Leonard Rousselow, 81, of Waterloo, Iowa, and a longtime leading figure in the Grace Brethren Church there, died Tuesday, March 17, at Friendship Village Retirement Center.
He was born Jan. 31, 1928, in Hudson, son of Clarence and Mary Ingamells Rousselow. He married Lola Deits on Nov. 14, 1947, in Waterloo. She died Aug. 12, 2006.
Rousselow graduated from Orange High School in 1947. He started farming in 1948 in the Cedar Falls and Jesup area, retiring in 1993. He also had worked at Control O Fax for 20 years as a machine operator. He was an active member of Grace Brethren Church since 1945, serving as church elder, usher, Sunday school teacher and youth leader.
He is survived by: two sons, Dean (Judy) of La Porte City and Dan (Lynn) of Waterloo; two daughters, Sarah (Rod) Munro of Bend, Ore., and Judy (Mike) Christian of Chang Mai, Thailand; 10 grandchildren, Shannon Rousselow, Brady, Jesse and Briana Clark, Marisa Foltz, Lori, Bethany and Jenny Christian, and Sydney and Delaney Rousselow; seven great-grandchildren; a brother, LeRoy (Maxine) of Waterloo; and a sister-in-law, Mary Helen Leymaster of Waterloo.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Virgil.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Grace Brethren Church in Waterloo, with burial in Orange Township Cemetery. Public visitation from 2 to 6 p.m. today at Locke Funeral Home.
Memorials: may be directed to Grace Brethren Church.
Condolences may be left at www.LockeFuneralHome.com.