DeMoss, ErmaLee Vesta – 1926–2011

BOWERS, DEMOSS, KAIN, KANE, ROJOHN

Posted By: JCGS Volunteer
Date: 6/24/2011 at 09:30:00

ErmaLee Vesta DeMoss, 84, of Prairie City died Saturday, June 18, 2011, at Mitchell Village Care Center in Mitchellville.

A funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 21, at Coburn Funeral Home in Prairie City with burial following at Vandalia Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday, June 20, at the funeral home with family present to greet friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Condolences may be left at www.coburnfuneralhomes.com .
Source: Newton Daily News; Monday, June 20, 2011

Additional information from Coburn Funeral Home website:
The daughter of Harold and Blanche (Bowers) Rojohn, ErmaLee Vesta Rojohn was born on October 5, 1926 south of Vandalia, Iowa. ErmaLee's grandparents, Dessie and Fred Rojohn, were a special part of her upbringing, helping her parents care for her. On August 13, 1944, ErmaLee was united in marriage with Melvin DeMoss in Knoxville, Iowa. ErmaLee was a housekeeper for many years to several, what she always stated, "really nice people to work for." ErmaLee loved to have flowers, plants, gardening and canning. She won several awards at the Iowa State Fair for her fancy work, jam and jellies. She and her husband enjoyed dancing at Pioneer Hall and she was also and excellent cook and pie baker. ErmaLee and Melvin loved nature. She was a member of the Vandalia Church of Christ. In her last few years, ErmaLee was in good hands while the people of Mitchell Village Care Center cared for her. She will be sadly missed by her friends and family.

Those left to honor ErmaLee's memory are her two daughters, Lora Kain and her husband John of Prairie City and Linda Kane and her husband Dennis of Mesa, Arizona; two grandchildren, Lucas and Kelsey Kain of Prairie City; one brother, David (Lousie) Rojohn of Newton and two sisters-in-law, Sue Rojohn of Grinnell and Wanda DeMoss of Altoona.

ErmaLee was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one step-brother, Darrell Rojohn, two brothers-in-law, and one sister-in-law.