Fannie (Kardoes) ROCKOW

ROCKOW, KARDOES, MEINDERS, GOCHENOUER, TRASK, BEENKEN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 8/4/2014 at 20:15:41

April 19, 1917 ---- July 26, 2014

Fannie Rockow, 97, passed away July 26, 2014, at the Clarion Wellness and Rehab Center in Clarion. Visitation will be Wednesday, July 30, at the Dugger Funeral Home in Belmond from 5 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday July 31, 2014, at the First Lutheran Church in Dows, IA. Interment will be in the Vernon Lutheran Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Fannie Rockow memorial fund in care of the family.

Fannie was born on April 19, 1917, in rural Kossuth County near Buffalo Center, Iowa, the daughter of William and Helen (Meinders) Kardoes. Fannie was a member of the Ramsey Reformed Church in German Valley, IA. She later transferred to First Lutheran Church in Dows, IA. On January 23, 1941, she married Frederick Rockow at the Ramsey Reformed Church, German Valley, IA. After their marriage, the couple made their home near Galt. Together they had two sons, Gerald and Richard. Fred both farmed and drove truck and Fannie enjoyed caring for her children and her home.

She is survived by her two sons, Gerald Rockow of Belmond and Richard (Twyla) Rockow of Belmond; two grandchildren, Sam (Janet) Rockow of Belmond and Larry Rockow of Middleton, Idaho; two great-grandchildren, Janey (Rockow) Gochenouer of Belmond and Jeremy Rockow of Belmond; three step-great-grandchildren, Tori, Jake and Caleb Gochenouer; and many nieces and nephews. Fannie was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Frederick; her brother, Anko Kardoes; her sisters, Vergie Beenken and Diane Trask, and one in infancy; and also her great-grandson-in-law Jay Gochenouer. DUGGER FUNERAL HOMES - Dows, Iowa

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