Rose Bowles of Dassel died on Thursday, April 10, 2003, at the Dassel Lakeside Community Home. She was 96 years old.
Funeral service was held at 4 p.m. on Monday, April 14, at the Johnson Funeral Home in Dassel with Rev. Keith Carlson officiating. Interment followed at the Dassel Cemetery. Visitation was from 2-4 p.m. on Monday at the funeral home.
Rose (Theis) Bowles was born on April 21, 1906, in Sisseton, S.D., to Joseph and Susan Theis. She grew up and attended school in the Sisseton area until the death of her father at which time her family moved to the Dassel area where she finished her schooling. Rose was baptized in the Catholic faith in Sisseton, S.D. In 1923 Rose married Charles Virgil Sisson in Dassel. Together they made their home in Litchfield. They moved to Detroit, Mich., in 1942, and Charles died in 1950. Rose married Otis Bowles in 1952 in Detroit. In 1960 they moved to the Kingston area where they owned and operated the Kingston Cafe and the attached motel. After Otis’ death in 1988, Rose lived in Kentucky, Eden Valley and Dearborn Heights, Mich., before moving to the Dassel Lakeside Community Home in 1996. Rose was a wonderful cook. She enjoyed the times that she could get together with family and friends for the annual 4th of July picnic. She was very talented, and loved to crochet, knit, cook, can fruits and vegetables, and make ceramics with her friends. Rose liked to visit with family and friends, and she and Otis took many trips to visit his children in Missouri and Florida.
Rose was preceded in death by her husbands: Charles in 1950 and Otis in 1988; daughters Blanche Scott and Betty Smith; and her parents.
She is survived by her children: Barb Martin of Paynesville; Bonnie Oehring of New Port, Mich.; Beverly Rubin of Dearborn Heights, Mich.; 16 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren; brother Joe Theis of Park Rapids and sister Marie Nistler of Eden Valley.
Casket bearers were Kerry, Lerry, Terry and Lee Martin, Kevin Sommerfeld and Jake Travelstead. Arrangements were by Johnson Funeral Home in Dassel.
