Elizabeth M. Rouser

Born in New Hampton, IA on October 5, 1923
Departed on December 22, 2008. Resided in Cedar Rapids, IA.

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Elizabeth M. “Betty” Rouser 85, of Cedar Rapids, died Monday, December 22, 2008, at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha. Services at 1 PM Friday in Cedar Memorial Park Chapel of Memories. Rev. David O'Connor of All Saints Catholic Church will officiate. Entombment in Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after noon on Friday. Arrangements by Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.

Survivors include three sisters Lyanda Siglin of Seattle, Mary Jane (Ralph) Rausch, Celine (Virgal) Scholl all of New Hampton, one brother Edward (Shirley) Goebel of Colorado Springs, and a step daughter-in-law Joleen Rouser of Ohio, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Delbert in 2003, one brother Gerald, and two sisters Sylvia Gerarden and Irene Goebel, and her step-son Donald Rouser in July 2008

Betty was born on October 5, 1923, in New Hampton, the daughter of Martin and Elizabeth Kuechenburg Goebel. She graduated high school in the Seattle area and worked at Boeing during WW II, before returning to Cedar Rapids and working at Quaker Oats as an office clerk for 36 years. She married Delbert Rouser on October 8, 1966, in Cedar Rapids. He died October 18, 2003.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy in Hiawatha, or to All Saints Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids.

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