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Gene (Bowman) ROSENBERG

ROSENBERG, HARMON, HARRIS, BABOWITCH, BROXMEYER, NIBLE, COLLINS, BOWMAN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/16/2017 at 16:20:25

December 8, 1924 ---- January 15, 2017

Des Moines, IA --- Gene Rosenberg, age 92, passed away on January 15, 2017. She was born in Renwick, Iowa on December 8, 1924. Gene graduated with a degree in nursing from the University of Iowa. She met Ray Rosenberg at the University of Iowa, they married in 1948 and moved to Des Moines. They had five children and four grandchildren. Gene learned to braille through the Iowa Commission for the Blind. She brailled math textbooks for students in the US and Canada. She was an avid knitter attending workshops throughout the world to learn new techniques. She loved animals, antiques, cooking, reading and gardening. She was an excellent bridge player, puzzle solver and Wheel of Fortune viewer. She was a member of the Temple Sisterhood at Temple B'Nai Jeshurun and Questers. She helped organize the Tree of Lights Festival for many years in Des Moines.

She is survived by her children; Brent Rosenberg, Paul Rosenberg, Daniel (Galena) Rosenberg, Robin (Keith) Harmon, and Sidonie Rosenberg; sister-in-law Renee Rosenberg and brother-in-law Lowell Harris; close friends and caregivers Debbie Babowitch, Judy Broxmeyer and Jim Nible. She was a grandmother to Ted and Charlie Harmon, and Ella and Anna Rosenberg. She was preceded in death by her mother, Janet Collins, her step-father, Myron (Mike) Collins, and her husband, Raymond Rosenberg. She was a loving aunt to her many nieces and nephews, and grand nieces and nephews.Upon her request, the family and friends will gather for a celebratory meal in May, in lieu of a funeral.

Des Moines Register --- Des Moines, Iowa
January 22, 2017

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[nee: Gene Bowman]


 

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