Wanda M. Roth

WANDA M. ROTH

Scottsdale, Ariz.

Wanda M. Roth, 96, a resident of Scottsdale, Ariz., and formerly from Mount Pleasant, passed away Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, after a brief illness in the hospital.

Visitation will begin at 12:30p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019, at Olson~Powell Memorial Chapel in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. A funeral service will be held at

2:30 p.m. the same day at the Memorial Chapel with the Rev. David Bracht-Wagner officiating. Burial will be in Forest Home Cemetery.

Gift of love and friendship may be given to Henry County Hospital Foundation for emergency services.

Online condolences may be directed to www.olsonpowell.com.

Born June 24, 1923, in Brighton, Iowa, Wanda Mae was the daughter of Clyde H. and Sarah L. (Fairchild) Brown. After living in Brighton for one year, Wanda moved to Richland, Iowa, until the age of seven. She then moved to Henry County and had been a resident of Mount Pleasant until moving to Arizona in 2017. She was a graduate of Olds High School. On Nov. 28, 1957, Wanda married Eldon E. Roth in Fairbury, Ill. He preceded her in death on Aug. 2, 1998.

For many years, Wanda was a secretary and bookkeeper for the family business, Eldon Roth Insurance Agency in Mount Pleasant that started in 1960. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and a member of United Methodist Women in her younger years. Wanda was a member of Mount Pleasant Women's Club, Mount Pleasant Golf and Country Club and the National TTT Society. She especially enjoyed dancing with her husband during Cotillion Club dances. Wanda and her husband traveled the tri-state area attending Big Band Dance weekends. For more than 20 years, Wanda enjoyed spending the winter months in Mesa, Ariz. She played bridge and continued to do so in Arizona over the past two and half years.

Wanda is survived by a son, Bruce (Jody) Roth of Scottsdale, Ariz.; daughter, Jill (Pete) Kilbourn of Mount Pleasant, Iowa; six grandchildren, Sarah (Brian) Kidawa of West Des Moines, Iowa, Laura (Rajan Krishnaswamy) Roth of Tarrance, Calif., Courtney (Jerry Lariz) Mony of Seattle, Wash., Brittany (Chad) Sewell of Scottsdale, Ariz., Kylie (Jason) Trybus, Scottsdale, Ariz., and Lindsey (Michael) Calvoni, Scottsdale, Ariz.; and daughter-in-law, Lois Roth of Mount Pleasant, Iowa. She is also survived with several nieces, nephews and friends.

Preceding Wanda in death were her parents; husband; a son, Brian Roth; a brother, John R. Brown; and a sister, Ethel Cox.