Varina DesMarias, M.D., of
Grundy Center
,
Iowa
, died December 8, 2009, at
Allen
Memorial
Hospital
in
Waterloo
.
She was born in
Grundy
Center
on September 12, 1915, to John Cowie DesMarias and Maud Lillian Bayless DesMarias.
She graduated from
Grundy
Center
High School
with the class of 1933, and from the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1940.
She practiced medicine in
Grundy
Center
until her retirement in 1991.
She is survived by one sister, Lillian DesMarias of
Chillicothe
,
Missouri
, currently residing in the
Grundy
Care
Center
,
Grundy Center
,
Iowa
.
Private graveside services for Varina DesMarias will be conducted at a later date.
Memorials may be directed to the Grundy County Memorial Hospital Foundation or the Grundy Center Community School Foundation c/o
P O Box 95
,
Grundy Center
,
IA
50638
.Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home,
Grundy
Center
, is in charge of the arrangements.
