Roush, Dorothy M. – 1920-2008

BATES, HAYLER, KILBRIDE, LAWTON, MORROW, ROUSH

Posted By: JCGS Volunteer
Date: 9/18/2008 at 19:44:52

INDIANOLA — Services for Dorothy M. Roush, 87, formerly of Marshalltown, who died Saturday, Sept. 6, 2008, at Iowa Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at the First United Methodist Church in Marshalltown, where the family will greet friends one hour prior to services. Burial will follow in the Rose Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today, Wednesday, Sept. 10, at Overton Funeral Home in Indianola with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. On line condolences may be www.overtonfunerals.com.
Source: Newton(IA) Daily News; Wed, Sept. 10, 2008

Dorothy M. Lawton, the daughter of Robert W. and Fanny (Bates) Lawton was born October 22, 1920 in Brazil, Iowa. She was the third child of five. The family moved to Newton where she grew up and graduated in 1938. Dorothy was very active in the church where she met her future husband, Herbert W. Roush. They married October 11, 1942 in Newton, Ia. Their first child, Ragan was born while Herb was serving in the United States Army in Europe. When Herb returned, he and Dorothy established their home together and their family grew with their first daughter, Diana and again with their second daughter, Nancy. They moved to Marshalltown in 1954 where Dorothy went to work for Lennox in 1964 until her retirement in 1983. In 1997, Dorothy moved to Indianola to be closer to her family.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Herb; son, Ragan; sister, Freda and grandson, Jerry Roush. She is survived by her daughters, Diana (John) Kilbride and Nancy Morrow; daughter-in-law, Lori Roush; 7 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; brothers, John and Harold Lawton; sister, Priscilla Hayler.
Source: Overton Funeral Home website