Rosearl V. Julian, a homemaker and widow of former Baltimore City Councilman Dr. Emerson R. Julian Sr., died May 10 at Northwest Hospital of complications from gastrointestinal disease. She was 88.
The daughter of John C. Westcott, a chauffeur, and Catherine M. Westcott, a homemaker, Rosearl Vandelia Westcott was born in East Baltimore and raised in her grandparent's East 23rd Street home.
After graduating in 1944 from Dunbar High School, she enrolled at what is now Morgan State University, where she studied library science.
Mrs. Julian became acquainted with her future husband shortly after he finished his internship at the old Provident Hospital.
His first medical office was located two doors from the East 23rd Street home of Vandelia Westcott, her paternal grandmother, who was also one of his early patients.
Mrs. Julian, who married Dr. Julian in 1949, worked as his medical office manager and later at a second office he maintained on Madison Avenue.
After their marriage, they moved to a home on Arunah Avenue in West Baltimore, where Dr. Julian practiced medicine and she raised their children.
Mrs. Julian served as treasurer for her husband's three political campaigns.
Dr. Julian, a Democrat who served three terms on the City Council, died of an apparent heart attack in 1978.
Mrs. Julian moved to Owings Mills in 2001. She enjoyed reading and solving crossword puzzle. She was also a Baltimore Colts fan and later followed the Ravens.
She was an accomplished cook.
"She was a Baltimore girl and could saute the best soft crabs around," said a niece, Carole Elizabeth Cooper of Aurora, Ill.
She also was active in the Baltimore chapter of Jack & Jill of America and enjoyed vacationing in Ocean City, Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Virginia Beach, Va.
Plans for a memorial service are incomplete.
Mrs. Julian is survived by two sons, Dr. Emerson R. Julian Jr. of Owings Mills and David W. Julian of Matthews, N.C.; three daughters, Rosearl K. West of Gwynn Oak, Elizabeth L. Julian of Baltimore and Denise Julian-Huddleston of Ellicott City; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.