Rosemary Hurd, 63, of What Cheer died Wednesday, Jan. 19, at Mahaska County Hospital in Oskaloosa.
Service will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at Harden Funeral Chapel in What Cheer, the Rev. John DeBoff of Hilltop Chapel officiating. Interment: Sixteen Cemetery near Thornburg. Visiting hours will begin 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral chapel, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials: Hospice of Keokuk County.
Rosemary Hurd was born Oct. 21, 1936, in Lancaster, Pa., to William and Minnie Holland Asbury. She was reared and educated in Eddyville and later moved to Oskaloosa. In January 1953, she married Carl W. Hurd in Oskaloosa. She and her husband lived in Fort Riley, Kan., for a short time while he served in the armed forces. Upon his departure for Korea, she returned to Iowa. She worked at the Continental Overall Factory in Oskaloosa and at other jobs, most notably at What Cheer High School until 1975. She was a homemaker for most of her life. She enjoyed reading, playing cards and doing puzzles.
Survivors include two daughters: Carlene Martin and Melody Hurd, both of What Cheer; her mother-in-law, Dena Hurd of What Cheer; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Carl Hurd, in August 1979; and her special friend, Ed Porter.
Rosemary Hurd, 63, of What Cheer died Wednesday, Jan. 19, at Mahaska County Hospital in Oskaloosa.
Service will be 1:30 p.m. Friday at Harden Funeral Chapel in What Cheer, the Rev. John DeBoff of Hilltop Chapel officiating. Interment: Sixteen Cemetery near Thornburg. Visiting hours will begin 10 a.m. Thursday at the funeral chapel, with family present from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials: Hospice of Keokuk County.
Rosemary Hurd was born Oct. 21, 1936, in Lancaster, Pa., to William and Minnie Holland Asbury. She was reared and educated in Eddyville and later moved to Oskaloosa. In January 1953, she married Carl W. Hurd in Oskaloosa. She and her husband lived in Fort Riley, Kan., for a short time while he served in the armed forces. Upon his departure for Korea, she returned to Iowa. She worked at the Continental Overall Factory in Oskaloosa and at other jobs, most notably at What Cheer High School until 1975. She was a homemaker for most of her life. She enjoyed reading, playing cards and doing puzzles.
Survivors include two daughters: Carlene Martin and Melody Hurd, both of What Cheer; her mother-in-law, Dena Hurd of What Cheer; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Carl Hurd, in August 1979; and her special friend, Ed Porter.
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