Helen R. Rowley

Born in Stanberry, MO on May 17, 1914
Departed on February 17, 2010. Resided in Waukesha, Wisconsin.

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Helen M. Rowley, 95, of Waukesha, WI, formerly of Cedar Rapids died Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at the Virginia Health & Rehab Center, Waukesha, WI.

Funeral Mass: 10:00 am Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at St. Matthew’s Catholic Church with Rev. Mark Osterhaus officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery, Friends may call on Monday from 4-5 pm at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.

Survivors include her niece, Mari (Tom) Dougherty of Waukesha, WI., two nephews, Donald Dippel of Marion, IA. and John Rasmussen of Royal Oak, Mich. Also, a great niece, Maggie (Brian) Cossman of Forest, VA. and a great nephew, Andrew (Michele) Dougherty of Chicago, Il.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard G. Rowley in 1983 and her brother, Fred Rasmussen and two sisters Clara Dippel and Margaret Rasmussen.

Helen M. Rasmussen was born May 17, 1914 in Stanberry, MO the daughter of Frederick and Margaret (McCann) Rasmussen. She graduated from Marion High School and later married Howard G. Rowley on October 14, 1940 in Marion, IA. Helen was a homemaker, former member of St. Matthew’s Catholic Church and enjoyed knitting hats for newborn babies at Mercy Hospital. She lived for the last eleven years at Oak Hill in
Waukesha, WI.

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