Olletha Waterhouse

Olletha Marguerite Waterhouse, 86 of the Grace Hill community, west of Washington, died, Monday, January 21, 2008 at her home.

Funeral Services have been set for 11:00 A.M. Friday, January 25, 2008 at the First Church of God in Brighton with Pastor Kevin Dice officiating. Burial will be in the Grace Hill Cemetery. Visitation will began at Noon Thursday at the Beatty Funeral Home in Washington with family receiving friends from 6-8:00 P.M. Memorials may be designated to the American Heart Association or the First Church of God in Brighton in the name of Olletha Marguerite Waterhouse.

Olletha was born January 2, 1922 on the family farm, north of Olds, Iowa the daughter of William Earnest and Bessie (Neff) Zickefoose. On June 23, 1940 she was united in marriage to Robert Allen Waterhouse Sr. at the Brighton Presbyterian Church.

She was a faithful member of the First Church of God in Brighton. She was a housewife and mother. Her faith and family is what she treasured most.

Survivors include her son, James and wife Berna of Keota, Iowa, daughter, Joy Miller and husband Dennis of Keota; brothers Gail Zickefoose and wife Karen of Brighton, Leslie Zickefoose and wife Joelyn of Brighton; sisters, Jean Dunbar and husband James of Brighton and Darlene Reighard and husband Gailen of Willard, MO; brother in law, Joe Ricks Sr. of Wayland; sister in law Dorothy Zickefoose of Washington; nine grandchildren, thirty-eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Robert Sr. April 10, 2003, sons David Lynn and Robert Allen Jr., brother Leonard, sister June Ricks, grandsons Jason and Jon, and two great-grandchildren.