Beryl Ada (Rossow) BLUMEYER

BLUMEYER, ROSSOW, BURMEISTER, FOLKMANN, JASS, LONG, HUSTON, ROGGENBURG, THOELKE, MILLER, FOLKMANN-ASK, ASK

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/28/2012 at 13:23:13

February 21, 1921 ---- August 25, 2012

Beryl Blumeyer, 91, of Ankeny, Iowa, passed away peacefully on August 25, 2012 at Mercy Hospice in Johnston. Funeral Services will be held at 11 a.m., Monday August 27 at Resurrection Lutheran Church (914 NW Ash). A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.

Beryl Ada (Rossow) Blumeyer was born February 21, 1921 to Rudolph and Ida (Burmeister) Rossow. Beryl married the love of her life E. J. Blumeyer on December 9, 1942 in George, Iowa. They had five daughters, Barbara (Bob) Folkmann, Ames, IA; Beverly (Bob) Jass, Batavia, IL ; Jean (Larry) Long, Lake Wylie, SC ; Joan (Don) Huston, Boise, ID; and Amy (Randy) Roggenburg, Ankeny, IA. Beryl is survived by her five daughters and their husbands; 15 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren, who will miss her wit, advice and ready smile. She is also survived by one sister, Marge (Duane) Thoelke, Forest City, IA; four nieces and their families. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, E. J.; her parents; one sister, Lorlie Miller; and one granddaughter, Johnna Folkmann-Ask. Memorial contributions may be made to American Bible Institute, Lutheran Hour, and Mercy Hospice in Johnston.

Des Moines Register -- Iowa
August 27, 2012

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[former resident of Goldfield, Wright County, Iowa; Husband E. J. Blumeyer was Superintendent of the Goldfield Public School.]