Rosemary “Rose” Meader, age 71, of Blair, NE and formerly of Marion, IA passed away on September 11, 2021, after a short illness.
Funeral Services will be held at 12 Noon on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 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 12 Noon on Thursday, September 16, 2021 at Pioneer Memorial Cemetery near Blair, Nebraska.
She was born on February 28, 1950 at Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids, IA, the daughter of Leo and Alice (Neenan) Schuler. She graduated from St. Joseph Academy in Des Moines, IA, in 1968. She later received her LPN license from St Luke’s School of Nursing in Cedar Rapids, IA. She held various nursing jobs, and retired from Rockwell Pharmacy.
Rose was united in marriage with John R. Meader from Alburnett, IA, on November 18, 1972 in Des Moines, IA. Their union was blessed with two daughters and one son.
Rose was born again on August 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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