Rozella B. DuBois (1907-2007)

DUBOIS, OLSON, CHARLSON, MCCLINTOCK

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 12/23/2007 at 13:59:45

The Story City Herald, Story City, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, September 19, 2007.

Rozella B. DuBois, 100, of Story City, passed away on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at Bethany Manor in Story City. Funeral services were held Tuesday, September 18, at 11:00 a.m. at Bethany Manor Chapel in Story City. Burial followed in the Story City Municipal Cemetery. Visitation was Monday, September 17 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Soderstrum Funeral Home in Story City.

Rozella Beatrice Olson was born February 2, 1907 in Randall, Iowa and grew up on a farm two and a half miles north of Radcliffe. Her parents were Martin (M.G.) and Lizzie (Charlson) Olson and her three brothers were Floyd, Kenneth, and Orlin Olson. Sad to say, Lizzie died of a ruptured appendix when Rozella was only seven years old. In her later years, Rozella would talk of waving goodbye to her Mom as she headed off by train to the hospital in Des Moines and then never seeing her again.

Rozella and her brothers attended school in Radcliffe. One clear remembrance is of going to school by horse and buggy. The horses were foaming at the mouth by the time they arrived at the livery stable in Radcliffe. After graduating from Radcliffe High School, Rozella attended nursing school at Methodist Hospital in Des Moines. While in nursing school, she married Dr. Gordon DuBois. They kept their marriage a secret, however, because nursing students were not allowed to continue school if it was found out that they were married.

Once they had both obtained their respective nursing/medical degrees, Rozella and Gordon settled in McCallsburg, Iowa. While in McCallsburg, they took care of the medical needs of countless families from 1934 until retiring in 1969. Rozella was truly her husband's "right-hand woman"! The office was in their home. She served as nurse, receptionist, bookkeeper, mother, community volunteer, and homemaker. She also taught Sunday school and sang in the choir at Bethany Lutheran Church and served as president of the PTA. The couple lived in McCallsburg until moving to Story City in 1979, the year of Dr. DuBois' death. In recognition her years Of community service, Rozella received the McCallsburg Lions Club's 1991 outstanding Citizen Award.

Rozella has two children: Mrs. JoEtta (the late Dr. James) McClintock of Santa Barbara, California, and Dr. David DuBois (Suzanne) of Colorado Springs, Colorado. She has five living grandchildren: Liz, Jim Jr., and David McClintock, and Mary and David DuBois. She has six great-grandchildren. One grandson, Michael McClintock, died in 2001. Her parents and three brothers also preceded Rozella in death.