Agnes B. Rouse

Agnes B. Rouse, age 91 of South Sioux City, passed away Thursday, July 2, 2020.  A memorial visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. with a prayer service at 6:00 P.M. Monday, July 6, 2020 at Mohr & Becker-Hunt Funeral Home in South Sioux City.  

Agnes was born the daughter of Eldredge and Cynthia (Shepard) Blain on May 15, 1929 outside Oshkosh, Nebraska, and completed her education there at Garden County High School.  Agnes married George G. Rouse on December 20, 1947 in Greenwood, South Dakota.  After traveling with her husband in the oil rigs, the couple made their home in Oshkosh, Nebraska and raised 9 children. They also ranched in Wyoming a few years before resettling back into western Nebraska to work, then moving to Kentucky to ranch and eventually settle in for their retirement in recent years.  They enjoyed 70 years together before George passed away in March 2018. 

Agnes enjoyed sewing, embroidering, crocheting, and making blankets for her grandchildren.  She also loved growing beautiful flowers and traveling around with her husband when they could to visit their large family. 

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, as well as her eight siblings; four brothers, Howard and Clarence Cool, Ellis and William Blain, who was killed in Korea; four sisters, Hazel, Edna, and Florence Cool, and Bettie Blain; and one grandchild, Lexie Wakan LaMere.

Agnes is survived by six sons; Gerald (Victorya) of Cheney, Washington; 1SG USA Retired George A. (Gayle) of Mandeville Louisiana; Travis of Gresham, Nebraska; Jason of Chicago, Illinois; Onis of Las Vegas, Nevada, Ellis of Hopkinsville, Kentucky; and three daughters, Mrs. Cynthia LaMere of South Sioux City; Ilona (Monte) Anderson of Lyman, Nebraska; and Rhonda Fulton of Clarksville, Tennessee; fifteen grandchildren, twenty-six great grandchildren, and one great-great grandchild born in December 2019.