, ended in divorce in 1967. They had no children. She was born Rose Perica on June 10, 1922, in the mining town of Globe, Ariz., about...
Oct 30, 2016 · “Rose Mofford’s only ambition was to simply serve the people.” Symington, who succeeded Mofford as governor, described her as a “retail politician” and an even-handed administrator who ...
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Sep 15, 2016 · Rose Mofford, the scrappy softball player from Globe who would make history by becoming Arizona's first woman secretary of state and governor, has died. She was 94. Mofford, who lived in the same ...
Sep 15, 2016 · She married T.R. "Lefty" Mofford, a captain with the Phoenix Police Department, in 1957, and they divorced after a decade. But Mofford often told people to call her “Mother Mofford.”
