Margaret C. Rourke

Margaret C. Rourke

Margaret C. Rourke

Margaret C. Rourke
December 21, 1920 – May 28, 2015
Cedar Rapids (Oskaloosa), Iowa – Age 94

Margaret C. Rourke, 94, of Cedar Rapids and formerly of Oskaloosa died Thursday, May 28, 2015, at the Hiawatha Care Center in Hiawatha. Margaret was born December 21, 1920, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the tenth of eleven children born to Frank and Anna Hasso Patik.

Margaret attended St. Ludmila School through 8th grade. She enjoyed working for the family road construction business, then provided childcare, and last went to work at Quaker Oats and Colonial Bakery. On January 16, 1951, she was united in marriage to Marcus Rourke at St. Ludmila’s Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids. They first lived in Oxford, Iowa before moving to a farm near Oskaloosa. In 1997, Margaret moved to assisted living in Cedar Rapids.

Margaret was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Oskaloosa. She loved to garden, listen to talk radio, and play the piano. She was a devout Catholic with a compassion for the poor. Her passion for the poor was inspired by Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity. She also supported needy children overseas through the Foster Parents Mission Club of PIME Missionaries.

Her family includes her children: Mary Rourke of Davenport, Cathy (& Roger) Soukup of Cedar Rapids, John Rourke of Cedar Rapids, Jane Rourke of Oskaloosa; four grandchildren: Richard (& Tiffany) Soukup, Julie (& Kyle) Hanson, Amy Soukup and Kristin Soukup; a great grandson, Parker Hanson; a sister-in-law, Barbara Ellen Patik of Cedar Rapids; and many nieces and nephews.

Margaret was preceded in death by her husband Marcus; six brothers: Andrew, Frank, Dan, Joe, Rev. Anthony Patik SVD, and George Patik; four sisters: Helen, Mary, Agnes, and Sister Claire Marie Patik CHM.

Mass of the Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at 11 a.m. in St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Oskaloosa with Reverend Jeff Belger officiating.
Burial will be in the St. Mary’s Cemetery in Oskaloosa. The Bates Funeral Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.
A decade of the Rosary will be prayed at 9:30 Tuesday morning in the Bates Funeral Chapel. Following the prayers the family will be present to greet friends and relatives until 10:45, at which time a procession will form to go to St. Mary’s Catholic Church for Mass.
Memorials may be made to PIME Foster Parents.

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