Judy K. (Nierling) Rowles 1953-2008

MELLICK, NEIERLING, ROWLES

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 1/15/2009 at 15:20:54

Judy K. (Nierling) Rowles

Judy Kay (Nierling) Rowles, 55, died of cancer Wednesday morning, October 15, 2008 at her home in rural Oxford. Funeral services were held Saturday, October 18 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Oxford by the Rev. Edmond Dunn. Graveside services we also held Saturday at St. John the Baptist Cemetery in West Ridge Township, near Waukon.

Judy's family includes her husband, Tom; a brother, Don Nierling of Chicago; a sister, Jan Nierling and Perry Paltz of Mason City; and a brother, Dan and Patty Nierling of Waterloo. She was preceded in death by her father in 1963 and her mother in January, 2008.

Judy was born August 27, 1953 in Cedar Rapids, the first child of Arthur and Rosella (Mellick) Nierling. She attended St. Ludmila Elementary School and graduated from La Salle High School in 1971. She attended the University of Northern Iowa for two years and graduated from the University of Iowa in 1978. She received her master's degree from UI in 1988.

Judy married Tom Rowles June 28, 1986. They lived in Iowa City until 2002 when they moved to their farm near Oxford. She worked for the University of Iowa in various departments from 1988 to the present, including the UI Hospitals and Clinics, Division of Continuing Education and the Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center.

She was diagnosed with cancer in early May. Judy loved life, going to blue grass festivals, tending to her cattle on the farm, and spending time with her family and those she always considered family!

The Waukon Standard, October 22, 2008
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