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Rowley, Helen M.
Helen M. Rowley, 95, of Waukesha, Wis., formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, at the Virginia Health & Rehab Center, Waukesha. Funeral mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Matthew's Catholic Church, Cedar Rapids, with the Rev. Mark Osterhaus officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday at Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home.
Survivors include her niece, Mari (Tom) Dougherty of Waukesha, Wis.; and two nephews, Donald Dippel of Marion, and John Rasmussen of Royal Oak, Mich. Also, a great-niece, Maggie (Brian) Cossman of Forest, Va.; and a great-nephew, Andrew (Michele) Dougherty of Chicago.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Howard G. Rowley in 1983; her brother, Fred Rasmussen; and two sisters, Clara Dippel and Margaret Rasmussen.
Helen M. Rasmussen was born May 17, 1914, in Stanberry, Mo., the daughter of Frederick and Margaret (McCann) Rasmussen. She graduated from Marion High School and later married Howard G. Rowley on Oct. 14, 1940, in Marion, Iowa. Helen was a homemaker, former member of St. Matthew's Catholic Church and enjoyed knitting hats for newborn babies at Mercy Hospital. She lived for the last 11 years at Oak Hill in Waukesha, Wis.
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