BASS, Rosa Beth (Siewertsen) 1943-2004

SIEWERTSEN, BASS, LANG

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/15/2009 at 18:35:06

BASSETT, IOWA — Rosa Beth (Siewertsen) Bass, 60, passed away Friday (January 16, 2004) in New Hampton, Iowa.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Sunnyside Funeral Home Chapel, Charles City, with the Rev. A.C. Wegner officiating. Burial will be in Sunnyside Memory Gardens, rural Charles City, Iowa.

Friends may call at Sunnyside Funeral Home from 8 to 5 p.m. Wednesday and one hour prior to services on Thursday. Memorials may be directed to the family

Rosa was born Oct. 14, 1943, to Erwin and Cornellia (Lang) Siewertsen at Mason City. Rosa graduated from Charles City High School and Hamilton Business College (data processing) in Mason City.

On Oct. 19, 1964, Rosa was united in marriage to John Bass at Clarksville. John passed away Jan. 5, 1989.

Rosa worked at Comp Systems and belonged to their union for fifteen years, retiring in the fall of 2003. Rosa lived in the Floyd and Chickasaw County area since 1968.

Survivors include her mother, Cornellia, Nora Springs; one son, Ronald Bass, Ionia; one daughter, Shelly (Chuck) Miller, Charles City; one step-son,

Michael (Connie) Bass, Twentynine Palms, Calif.; three step-daughters, Connie (Mike) Driver, New Port, Ark., Kathy (Ken) Golly, Charles City, Evelyn (Jim) Rogers, Denver, Iowa; one brother, Maynard (Deb) Siewertsen, Charles City; four sisters,Venita (“Bud”) Roy, Apple ValIey, Minn., ldona (Jack)Patten, Cedar Rapids, Olene (Al) Schroeder, Greene; Martha Torres, Waseca , Minn.; two granddaughters; three step-granddaughters; four step-grandsons; one great-granddaughter; two great-grandsons.

Rosa was preceded in death by her husband; father; two sisters and one step-son.

Sunnyside Memory Gardens and Funeral Home. Charles City, (641) 228-2601.

]Mason City Globe Gazette]