M. Louise Roorda
August 3, 1930 — September 8, 2004
Louise Roorda, 74, a resident of The Methwick Woodlands Community, Cedar Rapids, died there Wednesday, September 8, 2004, following a long illness. Services: 10:30 a.m. Monday, September 13, 2004, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids, by the Rev. Jack Kendall. Family will greet friends after 9:30 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Inurnment: Linwood Cemetery.
Survivors include her husband of nearly 54 years, Jack; her children, Deborah (Richard) Manley of Cedar Rapids, Douglas (Gena) Roorda of Davenport, Iowa, Denise (Scott) Wilfong of Phoenix, Arizona and Dawn (Mark) Prosser of Storm Lake, Iowa; nine grandchildren; one great-grandson; and many friends both here and around the country.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Louise was born August 3, 1930, the daughter of O.W. and Merle England Denny, at home in Lucas, Iowa. She graduated from Knoxville High School in Knoxville, Iowa, after earning an "Honor K? for her activities and accomplishments. On November 23, 1950, she was united in marriage to Jack Roorda, her high school sweetheart, in Knoxville. In her early years, Louise worked in the County Auditor?s Office and a local bank in Knoxville. After the children were raised, she worked in the office for a lumberyard and a TV cable company. Louise and Jack retired to Florida in 1991, and then moved back to Cedar Rapids to the Methwick Community in 1999. Louise returned to the loving arms of God after the loving care of her family and the staff at the Woodlands Skilled Nursing Center on the Methwick campus.
Memorials may be directed to the Methwick Brendel Pond Renovation Fund in memory of Louise.
Survivors include her husband of nearly 54 years, Jack; her children, Deborah (Richard) Manley of Cedar Rapids, Douglas (Gena) Roorda of Davenport, Iowa, Denise (Scott) Wilfong of Phoenix, Arizona and Dawn (Mark) Prosser of Storm Lake, Iowa; nine grandchildren; one great-grandson; and many friends both here and around the country.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Louise was born August 3, 1930, the daughter of O.W. and Merle England Denny, at home in Lucas, Iowa. She graduated from Knoxville High School in Knoxville, Iowa, after earning an "Honor K? for her activities and accomplishments. On November 23, 1950, she was united in marriage to Jack Roorda, her high school sweetheart, in Knoxville. In her early years, Louise worked in the County Auditor?s Office and a local bank in Knoxville. After the children were raised, she worked in the office for a lumberyard and a TV cable company. Louise and Jack retired to Florida in 1991, and then moved back to Cedar Rapids to the Methwick Community in 1999. Louise returned to the loving arms of God after the loving care of her family and the staff at the Woodlands Skilled Nursing Center on the Methwick campus.
Memorials may be directed to the Methwick Brendel Pond Renovation Fund in memory of Louise.
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