E. E. Roseman; Headed Grand Jury

Edward E. Roseman, who as foreman of the 1986-87 Los Angeles County Grand Jury tried to ease problems associated with health care and Skid Row, has died. He was 76.

A Sherman Oaks resident, Roseman died Friday of pneumonia at Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Panorama City, his wife, Pearl, said.

During Roseman’s tenure, jurors investigated several government issues, including Skid Row housing, availability of health care services in the county and the management of the Weingart Center, a residential and treatment facility for the downtrodden. A policy of issuing interim grand jury reports also was reinstated to help keep the County Board of Supervisors better informed.

Born in Cleveland, Roseman came to Los Angeles as a child and graduated from Fairfax High School in 1933. He worked as a salesman for a men’s fabric company before starting with Abbey Rents in 1939. After retiring in 1972 as a vice president, he helped found the National Assn. of Durable Medical Equipment Companies. Roseman, who headed the association until 1982, worked to pass federal and state legislation requiring government health programs to pay for home use of medical equipment.

In addition to his wife, Roseman is survived by two sons, a daughter, a sister and four grandchildren.

The family asks that any donations be made in Roseman’s name to the American Heart Assn., the American Cancer Society or the scholarship fund at Temple Adat Ari El in North Hollywood.