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Oskar Carl "O.C." Rouse, 74, passed away on April 13, 2016, surrounded by friends and family, after a significantly long battle with Pancreatic cancer. He was born on February 25, 1942 to Karl-Heinz and Faiga Rouse in Battery Park City of New York, New York. In 1960 he married his high school sweetheart, Eleanor "Nellie" Freier. Together they moved to Pennsylvania where they both studied at Penn State: with Oskar at the College of Engineering, and Nellie at the Medical Center. A few years after graduation, Oskar enlisted into the United States Army where he served in E Company, 52nd Infantry during the Vietnam War until 1972. After the war, he moved back to the city and worked for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. There he worked for the port authority for over forty years, earning the love and respect of his colleagues. Oskar was an avid sports fan, supported the troops, was a fervent feminist, and was against type of abuse against women and children. He strongly believed that the meaning of life is to be happy and to be true to oneself. Preceding him in death are his parents, and sister, Adeline Gregg. Surviving him is his wife of fifty-five years, Nellie, his sons: Michael Rouse, and wife Georgia, of Oyster Bay, New York; Waldmohr, and wife Irina, of Indianapolis, Indiana; and his daughter: Hannah, and husband Brian, of Dallas, Texas; and his four siblings, eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren.