Adin Wiley Rouze (1907-1987)

ROUZE, SWINK, EELLS

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 11/4/2025 at 15:44:56

From Ames Daily Tribune October 8, 1987 (page 8)

Adin Wiley

Adin Wiley Rouze, 80, former Ames resident, died of cardiac failure Wednesday, Oct. 7, at Meadow Park Care Center, Prescott, Ariz. Services will be held 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, at the Prescott Valley United Methodist Church with the Rev. J. Lloyd Ewart and Rev. Milton Northdurft officiating. Burial will be held later in the Rouze family plot in the Nevada cemetery.

Adin Wiley Rouze was born June 2, 1907, in Calhoun County, to William L. and Margaret Swink-Rouze. When he retired in 1970, he moved to Prescott after 40 years as an Iowa State seed production foreman. He was active in the Prescott Valley United Methodist Church and the Prescott Valley Lions. He was also an honorary member of the Iowa Crop Improvement Association.

Survivors include his wife, Mildred of Prescott, a former 23-year employee of The Daily Tribune, one daughter, Carol of Bethesda, Md.; one granddaughter, one sister, Mae Eells of Knoxville, and one brother, Verle Rouze of Fort Worth, Texas.

Memorials may be sent to Catholic Social Services in Prescott at 116 N. Summit St., Prescott, Ariz. 86301, or Prescott Hospice, P.O. Box 7885, Prescott, Ariz. 86302, or the Prescott Valley United Methodist Church, 3601 Zercon Dr., Prescott Valley, Ariz. 86314.

Memorial Chapel Mortuary, Prescott, is in charge of arrangements.