Anita “Rose” Bauer, 97 of Carroll Iowa passed away peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her loved ones at Regency Park Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Carroll on April 6, 2025.
Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 12, 2025 at Holy Spirit Church – St. John Paul II Parish in Carroll. The Celebrant will be Fr. Craig Collison. Pianist will be Jane Heithoff. Cantors will be Derrik Bauer, Trisha Bauer, and Stephanie Berns. Lector for the Funeral Mass will be Raymond Bauer. Gift Bearers will be Sara Wessling, Miles Sloan, Abby Olsem, and Nora Olsem. Casket Bearers will be Nick Wessling, Adam Wessling, Mark Yeager II, Kim Bauer, Jill Griebenow, Tori Yeager, and Matthew Bauer. Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday in St. John Cemetery in Arcadia.
Immediately following the Funeral Mass please join Rose’s family for a luncheon in the Holy Spirit Church Greteman Center.
Visitation will be from 9:15-10:15 a.m., Saturday at Holy Spirit Church, prior to the Funeral Mass. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be left at the church for a later charitable designation.
Funeral arrangements are under the guidance of the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll and online condolences may be left for Rose’s family at www.sharpfuneral.com.
Rose Bauer was born to Frank and Anna (Heller) Baumhover on a farm outside of Carroll, Iowa on January 9, 1928. She was the seventh of ten children. Rose attended and graduated from Saint Angela’s Academy in 1946. After graduating she was working as a telephone operator when she met her future husband Matt Bauer and they married four months later on April 25, 1949, at St. Peter & Paul’s Church in Carroll by Father Othmar W. Koester.
During their marriage, Rose and Matt welcomed 8 wonderful children: Helen Marie, Susan, Matt Jr., Mark, Nicholas, Nancy, John and Richard. Rose was a dedicated mother and partner with her husband in their farming and cattle buying business. She selflessly cared about the welfare and education of her family; her family was always #1. Anita enjoyed the lake atmosphere of Lake Panorama, especially the family dinners and watching her family have fun. After Matt died in 2003, and through her 96th birthday in 2024, Anita stayed very active in the management of the farm operation. She often enjoyed her animal friends that visited her deck and the birds that she catered to daily.
Surviving are her children: Susan Wessling (John) of Carroll, Iowa; Matt Bauer Jr. (Cindy) of Templeton, Iowa; Mark Bauer (Mary) of Jefferson, Iowa; Nancy Yeager of West Des Moines, Iowa; and Richard Bauer (Lydia) of Phoenix, Arizona; sister-in-law Julie Baumhover of Carroll; 12 grandchildren; 22 great grandchildren and a great-great grandson; along with
several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband Matt Bauer; her parents Frank and Anna Baumhover; children: Helen Marie, Nicholas Luke, and John Paul; six brothers: Clarence Baumhover, Arthur Baumhover, David Baumhover, Leo Baumhover, Herbert Baumhover, Frank Baumhover; and three sisters: Cordelia Morris, Ruth Spear and Rita Trotter.
