Amanda Jean Brosius (1924-2009)

BROSIUS, CHRISTENSEN, JOHNSON, DALLOUL, DAILEY, NISSLY

Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 9/27/2009 at 09:04:21

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Wednesday, September 23, 2009.

Amanda J. Brosius, 85, of Ames, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, at Green Hills Health Care Center. Arrangements are pending with Adams Funeral Home and Cremation Service.

THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Thursday, September 24, 2009.

Amanda Jean Brosius, 85, of Ames, died Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, at Green Hills Health Care Center in Ames. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at Ames First United Methodist Church.

Visitation will after noon Thursday, Sept. 24, with the family present from 5:30 to 7 p.m., at Adams Funeral Home.

Amanda Jean Brosius was born July 24, 1924, in Ames, to Nels and Verna (Johnson) Christensen. She attended North Grant Consolidated School, and graduated from Ames High School in 1942. She earned a degree in math and science education from Iowa State College in 1946, and taught school in Randall and Marshalltown.

Amanda married Frederick Brosius Sept. 22, 1951. (She died on their 58th anniversary.) She enjoyed playing bridge. Doing crossword puzzles and the color blue were her favorites. She also enjoyed sewing, knitting, reading, dancing and church activities. She loved to bake pies and cakes for her family. She and Fred traveled all over the country, and lived in England for several years.

Survivors include her husband, Fred, of Ames; children, Andy (Debbie) Brosius, of Ida Grove, and Martha (Shukri) Dalloul, of Chattanooga, Tenn.; grandchildren, Eric and Carly Brosius; and siblings, Laura Dailey, of Ames, Betty Christensen, of Nevada, Lou Nissly, of Iowa Falls, and Andy Christensen, of Peoria, Ill.

Memorials may be given to American Parkinson’s Disease Association (APDA) Iowa Chapter, PO Box 507, Waukee, IA, 50263 (515-993-5056), or to a charity of the donor’s choice.

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