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Obituaries
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Louise Douglass
Age: 102
City: Washington
Funeral Date
10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 21, St. James Catholic Church, Washington
Funeral Home
Jones & Eden Funeral Home
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Louise Douglass
LOUISE DOUGALL
Washington
Louise Dougall, 102, of Washington, Iowa, passed away Thursday, Dec. 17,
2020, at the United Presbyterian Home in Washington. Mass of the Resurrection will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 21, at St. James Catholic Church in Washington with Father Bernie Weir officiating. Interment will be held at Elm Grove Cemetery. Memorials have been established or the United Presbyterian Home and St. James Catholic Church. Jones & Eden Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be sent for Louise's family through the web at www.jonesfh.com.
Louise was born Oct. 30, 1918, in Madison County, Iowa, the daughter of John W. and Elsie M. (Selix) Cox. She attended school in Ottumwa. Louise was united in marriage to Hugh "Mac" Dougall on June 17, 1939, in Washington, Iowa.
Louise moved to Washington in 1934 and worked for her half brother at the Maid Rite Cafe. She and her husband owned and operated various cafes in town and eventually worked for McCleery Cumming Co. until retirement. Louise was an active member of St. James Catholic Church.
She is survived by her son, Hugh Dougall and wife Jane of Marshalltown, Iowa; grandchildren, Lisa Lynn Hanson and husband Che of Clarion, Iowa, Steven Dougall and wife Jen of Coon Rapids, Iowa, and Brian Dougall and wife Lisa of Marshalltown, Iowa; great-grandchildren, Isaac and Seth Pille, Rachel (TJ) Stumpf, Connor, Sam, Madison and Mylie Dougall, Caleb, Cassie, Camden, Caden and Chloe Hanson and Jacob, Nathan and Lauren Derner; great-great-grandchildren, Jaxon, Lincoln and Hudson Stumpf; and many nieces and nephews.
Louise was preceded in death by her parents; husband; great-grandson, Nathan Pille; two sisters; two brothers; and one half brother.