Rose "Rosie" Marie (Gulden) Grant (1921-2011)

GRANT, GULDEN, NILAN, HEARTLEIN, GRAN, CYR, GREITER, DEPETRO

Posted By: Mark Christian
Date: 8/11/2012 at 23:15:58

From Chet Ryan Mortuary obituary, Nevada, Story County, Iowa:

Rose "Rosie" Marie Grant
April 25, 2011

Rosie Grant, 90, of Colo, died Saturday in Marion, Iowa. Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 28 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church in Colo, with lunch following at the church. Burial will be in the Iowa State Cemetery in Ames at 1:30 p.m.

Rosie was born March 7, 1921, in Faribault, Minnesota, the daughter of Mathias and Anne Jane (Nilan) Gulden. She graduated from Waterloo East High School in 1939 and worked her way through Iowa State University serving meals at the Memorial Union cafeteria, where she met her future husband Don, graduating in 1945 with a degree in Home Economics. Rosie and Don were married April 28, 1944, a union that lasted 56 years.

After graduation Rosie taught school at Persia and Jordan, Iowa and at old Central High in Ames before moving to Marion in 1948 and then to Richardson, Texas in 1957. In 1968 she returned with her family to Ames, where she taught at Central Junior High and later at Welch Junior High until her retirement in 1982. She and Don moved to Colo in 1993 where she lived until shortly before her death.

Rosie had unshakable faith and found great joy in everyday things, always reminding her grandkids that "life is just one thing after another, and to "have a little fun every day." She loved watching M.A.S.H., going out for breakfast, and listening to Rod Stewart's "Great American Songbook." She will be remembered with much love and gratitude by all of us whose lives she touched.

She is survived by six grown children: Jim (Maureen) Grant of New Glarus, WI, Joe (Mary Heartlein) Grant of Houston, TX, Mary Margaret (Jim) Gran, Newton, IA, Ellen (Mike) Cyr of Houston, TX, Annie (Mark) Greiter of Marion, IA, and John (Mary DePetro) Grant of Denver, CO and 15 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Don, her parents, a brother William, and her two sisters Catherine and Dorothy.

A Rosary service will be held at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday April 27 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Colo, with visitation from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. followed by a wake and family sharing. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the ISU Foundation - Don and Rosie Grant Incentive Award, ISU Foundation, Memorial Union Alumni Suite, 2229 Lincoln Way, Ames, 50014-7164.

Murdoch Linwood Funeral Home in Marion and Ryan Funeral Home in Nevada are handling arrangements.

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