Mrs. Rosalie Mellick King of New Canaan, wife of the late William H. Mellick and Victor H. King died in Palm Beach, Florida on June 9, 2014. She was born in Hamden, Connecticut, daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Edward N. Gosselin, of Hamden and Joliet, Illinois and granddaughter of Judge and Mrs. James H. Webb of Hamden and New Haven, Connecticut. She was predeceased by her first husband, William H. Mellick, her second husband, Victor H. King and three brothers, Edward Webb Gosselin, James Webb Gosselin and John Webb Gosselin. Mrs. King grew up in Joliet, Illinois where she lived through the Great Depression. She graduated from Northwestern University where she met her first husband and was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. In later years she served on the Northwestern Women’s Board and John Evans Club of Northwestern University. Following the war, Mrs. King moved to New Canaan in 1950 where she and William H. Mellick raised their two sons. She was a member of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America as the Webb side of her family traces back through a long history in Connecticut to the original settlers in the early colonies. Mrs. King was also a member of the Country Club of New Canaan and the Everglades Club and the Bath & Tennis Club in Palm Beach. Rosalie is survived by two sons, six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren: Her son Edward G. Mellick of Westport and his four children and their families, Bryan E. Mellick, his wife Christina and their son Max, Merrily Mellick Sturcke and her children Will, Madeleine, Travis and Benji, Jeffrey H. Mellick, his wife Beatrice and their two children Phoebe and Emmett Mellick and Jed Mellick of Los Angeles; as well as her son William H. Mellick, Jr. of Warren, CT and his son William H. Mellick III of Austin, Texas and his daughter Carolyn Mellick of Hasbrouck, N.J. She is also survived by her sister, Marjorie Fitzgerald of Illinois. She also leaves behind Natalie Tucker of Norwalk, her loyal and devoted friend and housekeeper and part of the Mellick family for over fifty years. Rosalie was a member of the “greatest generation” sadly losing her cherished older brother Edward Gosselin at Pearl Harbor. She will be remembered for her generous spirit, her love for and devotion to her children, her love for New Canaan, her strength of character, her perseverance in always doing what she thought was the right thing to do, her religious faith which sustained her during several very tragic life events and her romantic and sometimes free spirit. A mass of Christian burial will be held at St. Aloysius on Thursday June 26th at 10 a.m. followed by a private burial at Lakeview Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory should be made to New Canaan Baseball, P.O. Box 803, New Canaan, CT 06840 in memory of her late husband William H. Mellick for whom Mellick Field was named. For condolences and directions, visit www.hoytfuneralhome.com. Thursday June 26, 2014 , 10:00AM at St. Aloysius Church Click for Map and Directions