Rose Wagner, the Ultimate Team Mom, was born July 18, 1938 in Iraan, TX, the daughter of David H. Mitchell, Jr., and Sarah O. (Russell) Mitchell. She grew up in Denver City, TX, where she graduated high school in 1956. Roy came to town that that summer on a summer job before his senior year in college, and that is when they met. Rose attended Mary Hardin Baylor College in Belton, TX, for a year while Roy finished his senior year at the University of Missouri. After graduation, Roy took a job in Lubbock, TX, and Rose married him there on August 29, 1957.

Rose and Roy had four children, all boys, including identical twins, Chris, Ted and Tim and Kyle.

Chris started skydiving in 1976 and Rose was a reluctant mother of a skydiver. After Chris made the Golden Knights team she fully supported her son, Chris. Ted and Tim soon followed Chris onto skydiving, and Tim also became Golden Knight. (Ted wasn't eligible for the Knights because he was an officer in the 82nd Airborne.)

Rose became the 'Ultimate Team Mom' by being there and also providing delicious home-made fixin's for the entire team. Rose was especially known for her wonderful deep-fried chicken. Word of this could not be kept secret and many other jumpers, beyond the Golden Knights, also feasted on her delicious food. She once fried the chicken at home, put it in a suitcase, got on a Southwest Airline flight, and took it to where the team was performing.

The Golden Knights recognized her contributions by making her an honorary Golden Knight at their annual banquet in 1995.

After the Golden Knights, her favorite team was Deguello, although Airspeed was a close third. Her favorite skydivers included all those who were jumping at the old Spaceland in League City, TX, in the mid- to late-1980s.

Rose brought her culinary talents to the Go-Fast 300-way in Eloy, AZ for the entire Blue sector.

Rose also fed the judges at US Nationals, where her sons, Chris, Ted and Tim, were judges. Rose and Roy moved to Arizona in 2002, so they could be closer to Ted and Tim. They both continued to support US Nationals.

Rose Wagner, The Ultimate Team Mom, was known far and wide in the skydiving world.

Rose is survived by her husband, Roy, of 50 years, her four sons and their wives Chris and Mary, Ted and Pam, Tim and Amy, Kyle and Tracie and her grandchildren David, 21, Laura,19, Ryan, 5, Reagan, 3, and Riley, 3. David and Laura are also skydivers.