Death Cafe profile for Last Exit Death Cafe


About Last Exit Death Cafe:

Rose is a mother, wife, and Research Associate at Summa.  Born and raised in Northeast Ohio, she studied Sociology and Anthropology at Kent State University (BA 2010) and Public Health (MPH 2014).  Rose works with several area non-profit agencies and currently lives in Kent, Ohio.


What brings you to Death Cafe?

It’s noticeably unnatural, the way that we’ve sterilized and concealed the act and process of dying in our culture.  Restoring visibility to this part of the cycle of life can only benefit us.


What would you like your legacy to be?

I’d like leave the world a better place than it would have been had I not showed up.


Thoughts for sharing:

We talk about the 'miracle of birth' but what about the 'miracle of death'? We have the science of death pretty much figured out, but death's magic and inevitability have been feared and ignored for a long time now.  Neil Gaiman, Death: The Time of Your Life




Last Exit Death Cafe's posts on the Death Cafe website


Death Cafe: Kent Ohio Death Cafe

Posted by Last Exit Death Cafe on Jan. 3, 2018, 8:05 a.m.



With Last Exit Book and Coffee House

Jan. 15, 2018, 5.30 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (EST)

suggested donation of $1 (coffee provided)


Death Cafe: Kent Ohio Death Cafe

Posted by Last Exit Death Cafe on Jan. 3, 2018, 7:58 a.m.


With Last Exit Book and Cafe

Jan. 15, 2018, 5.30 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (EST)

suggested donation of $1 (coffee provided)


Death Cafe: Kent Ohio Death Cafe

Posted by Last Exit Death Cafe on June 20, 2017, 7:36 a.m.



With Last Exit Book and Cafe

July 12, 2017, 5.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. (EST)

no cost, but suggest beverage purchase

The Death Café is a safe and relaxed space where people, often strangers, meet to discuss topics related to death and dying.  The goal is to engage in interesting, thought-provoking ...