Johanna Marie (Rozeboom) MOUW

MOUW, ROSKAMP, ROZEBOOM, FRANKE, PETERSON, MUILENBURG, TIEMEYER, VANDER ESCH, BIDWELL, BROCK, SARTWELL

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:07:02

February 12, 1916 ---- December 29, 2018

Johanna Marie Mouw, 102, Sioux Center, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2018, at Royale Meadows Care Center in Sioux Center. Memorial service will be held 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at Central Reformed Church of Sioux Center, IA, with Rev. Van Rathbun, officiating. Prayer service for family and friends will be held at 8:30 AM Wednesday at Memorial Funeral Home in Sioux Center. Interment will follow at Sheridan Township Cemetery in Boyden, IA. Visitation with the family present will be held on Tuesday, January 1st, 2019 from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. at the Memorial Funeral Home of Sioux Center. The Mouw family prefer memorials be directed to Sioux Center Hospice.

Johanna Marie Mouw was born Feb. 12, 1916 near Kanawha, IA to Tunis and Jennie (Roskamp) Rozeboom. She attended country school near Carmel in Sioux County. As a young person she was a hard worker and helped her parents with the farming. Being the oldest of nine children she also helped with the raising of her siblings. On Aug. 26, 1937, she was united in marriage to Bernard Mouw at her parents’ home and then moved to the Mouw homestead near Sioux Center. In 1948 the young couple moved to a farm near Boyden, farming and raising their family there until retiring in 1975 at which time they moved into Boyden. While still on the farm Marie went back to school to get her certified nurses aide license. She worked as an aide for over 10 years. Her loving care helped many over this time. She also began working as a volunteer for Hospice and spent many years as a valuable member of the Hospice family. Her desire to serve was rewarded with the Hospice Volunteer of The Year awarded by Governor Terry Branstad himself. She always wanted to be of help to people. With her boundless compassion, she was looked at as a wonderful mentor to many. Marie loved to travel and was able to experience trips to all but two of our United States as well as several foreign countries. In 1988 Marie lost her husband Bernard. In January 1990 she moved from Boyden to a condo in Sioux Center. She eventually moved to Crowne Point and onto Royale Meadows as her need for care advanced. It was there that Marie died on Saturday at the age of 102. She will be greatly missed.

She is survived by son John (Judie) Mouw of Davenport, IA; daughter Janet Franke of Lake Havasu City, AZ; son Ken (Colleen) Mouw of Elk Point, SD; daughter Phyllis (Collyn) Peterson of Overland Park, KS; son Robert (Shirley) Mouw of Alton, IA; son-in-law Bill (Shirley) Muilenburg of Orange City, IA; 16 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; and several great-great grandchildren; sisters, Wilma Tiemeyer, Margaret Brock, and Marilyn Vander Esch all of Michigan and Arlene Bidwell of Sioux Center, IA; sisters-in-law, Donna Rozeboom of Michigan and Mina Mouw of Sioux Center; nieces, nephews and other extended family members. Marie was preceded in death by her parents; husband Bernard; daughter Norma Muilenburg; son-in-law Dean Franke; granddaughter Sheila Franke; great-grandson Daniel Sartwell; granddaughter-in-law Kimberly Mouw; great-granddaughter Brittany Muilenburg.

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