Roslen M. Dunseth (Bolivar)'s Obituary
Mrs. Roselen Mae Dunseth, age 88, of Halfway, died Monday, June 9, at her home, with family by her side.
She was born on July 10, 1925 in California, the daughter of Earl Voris and Lillie Roweton Voris. She married David Dunseth on August 9, 1950.
She graduated from Halfway High School in 1943, enrolled at SMS that summer, and began teaching that fall. She taught in one-room schools at Clark, Providence, and Schofield in Polk County. She taught 3rd/4th grade at Halfway and then started teaching high school business at Pleasant Hope in 1948. She took summer courses at SMS for many years and completed her degree in 1956. She retired from Pleasant Hope Schools in 1984 after 40 years of teaching.
Rosie was saved in 1937 when she was 12 years old. She was baptized in the cold waters of Hominy Creek near Halfway, where they had to cut the ice before the service. She was a faithful member of Schofield Missionary Baptist Church, where she taught the Women’s Sunday School Class for many years.
Rosie loved seeing her old students and attending their alumni banquets. She loved the women in her quilting group and her TOPS Club. She enjoyed volunteering with the Preschool Program at Halfway. She liked to follow the St. Louis Cardinals, SMSU Bears, and Drury Panthers on the radio and TV.
Rosie was a tireless worker, canning and freezing everything David grew in his huge garden. She was an amazing cook, known for her gooseberry cobblers and coconut cream pies. But above all she was a loving wife, mom, and grandma.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, Paul Voris; and one sister-in-law, Barbara Dunseth.
She is survived by her husband, David; one son, Dale Dunseth and wife Marilyn, of Halfway; one granddaughter, Sara Coffman and husband Lance, of Halfway; one grandson, Dr. Craig Dunseth and wife Jenna, of Iowa City, Iowa; one sister, Ruth Gallivan and husband David of Halfway; two brothers, Buster Voris and wife Barbara, of Walnut Grove, and Lendell Voris and wife Pat, of Halfway; one sister-in-law, Eva Voris, of Bolivar; and one brother-in-law, Donald Dunseth, of Halfway.
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