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Phyllis Rollene
1908 - 2001
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- July 21, 1908 - February 21, 2001
Phyllis Rollene, 92, of Dows, died Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001, at Kavanagh
House in Des Moines of cancer. A memorial celebration was held Saturday,
Feb. 24 at the Abundant Life Chapel in Dows with burial in Fairview
Cemetery, Dows.
Phyllis was born July 21, 1908, in rural Dows to Herbert and Rose Hagen
Root. She graduated from Dows High School in 1925 and attended Iowa State
Teachers College in Cedar Falls and received her teaching certificate. She
taught for eight years in Holstein and Klemme.
On June 11, 1935, she married Milo Rollene at the home of her parents.
They farmed in Morgan Township until 1938 when they moved to their present
home in Oakland Township. She lived there until October 30, 2000, when she
moved to Des Moines and lived with her daughter, Corliss. On Feb. 10, 2001
she moved into Kavanagh House. he was Sunday School Superintendent at the
Popejoy Methodist Church for 17 years, taught Sunday School at the Dows
Methodist Church and was a charter member of the Abundant Life Chapel in
Dows. Her hobby was making clowns and crocheting afghans.
She is survived by a son, Nile, of Dows; two daughters, Shirley Bird and
Corliss McDonald, both of Des Moines; eight grandchildren; six
great-grandchildren; two sisters, Loraine McDougal of Los Angeles, Calif.
and Clarice Houck of Dows.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 1993; a brother,
Harold; and one sister, Viola. The Elledge Funeral Home of Dows was in
charge of arrangements.
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source: ©Iowa Falls Times-Citizen, 28 Feb 2001
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- Phyllis Rollene
Dows - Phyllis Root Rollene, 92, of Dows died of cancer Wednesday at
Hospice Kavanagh House in Des Moines. A memorial celebration will be held
at 2 p.m. today at Abundant Life Chapel in Dows, with burial at Fairview
Cemetery there.
Mr. Rollene was born near Dows and had lived there most of her life before
moving to her daughter's home in Des Moines three months ago. She was a
homemaker and had been a teacher. She was a charter member of Abundant
Life Chapel and enjoyed making clowns and afghans.
She is survived by a son, Nile of Dows; two daughters, Shirley Bird and
Corliss McDonald, both of Des Moines; two sisters, Loraine McDougall of
Los Angeles and Clarice Houck of Dows; eight grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Milo.
Friends may call until noon today at Elledge Funeral Home in Dows.
Memorial contributions may be made to her church.
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source: Register, Des Moines, Iowa, 24 Feb 2001, page 5B, column 1
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