Kathleen R. Cousins (1931-2021)

COUSINS, BRAUN, MUELLER

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 11/7/2021 at 11:16:24

Obituary
Kathleen Rosella Cousins, 90, a resident of Davenport, died Saturday, November 6, 2021 at Silvercrest at Garner in Davenport.

Funeral services and Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, November 11, 2021 at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Davenport. Burial will be at Davenport Memorial Park. Visitation will be one hour prior to Mass at church. Memorials may be made to the Activity Fund at Silvercrest. Halligan McCabe DeVries Funeral Home in Davenport is assisting the family with arrangements.

Kathleen was born March 11, 1931 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, the daughter of Peter and Frances (Braun) Mueller. She married Raymond Cousins, September 4, 1948. He preceded her in death, January 24, 2011.

Kathleen worked as a cook at John F. Kennedy Catholic School in Davenport. She also waitressed at the former Davenport Moose Lodge. Kathleen enjoyed playing bingo, big band music, dancing with her husband, Ray, and traveling with her sister and brother-in-law, Arleen and Butch. Kathleen and Ray had a cabin on the Cedar River for 30 years, and she cherished her time spent with her grandsons.

Those left to honor her memory include her children, Cheryl (Dave) Killian, Kathy (Ray) Phillips, Steve Cousins, all of Davenport, and Michael (Michelle) Cousins of Bettendorf; grandsons, Mike (Michelle) Killian, Aaron (Heather) Cousins, and Nick (Kimberly) Phillips; great-grandchildren, Mitchell, McKenzye, Maxwell, Madison, Hannah, Tyler, Madison, Austin, Brooklynn, Beau, Leo, and Tate.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; grandson, Pat Killian; and siblings, Leo Mueller, Mathias Mueller, Irene Heim, Roland Mueller, Tilly Korte, Elizabeth Leacher, Lambert Mueller, Eleanore Miller, Peter Mueller, Theresa Mehrens, Dorothy Dickerson, James Mueller, and Arleen Vogel.