Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Mowry (Busche)
March 22, 1931 — September 22, 2010
Elizabeth Ann “Betty” Mowry, 79, of Marion, Iowa, and formerly of Lowden, died Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at the Dennis & Donna Oldorf Hospice House of Mercy, Hiawatha. Funeral Mass: 11:00 a.m., Monday, September 27, 2010, at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Marion. Visitation: 2 – 6 p.m., Sunday, September 26, 2010, at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Marion, with a Vigil beginning at 6:00 p.m., and one hour prior to the service at the church. Graveside Service: 2:30 p.m., Linwood Cemetery, Cedar Rapids.
Betty was born the oldest daughter of Hugo & Apoline (Schmitt) Busche, on the family farm between Alpha and Waucoma, Iowa. She graduated from Alpha High School in 1948. Betty attended AIB in Des Moines before returning home to help on the family farm until moving to Waterloo in 1957, where she worked at the Waterloo Savings Bank. She married Robert A. Mowry on August 18, 1959, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Waterloo. Together they had 5 children. After living for a short time in Waterloo and Oelwein, they moved to Lowden where they lived for 35 years before moving to Marion in 1997. Betty was a loving wife, devoted mother and grandmother. She was a homemaker and housewife for 51 years of her married life.
Betty is survived by her husband, Bob; her son, Chris (Gail) Mowry of Gainesville, Florida; 4 daughters, Catherine (Alfonso) Perez of Westfield, Indiana, Angela (Scott) Daugherty of Cedar Rapids, Mary (Don) Roberts of Fishers, Indiana, and Valerie Mowry of Cedar Rapids; 2 grandsons; 9 granddaughters; 1 great-grandson; a brother, Gervase Busche of Chicago, Illinois; 2 sisters, Mary Jane Petersen of Pendleton, Oregon and Nancy Pleggenkuhle of Winterhaven, Florida; and a sister-in-law Danna Lu Donohoe of Stanwood.
She was preceded in death by her parents; mother-in-law Lucile Mowry; and brothers-in-law John Donohoe and Merle Pleggenkuhle.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in Betty’s memory.
Betty was born the oldest daughter of Hugo & Apoline (Schmitt) Busche, on the family farm between Alpha and Waucoma, Iowa. She graduated from Alpha High School in 1948. Betty attended AIB in Des Moines before returning home to help on the family farm until moving to Waterloo in 1957, where she worked at the Waterloo Savings Bank. She married Robert A. Mowry on August 18, 1959, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Waterloo. Together they had 5 children. After living for a short time in Waterloo and Oelwein, they moved to Lowden where they lived for 35 years before moving to Marion in 1997. Betty was a loving wife, devoted mother and grandmother. She was a homemaker and housewife for 51 years of her married life.
Betty is survived by her husband, Bob; her son, Chris (Gail) Mowry of Gainesville, Florida; 4 daughters, Catherine (Alfonso) Perez of Westfield, Indiana, Angela (Scott) Daugherty of Cedar Rapids, Mary (Don) Roberts of Fishers, Indiana, and Valerie Mowry of Cedar Rapids; 2 grandsons; 9 granddaughters; 1 great-grandson; a brother, Gervase Busche of Chicago, Illinois; 2 sisters, Mary Jane Petersen of Pendleton, Oregon and Nancy Pleggenkuhle of Winterhaven, Florida; and a sister-in-law Danna Lu Donohoe of Stanwood.
She was preceded in death by her parents; mother-in-law Lucile Mowry; and brothers-in-law John Donohoe and Merle Pleggenkuhle.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established in Betty’s memory.
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