Marianne Elisabeth Rome, 68, died Sept. 24, 2005, at her home, Hutchinson.

She was born March 30, 1937, in Visby, Sweden, the daughter of Ake and Dagmar Elisabeth Bloch Grauers. She graduated high school in 1954, from Landskruna, Sweden, in 1959, from Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, attended Kansas City Community College and Bethany College, Lindsborg. A resident of Hutchinson since 1961, moving from Lawrence, she was the former co-owner of Kinder House, and Boutique La Rome Children's Wear.

She belonged to Holy Cross Catholic Church, Holy Cross Ladies Altar Society, and Delta Gamma Sorority.

On June 30, 1960, she married Richard Joseph Rome in Hutchinson. He survives.

Other survivors include: two sons, Thomas J., Overland Park, and John A., Caracas, Venezuela; a daughter, Christina Elisabeth Edwards, Prairie Village; two grandsons, Zachary Jacob Rome, Overland Park, and Andrew Ake Rome, Caracas, Venezuela; and a granddaughter, Lauren Elisabeth Edwards, Prairie Village.

Rosary will be at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Holy Cross Catholic Church. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church, with Fathers Joseph Eckberg, Francis Cox and Ned J. Blick presiding. Graveside service will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Mount Calvary Cemetery, Topeka. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson.

Memorials may be sent to the Parkinson's Foundation of the Heartland, in care of the funeral home.

Personal condolences may be left for the family at www.elliottmortuary.com.