Dorothy Alice 'Rusty' Rasley 1930-2003

MCCLAINE, RUSCHMEYER, RASLEY

Posted By: Lori Clark
Date: 5/12/2003 at 13:04:28

Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service
Iowa City – 319-338-1132

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Dorothy A. “Rusty” Rasley age 73 of North Liberty died Friday, May 9, 2003 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City from complications of a cerebral aneurysm.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City with the Reverend Paul Bult of the Grace Community Church officiating. Entombment will be at the Memory Garden Mausoleum in Iowa City. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 pm Monday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in her memory to the University of Iowa College of Nursing Scholarship Fund through the University of Iowa Foundation. Online Condolences may be sent for Dorothy’s family through our website @www.gayandciha.com.

Dorothy Alice Rasley was born March 3, 1930 in Boone, Iowa the youngest of seven children to Henry and Cecil (McClaine) Ruschmeyer. She graduated from Boone High School, and later from the University of Iowa College of Nursing in 1951. She married Robert A. Rasley on September 5, 1953 here in Iowa City. She began her career in health care in 1951 at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, a career that spanned over forty years in which she held various leadership roles in the hospital. Her last number of years before her retirement in 1992, she spent as Senior Nurse Epidemiologist in the Department of Epidemiology. During her time at the University and after in her retirement she served as a consultant and training nurse in the field of infection control for hospitals and nursing homes in the United States and also in Europe and Russia. The Dorothy A. Rasley Award was established in her name in recognition of her work and achievements this field. In the year of 2000, she received the Distinguished Alumni Award for Service from the University Of Iowa College Of Nursing. She was a member of a number of professional organizations and a member of the University of Iowa Presidents Club.

Her family includes her husband, Robert A. Rasley; sons and their wives, Robert A. and Donna Rasley of North Liberty, and Michael and Dell Rasley of Coralville; six grandchildren, Sara, Alicia, Ryan, Rynae, Rachelle, and Jessica; two brothers and their wives, Jack and Peg Ruschmeyer of Abilene, TX and Phillip and Jackie Ruschmeyer of Manatosh, WI (?); sister-in-law, June Rasley of Des Moines.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Jerry and Max Ruschmeyer, a sister, Virginia Wilson, an infant son, and a brother in infancy.

Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service of Iowa City is caring for Dorothy’s family and her services.