Evelyn Rock 1917-2010
ROCK, BEIGEL DELASHMUTT
Posted By: Connie J Swearingen (email)
Date: 3/7/2011 at 19:55:01
Sioux City Journal
27 October 2010BLENCOE, Iowa -- Evelyn Rock, 93, of Whiting, Iowa, formerly of Blencoe, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010, at Burgess Health Center.
Services will be 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, at Rush Family Chapel in Onawa, Iowa, with the Rev. Mary Wells officiating. Burial will be in Onawa Cemetery. Visitation will be 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, with a 7 p.m. prayer service, at the funeral home.
Evelyn was born Oct. 8, 1917, in rural Whiting, Iowa, the daughter of Ernest and Ruth (Beigel) DeLashmutt. She graduated from Onawa High School in the class of 1935 and then worked at the Agriculture Stabilization Conservation office in Onawa.
Evelyn and Vernon W. Rock were united in marriage on June 29, 1938, at Logan, Iowa. They farmed in the Onawa and Blencoe area where they raised their three children.
Evelyn was a longtime member of the Blencoe United Church of Christ. She was very active in the Blencoe community and belonged to the Study Club and was also a volunteer at Burgess Hospital.
Survivors include her husband of 72 years, Vernon of Whiting; two daughters and their husbands, Carol and Rick Larson of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Linda and Lee Schumacher of Madison, Conn.; a son, Jim Rock and his wife, Ingrid Croce-Rock of San Diego, Calif.; three grandchildren, Darren Wade (Karen) Larson, Angela (Wyatt) Poindexter and A.J. (Marlo) Croce; six great-grandchildren, Luke and Olivia Larson, Cameron and Katie Poindexter, Camille Gordon-Kling and Eli Croce; a sister, Lavonne Anderson of Seattle, Wash.; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Eleanor Hubbard; and a brother, Charles DeLashmutt.
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