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SHERWOOD, Connie J. (Roseberry) 1921-2006

SHERWOOD, ROSEBERRY, CARLSON, PALOMA, HEATON, WAHL, WHITEAKER, PEPPER, WESTLUND, COON

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 7/12/2014 at 23:57:27

[Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, Thursday, March 2, 2006]

WATERLOO - Connie J. Sherwood, 84, of Waterloo, died at home Feb. 19, 2006.

She was born Sept. 9, 1921, in Scotland, S.D., daughter of Edward J. and Wilhelmina Carlson Roseberry. She married Paul B. Sherwood on Sept. 2, 1939, in Waterloo. He died Dec. 31, 1988.

Mrs. Sherwood graduated from Cedar Falls High School in 1938. She and her husband owned and operated Sherwood Florists for 45 years, retiring in 1984. Sherwood#'s had been in business for 122 years.

She was past president of AMVETS Auxiliary Post 19 in 1950 and received Member of the Year Award in 1990. She also was a life member of the Elklettes and a 50-year member of Order of the Eastern Star 128. She became an honorary member of the Society of Iowa Florists in 1993.

Survivors include a daughter, Karen (Moses) Paloma of Georgetown, Texas; a son, Charles E. (his wife, Valerie Reed) of Tampa, Fla.; a granddaughter, Elizabeth (Steve) Rowling-DeLaurelle; two grandsons, Devin (Camille Opp) Rowling and Charles "Chaz" Sherwood; nine great-grandchildren, Jessica, Andrew, Kayla and Brett DeLaurelle, and Abby, Emily, Daniel, Olivia and Avery Rowling; and three sisters, Eunice Heaton of Albuquerque, N.M., Maxine Wahl of Parkersburg and Norma (Royale) Whiteaker of Longview, Wash.

Preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Percy and Beegle Roseberry; and three sisters, Maurine Pepper, Donna Westlund and Wanda Coon.

Memorial services 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Locke Funeral Home, with burial in Waterloo Memorial Park Cemetery. Public visitation from 3 to 6 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with a 6 p.m. public AMVETS Auxiliary Post 19 memorial service.

Memorials: may be directed to Trinity Episcopal Church or AMVETS Scholarship Fund.


 

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