- Date Of Birth: January 5, 1917
- Date Of Death: January 22, 2008
- State: Iowa
MallardRosalinda “Rosie” Grethen, 91 of Mallard died Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at the Emmetsburg Care Center. Rosalinda Grethen was born January 5, 1917 in Mallard, IA the daughter of Frank and Kathryn (Neu) Schuller. She attended St. Mary’s School and graduated from the Mallard Community High School in 1933. She also attended and graduated from the Omaha Business College. Rosie worked as a secretary for Schuller’s Sand and Gravel and the Northwest Iowa Seven County Area Health Board. On April 10, 1939 she was united in marriage with Ralph Grethen at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Mallard. The couple lived and farmed in the Mallard and West Bend area until their retirement in 1978 when they moved to town in Mallard. Survivors include her children: Shirley (Fred) Leuer of Longmont, Colorado, and Gaylen (Jann Henderson) Grethen of Mallard, Iowa, grandchildren, Susan (Sharmon) Quam, Sandra (Scott) Petersen, Steven (Sue) Leuer, Scott (Rhonda) Leuer, Melinda (Marcello) Roman, Elia Grethen and Shelly (Ryan) Cavanaugh, 17 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild, Brother, Aloysius Schuller of Okoboji, IA, and her nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Ralph in 1981, her parents, sisters Agnes Zatloukal and Dorothy Currans,and her bother Dennis Schuller. Rosie was an avid letter writer with many pen pals and wrote her memoirs call “Pick’n My Brain” in 1981. She was chairperson for the writing of the Mallard 100 Year History Book. She was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church, the Christian Mothers Club, the Bible Club and served as a Eucharistic minister. Other memberships include the Women’s Club, Garden Club, Palo Alto Cowbells, Palo Alto Porkettes, charter member of the Palo Alto County 4-H Foundations, the Palo Alto Board of Health for 35 years. Rosie loved traveling, to all of our states and abroad. She loved sewing, making many quilts and afgans for friends and family. Most of all she loved to spend time with family and friends.
