Berniece Durow
September 17, 1919 — October 6, 2003
Berniece Durow, 84, of rural Center Point, died Monday, October 6, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, due to complications with cancer. Services: 10:30 a.m., Thursday, October 9, 2003, at Center Point Methodist Church, Center Point, by Pastor Mike Ellson. Friends may visit Wednesday, October 8, 2003, from 4 to 8 p.m., at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Center Point. Entombment: Center Point Cemetery, Center Point.
Survivors include Floyd, her husband of 64 years; one sister Betty (Dick) Paul of Sacramento, California; one sister-in-law, Hazel (Raymond) Meyocks of Cedar Rapids; two sons and their wives, Don Durow (Claudia) of Cedar Rapids and Gary Durow (Kathy) of Center Point; eight grandchildren, Randy Durow of Phoenix, Arizona, Christi (Glen) Gommels of Phoenix, Arizona, Mark Durow of Houston, Texas, Stacie (Jon) Sefton of Cedar Rapids, Wes (Maryelen) Durow of Dallas, Texas, Alexis Durow of Denver, Colorado, Courtney Durow of Denver, Colorado and Jordan Durow of Cedar Rapids; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ben and Jenny King; five brothers and six sisters.
Berniece was born to Benjamin and Virginia (Mathews) King on September 17, 1919, in the Vinton area where her parents farmed. She graduated from Urbana High School and worked a short time at the hospital in Waterloo. In 1939, she married Floyd Durow of the Center Point area where they have lived and farmed for the last 64 years. She was a devoted wife, active member of her church, member of the Westside Country Club and worked several years in the Center Point School lunch program. As a hobby, she handmade many quilts, comforters and other items for all of the grandchildren and was always the compassionate sister to all of her siblings. She loved her flowers, loved to cook, laugh, travel, shop, visit with people and was a good example of how to live a positive life and to love one another. She was a great wife, wonderful mother and a "grandma?s..grandma?. She was the "hub? of the family, loved by all and will be dearly missed by everyone who ever knew her.
A memorial fund in her name has been established at the Center Point Methodist Church.
Survivors include Floyd, her husband of 64 years; one sister Betty (Dick) Paul of Sacramento, California; one sister-in-law, Hazel (Raymond) Meyocks of Cedar Rapids; two sons and their wives, Don Durow (Claudia) of Cedar Rapids and Gary Durow (Kathy) of Center Point; eight grandchildren, Randy Durow of Phoenix, Arizona, Christi (Glen) Gommels of Phoenix, Arizona, Mark Durow of Houston, Texas, Stacie (Jon) Sefton of Cedar Rapids, Wes (Maryelen) Durow of Dallas, Texas, Alexis Durow of Denver, Colorado, Courtney Durow of Denver, Colorado and Jordan Durow of Cedar Rapids; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Ben and Jenny King; five brothers and six sisters.
Berniece was born to Benjamin and Virginia (Mathews) King on September 17, 1919, in the Vinton area where her parents farmed. She graduated from Urbana High School and worked a short time at the hospital in Waterloo. In 1939, she married Floyd Durow of the Center Point area where they have lived and farmed for the last 64 years. She was a devoted wife, active member of her church, member of the Westside Country Club and worked several years in the Center Point School lunch program. As a hobby, she handmade many quilts, comforters and other items for all of the grandchildren and was always the compassionate sister to all of her siblings. She loved her flowers, loved to cook, laugh, travel, shop, visit with people and was a good example of how to live a positive life and to love one another. She was a great wife, wonderful mother and a "grandma?s..grandma?. She was the "hub? of the family, loved by all and will be dearly missed by everyone who ever knew her.
A memorial fund in her name has been established at the Center Point Methodist Church.
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