Ethel Louise Rockwell

Ethel L. Rockwell, 79, of Maquoketa, Iowa, died on Saturday morning, August 25, 2012, at the Crestridge Nursing Home in Maquoketa. A gathering of family and friends celebrating Ethel's life will be held from 2 to 4 P.M. on Saturday, September 1, 2012, from the Carson Celebration of Life Center in Maquoketa. A private graveside service and burial was held from the Sutton Cemetery, rural Maquoketa, Iowa. Ethel Louise Ehlers was born on October 22, 1932 in Nashville, Iowa, to George and Matilda (Peters) Ehlers. She graduated from Maquoketa Community High School. She was a very good speller and had won the 8th Grade Spelling Bee Contest. She married Ronald Ray Rockwell on September 7, 1950 in Maquoketa, Iowa. He preceded her in death on March 16, 1998. Ethel and her husband Ronald had owned and operated Rockwell Cleanup in Maquoketa beginning in 1956 until Ronald's death in 1998, when her sons, Cecil and Jefferey, took over the business. Ethel was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Maquoketa and the Fulton, Iowa Rebekah Lodge. She enjoyed camping, gardening and traveling. She especially enjoyed her family and spending time with them. Those left to honor her memor...[more]

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nclude her children, Sharon Adams of Cedar Rapids, IA, Sherryl (Kenneth) Caven of Maquoketa, IA, George (Suzan) Rockwell of Oxford Junction, IA, Shiela Marlowe of Maquoketa, IA, Cecil (Karla) Rockwell of Maquoketa, IA, and Jefferey Rockwell of Maquoketa, IA; 10 grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and 5 step-great-grandchildren; and 3 brothers. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, 2 sons, 1 brother and 2 sisters. In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, memorials may be made to the Ethel L. Rockwell memorial fund. Online condolences may be left at www.CarsonAndSon.com.