ROWLAND, Myrtle A. (Duenow) 1905-2005

DUENOW, ROWLAND

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 5/3/2010 at 21:57:32

Myrtle A. (Duenow) Rowland, 1905-2005

Funeral services for Myrtle A. Rowland, age 100, of Osage, Iowa, were held Tuesday, November 29, 2005, at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Osage, with Rev. Dennis Hanson and Rev. Roy Ott officiating.

Burial was at the Osage City Cemetery. Myrtle died Thursday, November 24, 2005, at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Myrtle was born on September 9, 1905, on a farm near St. Ansgar, Iowa, the daughter of Frederick and Mary (Kuehl) Duenow. Myrtle was united in marriage to William Rowland on September 21, 1927 in St. Ansgar. They lived in Osage where Myrtle worked as head cook at the Osage Public Schools for 7 years.

William died in 1975. She was a member of Our Savior's Lutheran Church, the V.F.W. and American Legion Auxiliaries, and was a Gold Star Mother. Myrtle enjoyed music, cooking, fishing and gardening.

She was preceded in death by her parents; by her husband William; by two sons, Dr. William V. Rowland, Terry Rowland; by a son-in-law, Courtney Buckmaster; by a granddaughter Cynthia Buckmaster; and by a great-grandson, Thomas Ahner.

She is survived by two daughters, Diane Faye (Jerry) Bellis, Des Moines, and Marcella Buckmaster, Blaine, Minnesota; by a daughter-in-law, Beverly Rowland of Isanti, Minnesota; by 11 grandchildren, by 14 great-grandchildren; and by one great-great-grandson.

Arrangments were made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage, Iowa. Phone: (641)732-3706.

[Mitchell County Press online - posted Nov. 30, 2005 in www.mcpress.com ]