Mischelle Rios
RIOS, SCHWENKE, VAN-SAUN, PHILLIPS, MCKILLIP, GREINER, MILLIKIN, NASSAR, SEKULA, BITTERMAN
Posted By: Sarah Fletcher (email)
Date: 10/18/2022 at 12:27:50
Mischelle Rios, 57, of Iowa City, died on Friday, September 23,2022 at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics surrounded by family.
Memorial Mass will be at 11:00am on Friday, September 30 at St. Thomas More Catholic Church in Coralville with Father Chuck Adam officiating. Family will greet guests from 10-11:00am at the church prior to the service. Immediately following the service, the family invites guests to a luncheon in the parish hall at St. Thomas More. Burial will follow the luncheon at Sunny Ridge Cemetery, east of Sigourney, Iowa. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed toward the Rios family in care of John Rios.
Mischelle was born on July 11, 1965, in Iowa City, IA, the daughter of John and Gladys (Schwenke) Rios. Mischelle grew up in Coralville. She attended Penn Elementary and graduated from Regina High School in 1983. Mischelle was a lover of music. Her voice and guitar playing is a huge memory amongst her family and friends. A huge Elton John Fan. In fact, most everyone knows of her love of Elton John. Mischelle was lead female singer in her father's band Southbound and worked for over 20 years at the family business JR Painting & Decorating Inc as the office manager until 2009. Mischelle was that type of person to start a conversation with someone in line waiting for concert tickets. She could make a person feel like friend after meeting her for 10 minutes. Mischelle loved her “Hawkeyes” so much she took a part time position counting money at the stadium on game days in 2019 so she could see them play live. She was a lover of animals 4 legs or 2, it didn't matter she loved them.
Mischelle is survived by her daughter, Amelia Rios-Van Saun; father, John Rios; siblings, Kimberly Rios, Julia Rios, Jody Phillips and John McKillip; nieces and nephews, Jeana, Levi, Bronson, Marshall, Jade, Logan, Lily, Binnie, Sidnie, McKynna, Brycelon, Cecil, Leah, Elaina, Eva, Xander and Daxton; uncles: Frank Rios, Tom Rios, Roy Rios, Henry Rios, Benny Rios and Tom Schwenke; aunts: Geraldine Greiner, Gloria (Gary) Millikin, Gayle Nassar and Mary Sekula; former spouses Jeff Bitterman and Ed Van Saun and numerous extended family and friends. She was preceded in death by her mother, Gladys Rios, in 2003.
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