Ruth M. (Bowers) Malone 1927-2012

BOWERS MALONE HESSE

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 6/13/2012 at 12:11:52

Sioux City Journal
March 20, 2012

SIOUX CITY -- Ruth M. (Bowers) Malone, 84, of Sioux City passed away Saturday, March 17, 2012, at Touchstone Living Center.

Services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in Kingsley, Iowa, with the Rev. Roger Kurtenbach officiating. Burial will be in Kingsley Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with a prayer service at 7:30 p.m., at Waterbury Funeral Service in Sergeant Bluff.

Ruth was born on March 18, 1927, in Ida Grove, Iowa, daughter of Henry and Ida Marie (Hesse) Kollbaum Sr. She attended country school in Crawford County, Iowa, and lived most her life in the Anthon, Iowa, area.

She married Verle A. Bowers on March 5, 1946. They farmed near Anthon until 1953, when they moved to Climbing Hill, Iowa, and operated a cafe there for three years. The Bowers lived in Anthon for about nine years until they moved to Mapleton, Iowa, in 1966 and to Hornick, Iowa, in 1971. After Verle passed away on May 25, 1975, she moved to Lyons, Neb., where she met and married William Malone. After William passed away, she met a good friend, Dale Bring, who later passed away. In 2009, she moved to Iowa to be closer to her family.

Ruth enjoyed tending her garden and flower beds, cooking, camping, and fishing. She loved spending time with her family and friends. Her other interests were watching television and doing word search puzzles.

Survivors include her son, Dennis Bowers and his, wife Arleen of Sioux City; daughter, Marcia Nelson and her special friend, Larry Rowe of Stilwell, Okla.; brothers, Henry Kollbaum Jr. and his wife, Lila of Moville, Iowa, and Gene Kollbaum and his wife, Linda of Bronson, Iowa; sisters, Delores Diamond and her husband, Ralph of Correctionville, Iowa, Leona Schmidt and her husband, Norman of Danbury, Iowa, Roberta Houlsworth of Anthon, and LaJune Gray and her husband, Tom of Sioux City; seven grandchildren, Sue, Michele, Michael, Dale, Belinda, Kerry, and Brandi, 20 great-grandchildren; many great-great grandchildren; as well as the Bring family.

Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Verle A. Bowers; second husband, William Malone; her companion, Dale Bring; daughter, Karen K. Hansen; sister, Darlene Zimmerman and her husband, Ronald Zimmerman; brother-in-law, Larry Houlsworth; and granddaughter, Wendy (Gehrke) Fischlein.