RoseMarie (Luedtke) LARSON

LARSON, LUEDTKE, SEEGEBARTH, RADTKE, MARLOW, THEISEN, SCHMIDT

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/27/2012 at 22:34:51

January 9, 1928 --- March 7, 2012

RoseMarie Larson, age 84 of Rochester died on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at St. Mary’s Hospital.
RoseMarie (Luedtke) Larson was born on January 9, 1928 at Lone Rock, IA, the daughter of Arthur and Marie (Seegebarth) Luedtke. She graduated from Algona, IA High School. She was a dental assistant after graduation and on August 8, 1948 she married Leon Larson. They moved to Rowan, IA and operated a grocery store for a few years. In 1956, they moved to Rochester where she was employed as a bookkeeper at John Marshall High School for ten years, Prudential Life Insurance for five years, and at a travel agency until working part-time as the secretary at Redeemer Lutheran Church.

RoseMarie was an active member of Redeemer Lutheran Church, participated in the Senior Choir, Sarah Circle, LWML, Women’s Bible Study, Elderberries and Mayo Hospice for many years. She also enjoyed bowling for many years, gardening, antiquing and birdwatching.

Living family members include her husband Leon, a daughter Dawn (Mark) Radtke of Rochester and sisters Viola Marlow of Ostrander, MN and Anita (Melvin) Theisen of Fenton, IA. She is preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Edwin (Caroline) Luedtke of Lotts Creek, IA and Harold (Martha) Leudtke of Byron, MN and a sister Verona (Robert) Schmidt of Lone Rock, IA.

The funeral service for RoseMarie will be held at 1:00PM on Saturday, March 10, 2012 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in Rochester with Rev. James Heining officiating. Burial will be in Grandview Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held two hours prior to the services at the church. Memorials are preferred to Redeemer Lutheran Church of Rochester.

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