Rosemary 'Rose' Meader

ROSEMARY "ROSE" MEADER

Blair, Neb.

Rosemary "Rose" Meader, 71, of Blair, Neb., and formerly of Marion, Iowa, passed away on Sept. 11, 2021, after a short illness.

Funeral Services will be held at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 15, at Marion Gospel Hall with Joel Portman as officiant. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time also at the church on Wednesday. Interment

will held at noon on Thursday, Sept. 16, at Pioneer Memorial Cemetery near Blair, Neb. A Memorial fund has been established.

She was born on Feb. 28, 1950, at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Leo and Alice (Neenan) Schuler. She graduated from Dowling High School in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1968. She later received her LPN license from St Luke's School of Nursing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She held various nursing jobs, and retired from Rockwell Pharmacy.

Rose was united in marriage with John R. Meader from Alburnett, Iowa, on Nov. 18, 1972, in Des Moines, Iowa. Their union was blessed with two daughters and one son.

Rose was born again on Aug. 4, 1974, by trusting in the finished work of Christ at Calvary.

She enjoyed reading her Bible, hymns, sewing, babysitting, bargain shopping, taking walks, camping and spending time with her family and friends.

She is survived by John, her loving husband of 48 years; children, Heather (David) Johnson, Hilary (Shane) Wahls and Justin (Heather) Meader; grandchildren, Evelyn (Matthew) Mater, Halvor (Lauryn Swigart), Eli, Callum and Cyrus Johnson, Nicole, Brandon, Brent and Brodie Wahls, Lydia (Josiah VanDerHart), Hannah, Silas, Isaac, Abigail, Caleb, Rebekah, Phoebe, and Samuel Meader; and great-grandchild, Amelia Mater. She is also survived by two sisters, Ruth Quinn and Bette (Bill) Reese.

Her parents; brother, Larry; and two sisters, Helen and Dorothy, preceded her in death.

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