STREET, Caroline A. 1921-2003

STREET, RASMUSSEN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/13/2009 at 14:25:29

OSAGE, IOWA — Caroline A. Street, 82, of Osage, died Monday (Oct. 27, 2003) at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Caroline was born Aug. 27, 1921, near Scandia, Kansas, the daughter of William and Mabel (Rasmussen) Street. She grew to womanhood in the Scandia community. She attended elementary school in Pleasantvale (Parkhill) School in Republic County, Kan. She went to Scandia High School for three years and then went to Republic City School her senior year to get normal training.

After graduation in 1939, she taught in Ash Grove school for two years. She then moved to Osage, Iowa, with her parents and brothers.

That fall, she returned to Republic County and taught in the Center School near Courtland, Kan. In the spring, she returned to Mitchell County and taught four years at Mount Hope School, one year at Wardell, four years in Burr Oak, and four years at Rock rural schools. She received her two-year elementary degree from Luther College and her BA degree from Upper Iowa University.

In 1957, she went to McIntire, Iowa, and taught there until reorganization. She then went to Riceville for 26 years until retirement in 1986.

She attended church, Sunday school, and league in the Methodist Church in Scandia, Kansas.

She joined the First United Methodist Church in Osage with her family in 1945, where she taught Sunday school and Bible school for many years.

She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, WaTanYe, and the retired teachers.

Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church in Osage with the Rev. Karen Nichols Dungan officiating. Interment will be in the Osage Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage, and one hour before services Friday at the church.

She is survived by two nieces, Kathleen Gauger (Mark) of Forest City, and Linda Dishman (Rodney) of Charles City; three nephews, Thomas Street (Mary) of Osage, Patrick Street (Kristi) of Morgantown, Ky., and Roy Street (Deb) of Stacyville.

She was preceded by her father, William, in 1954; her mother, Mabel, in 1973; two brothers: Irvin in 1994 and Alfred in 1995

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, (641) 732-3706.

[Mason City Globe Gazette - Oct. 29, 2003]