Obituaries

Rosina O’Tool, age 92, of Carroll, Iowa, died Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at the Carroll Health Center Nursing Home in Carroll. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, September 25, 2010, at Holy Spirit Church in Carroll. The Celebrant will be Father Timothy Johnson, assisted by Mrs. O’Tool’s son, Deacon Joseph O’Tool. The casket will be taken to the church at 8:30 A.M. Saturday to lie in state until the time of the funeral mass. Lectors will be Kathleen McCarty and Faith Laboy. Gift Bearers will be Kristine Collins, Laura Martel, and Lisa Matson. Mass Servers will be Craig Matson and Kevin Collins. Eucharistic Ministers will be Laura Martel and Lisa Matson. The Carroll Catholic Daughters of America will form an honor guard at the church. Casket Bearers will be Pat O’Tool, Shaun O’Tool, Jeff O’Tool, Craig O’Tool, Tony O’Tool, Andrew O’Tool, and Ron O’Tool. Burial will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Carroll. Friends may call at the Sharp Funeral Home in Carroll after 3:30 P.M. Friday. A rosary will be prayed at 4 P.M. Friday by the Carroll Catholic Daughters of America. There will be a Christian wake service at 6:30 P.M. Friday by Holy Spirit Parish. Rosina was born on July 3, 1918, at Breda, Iowa, the daughter of Max and Clara (Boes) Reising. She attended St. Bernard School at Breda. On June 28, 1938, she was married to Wilmer O’Tool at St. Bernard Church in Breda. The couple farmed in the Auburn area and in 1954 moved to Carroll. Rosina had been employed for five years at the former Lee’s Department Store in Carroll. She was a member of Holy Spirit Parish, Parish Ladies Guild, Catholic Daughters of America, Rosary Makers Club, and the Golden Circle. Rosina was a loving wife, mother, and homemaker. She enjoyed visiting with family and friends, playing cards, making rosaries for the missions, and making afgans for family and friends. Survivors include her children, Arlen O’Tool of Bayard, Richard O’Tool of Carroll, Marvagene Louis of Colorado Springs, Colo., Clara Fiebelkorn of Carroll, Joseph O’Tool and wife Jolene of Alpha, Illinois, Jeanette Bolster and husband Francis of Auburn, Mary Scott and husband Tom of Ames, Ralph O’Tool and wife Janie of Malvern, Elizabeth O’Tool and special friend Warren Mosler of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, Barbara Karstens and husband Marvin of Bryon, Texas, Frank O’Tool and wife Maggie of Carroll, Jane Ann Podewils and husband Larry of Carnarvon, Jim O’Tool of Carroll, and Daniel O’Tool and wife Merlyn of Houston, Texas; 51 grandchildren; 87 great grandchildren; 3 great great grandchildren; and sisters-in-law, Alvira Tifenthaler of Carroll, Bernice O’Tool of Ida Grove, Iola Muhlbauer of Manning, and Rose Marie McAlister of Bayard. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wilmer O’Tool, in December 1959; her parents; her sons, Daryl O’Tool and Stanley O’Tool; grandchildren, Karl Winkler, Ryan O’Tool, and Kevin O’Tool; brothers, Andrew Reising, Greg Reising, Msgr. Zeno Reising, Alvin Reising, Lawrence Reising, Conrad Reising, and Michael Reising; sisters, Amelia Becker, Leona Eischeid, and Bernice Pudenz; her sons-in-law, Larry Louis and Art Fiebelkorn; daughters-in-law, Sara O’Tool and Barbara O’Tool; and by her parents-in-law, Peter and Barbara O’Tool.