Betty Jo Rowe

Betty Jo Rowe IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Betty Jo Rowe, 82, of Grandview, died Saturday, October 19, 2013, at the Mercy Hospice, Mercy Hospital in Iowa City. Funeral Service will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at the Grandview Community Bible Church. Burial will follow at the Grandview Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 22, 2013, at the Dudgeon McCulley Funeral Home in Wapello. A memorial fund has been established for the benefit of Unity Point Hospice and Iowa City Hospice. Betty Jo was born on July 10, 1931, near Letts, the daughter of Glen and Ellen Dunphy Beik. She married Lawrence 'Babe' Rowe on February 26, 1950, in Grandview. She attended the Letts School through part of second grade and then completed and graduated from Grandview High School in 1948. She was a homemaker and had worked at several part time jobs throughout her lifetime. She was a member of the Grandview Community Bible Church, the Grandview Women's Club, and the Amicus Club of Grandview. She enjoyed knitting, reading, cooking, baking and collecting spoons. Those left to honor her memory include her husband, Babe Rowe of Grandview; two da...[more]

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ters, Nancy McGill and husband, Earl 'Mac', of Letts, and Becky Eutsler and husband, Herb, of Cotter; three sons, Larry Rowe and wife, Kim, of Hagerstown, Maryland, Denny Rowe and wife, Kris, of Muscatine, and Tony Rowe and wife, Carrie, of Virginia Beach, Virginia; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; a sister, Marie Murray of Columbus Junction; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Mildred Bieri; a brother, Harlan Beik; and two great-grandsons, Derek and William.