ROHWER, Esther 1905-1990

ROHWER, REIMERS

Posted By: Tammy (email)
Date: 1/1/2016 at 19:02:21

Rites Held For Esther Rohwer

Esther A. Rohwer, 84, of Conrad, passed away Monday, November 5, at Marshalltown Medical and Surgical Center in Marshalltown.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, November 7, at 1:30 p.m. at the Johnston Funeral Home in Conrad, with Rev. David Crow officiating.

Casket bearers were William A. Wood, Al Koenigsfeld, Bill Zink, Jerry Zehr, George Rohwer and Clarence Arp.

Burial was in Oakland Cemetery, Beaman.

Esther A. Rohwer, daughter of John and Anna Reimers Rohwer, was born December 17, 1905, in Clay township of Grundy county. She graduated from the Grundy Center High School in 1923, and from Iowa State University in Ames.

Esther was employed as a dietician, working in food service including BG Food Service in Chicago, IL, and other places as Chamberlain, SD, Colorado Springs, CO, and her last place of employment before retirement being in Waterloo.

Esther had resided in Conrad since 1973, moving from Grundy Center. She was a resident of Oakview Nursing Home in Conrad since April of this year.

Esther was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters and three brothers.

The Johnston Funeral Home in Conrad was in charge of the arrangements.

--The Grundy Register (Grundy Center, Iowa), 15 November 1990, pg 3