Idella Hogan. (1927-2020)

HOGAN, PITZ, ROTHE

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 12/4/2020 at 18:36:50

Obituary for Idella Hogan
Idella (Rothe) Hogan passed away Thursday December 3, 2020 at the Dennis and Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy. Graveside services will be held at Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery in Cedar Rapids with Pastor Mike Morgan of Marion Methodist Church as officiant. Arrangements by Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Marion

Idella Hogan was born on September 19, 1927, on a farm in Cass County Iowa, the daughter of Andrew and Helen (Pitz) Rothe. She attended country school and graduated from Griswold High School in 1945. Idella joined the Cadet Nursing Corps at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa where she went on to earn her RN in 1948. Idella married William Hogan on October 28, 1951 and moved to Marion. She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church, now Marion Methodist Church. Idella enjoyed being a member of Order of Eastern Star.

She is survived by a son, Dwight of Marion; daughter, Yvonne of Des Moines; granddaughter, Jennifer (Kyle) Van Dyke of Robins; great-granddaughter, Brooksley McDonald; great-grandson, Henry Van Dyke; sister, Doris Landon of Plattsmouth, NE; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Idella is preceded in death by her husband, William; her parents; brothers, Willard Rothe, Elmer Rothe, Lynn Rothe, Dale Rothe and Verl Rothe; Sisters, Dorothy Rothe, Jane Stahl and Alice Kuhns.

Memorials may be directed to the American Cancer Society and the American Diabetes Assocation.