Rose Takes

ROSE MARIE TAKES

Monticello

Rose Marie Takes, 71, of Monticello, died Thursday, May 28, 2015, at Silvercrest of Anamosa following a long battle with dementia. Mass of Christian Burial will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Monticello. Interment: Sacred Heart Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 until 8 p.m. Tuesday at the church, where a parish vigil service will start at 4 p.m. Father Paul Baldwin and Deacon James Pasker will officiate at the services.

Goettsch Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Thoughts, memories and condolences may be left at www.goettschonline.com.

Surviving are her husband, L.J.; two children, Terri (Aaron ) Tallman and Tony (Lindsay ) Takes, both of Monticello; a foster son, Dennis Riesberg; five grandchildren, Ethan, Ty, Layni, Olivia and Johnathan; and her siblings, Claudine (Carl) Staner, Verna Mae Glavin, Dorothy (Jerry) Peterson, John (Shirley) Pasker and James (Mary) Pasker. Also surviving are Sarah and Tayrn Schoon.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a granddaughter, Madison Tallman; a foster child, Tina Marie Betzer; and a brother-in-law, Terry Galvin.

Rose Marie Pasker was born Feb. 23, 1944, in Manchester, Iowa, the daughter of John and Luella Dingbaum Pasker. Marie graduated from Ryan High School in 1962. She went on to work at Collins Radio in Cedar Rapids. Marie and L.J. were married Nov. 26, 1966, at St. Matthew Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids. The couple farmed near Monticello and Marie also was bookkeeper for Takes Electric.

Marie loved her life on the farm, but mostly loved being a grandma.