BOMBELLA, Rose (RAMIREZ)

RAMIREZ, BOMBELLA, FLORES, MILLER, ACOSTA, MONTEON

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 10/30/2016 at 07:22:36

Obituary ~ Rose (Ramirez) Bombella
August 30, 1902 ~ May 03, 1996

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
May 06, 1996

MASON CITY -- Rose R. Bombella, 93, 1107 N. Van Buren Ave., died Friday (May 3, 1996) at the home of her daughter in Mason City following a lengthy illness.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. today at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 302 Fifth St. S.E. The Rev. James Hayes, associate pastor, will celebrate the Mass. Burial will be in Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery.

Visitation was held Sunday at the Fullerton Patterson-James Funeral Home, 123 Second St. S.E. A scriptural wake service and a Mexican rosary followed.

Those considering an expression of sympathy may direct memorials to the family.

Mrs. Bombella, the former Rose Ramirez, was born Aug. 30, 1902, in Del Rio, Texas, a daughter of Hiladio and Mary Jesse (Flores) Ramirez. On Nov. 10, 1917, in Del Rio, she married Jose Bombella.

The couple made their home in St. Paul, Minn., and West Des Moines. They moved to Mason City in 1928, where Mr. Bombella owned and operated his barber shop. Following Mr. Bombella's death in Mason City in 1940, Mrs. Bombella began a career as a laundress at the former American Ideal Laundry for five years and the Mason City Laundry for 14 years.

Mrs. Bombella was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. She was known for her expertise in Mexican cooking, and will be remembered as being a special friend to many.

Living family members include five children and their spouses, Juanita and Jay Miller, Esther and David Acosta, John and Phyllis Bombella and Phillip and Gladys Bombella, all of Mason City, and Benjamin and Judy Bombella of Des Moines; 24 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and a special friend, Ninfa Monteon of Mason City.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, siblings, two sons, a daughter and three grandchildren.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2016