Dorothy L. Grow

Dorothy Leone Fouch Grow, daughter of George Washington Fouch and Rena Belle Derry Fouch, was born May 19, 1913 in Greene County, Iowa and died December 11, 2005 at the Rowley Memorial Masonic Home in Perry, Iowa at the age of 92 years, 6 months and 22 days. Dorothy was raised in the Rippey area and attended Rippey High School graduating with the class of 1930. On December 10, 1933, Dorothy was united in marriage to Charles Darwin Grow at the Methodist Church Parsonage in Glidden, Iowa by the Rev. Ernest Beuhler. They were the parents of two children: Fred and Connie. Dorothy stayed very busy as a homemaker. She loved quilting and handwork, and was an avid reader. She was also an excellent cook. Dorothy was a member of the Rippey United Methodist Church. Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Darwin; brothers Homer and Joe and sister Ruth Wiedman. She is survived by her son Fred and his wife Jacquie of Boone; her daughter Connie Palmer and her husband Jerry of Coon Rapids; 6 grandchildren: Richard Monthei of Panora, Mike Monthei and his wife Nancy of Minnetonka, Minnesota, Tony Monthei and his wife Kathy of Panora, Michelle Roquet and her husband Rick of Johnston, Dale Monthei and his wife Nancy of Johnston and Steve Grow and his wife Liz of Iowa City; 17 great-grandchildren and 4 great-great-grandchildren; brother-in-law Eldon "Pink" Grow and his wife Esther of Perry and sister-in-law Alice Grow of Perry; other relatives and many friends.