Rose Ohler

1927-2019

Rose Ohler, owner of Backwoods Inn Restaurant in Canyon Country, passed away on Halloween at the age of 92. She was blessed to live a long, happy, and successful life. She was loved by so many and will be greatly missed.

Rose and her husband Bob were married in 1947 and married for 54 years until Bob passed away in 2001.

After Bob’s death, Rose and their daughter Carol continued to run the business.

Bob was a bartender and Rose a waitress and worked at Rose’s sisters restaurant Sutters Mill in Mission Hills for 8 years learning the business before moving to Canyon Country to purchase Backwoods Inn. She and Bob opened Backwoods Inn in 1968. They sold their home in Granada Hills and risked everything as the area was so small back then. Also in 1968, the restaurant was very far away from Granada Hills as Highway 14 freeway wasn’t built yet. The only way to get there was Old Sierra Highway.

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work by day and then go back to the Inn at night. Rose would greet and seat the patrons and Bob would tend bar. As a hostess, she would dress to the “Nines.” A couple of months ago, while talking about her, a long time customer said, “We used to come in on Friday nights just to see what she was wearing”. A beautiful woman inside and out, a smile that would light up the room, and a fashionista.

Carol was 16 when they opened the restaurant and after school, she would go in the kitchen and stuff potatoes, a restaurant favorite and bus tables on weekends. She became a server at age 21, did bookkeeping, bartending and just learning all aspects of the business in general. Carol I will continue to run the restaurant just the way her folks taught her.

Rose loved antique collecting, evident by the décor in the restaurant. But her real love was animals. She loved her dogs. Early on, she had Schnauzers and then for the past 15 years, Dachshunds were her pets. Rose never wanted to travel as she would have to leave her dogs. Her happy place was at home with her fur kids. In lieu of ÁRZHUV LI \RX ZRXOG OLNH WR KRQRU 5RVH in remembrance, a donation to No Paws Left Behind, ASPCA or your favorite dog rescue site in her name is what she would want.

A small family service was held and Rose was buried alongside of her beloved husband and life partner Bob, at San Fernando Mission Cemetery.