Bernadine Caroline (McDonald) Roushar,10 May 1933-2 May 2020

ROUSHAR, MCDONALD, COONEY, RECORDS

Posted By: Sarah Witte (email)
Date: 5/14/2020 at 13:00:00

Bernadine “Bern” Caroline McDonald Roushar, 86, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, May 2, 2020. A private graveside service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 9, 2020, at Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery in Cedar Rapids. A Funeral Mass will be held at a later date.

Bern was the second oldest of six daughters born to John and Mary McDonald in Victor, Iowa, where she grew up. She married John E. “Jack” Roushar on August 12, 1953.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, two sisters, and several in-laws.

Jack and Bern founded Roushar Pharmacy in Cedar Rapids in 1970. She volunteered and was a gift shop buyer at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids for thirty years.

She is survived by her daughter, Brenda Roushar (John) Cooney and five grandchildren, Jacklyn Caroline Cooney, Julie and Darryn Records, John and Candace Cooney, three sisters and spouse’s, and many nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to the Mercy Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary.

Condolences may be directed to the family at www.cedarmemorial.com under obituaries.

Published in The Gazette on May 8, 2020