Rowline M. Reusch, age 94 of Elizabeth, Illinois, died Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at the Elizabeth Nursing Home, Elizabeth. A private family service will be held with burial following in Derinda Cemetery, Elizabeth. A memorial fund has been established.
Rowline was born August 15, 1920, the daughter of Ira and Myra (Rindisbacher) Perry in Warren, Illinois. She graduated from Stockton High School and also attended beauty school in Champaign-Urbana. She married Harlan Reusch on November 2, 1941, in Derinda. Harlan died January 26, 1991.
Rowline was a devoted homemaker and spent many years farming with her husband in the Derinda area. She was a 4-H Club leader and a member of the Ladies Aid at Trinity Lutheran Church, Rowline loved to quilt and work in her garden. She especially loved spending time with her family and friends.
Rowline will be dearly missed by her three sons, Richard (Twila) Reusch of Elizabeth; Dan (Dianna) Reusch of Carbondale, Illinois; and Reverend Don Reusch of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; two grandchildren, Chad (Wendy) Reusch of Stockton, Illinois; and Mindy (Jerry) Pratt of Elizabeth; two step-grandchildren, Traci Seger of Belleville, Illinois; and Matthew McCall of Denton, Texas; and six great-grandchildren, Kelsey, Kaitlyn, and Kyleigh Reusch and Nathan, Andrew, and Sarah Pratt.She is preceded in death by her husband, Harlan; two sisters, Pauline Perry and Nelda Schultz; and one grandson, Chet Reusch.