H. Louise Mouritsen

H. Louise Mouritsen
H. Louise Mouritsen, 89, of Kansas City, Missouri died March 28, 2006 at the Independence Regional Health Center. Mrs. Mouritsen will lie in state at Carson-Speaks Chapel in Independence on Friday from 6-8 P.M. Services will be held on Saturday at 10:00 A.M. at Carson-Speaks Chapel. Interment will be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Raytown, Mo. Louise was born on February 20, 1917 in Kingsville, Missouri the daughter of Edwin Marion and Irene Warner Souther. She was a graduate of Woodbine Elementary and Strasburg High School in 1935. She worked for the U.S. Rubber Company as a Bonus Clerk from 1940 to 1955. Louise loved to sew and made many of her own clothes and also enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening. Mrs. Mouritsen was a very active volunteer in the American Legion Auxiliary and received recognition for 10,000 hours and 50 years of service with the V.A. Hospital. She was the Department Chair of the V.A. Hospital volunteers for the State of Missouri. She gave talks on behalf of the V.A. and served locally by giving tours and as an escort for the veterans. Her other memberships included: President and Past President of the General Assembly, Elizabeth Benton Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Salvation Army Women�s Auxiliary, R.C. Connie Burns American Legion Post #71 Auxiliary Unit where she served as Past President and on the staff of the Girl�s State Program, The Eight and Forty Salon #94 where she was past Le Petit Chapeau and a member for 52 years, Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary life member, Air Force Sergeants Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #1000 Auxiliary and the Eighth Air Force Historical Society. On July 12, 1947 she married Tony Mouritsen at Our Lady of Good Council Catholic Church in Kansas City, Missouri. He survives of the home. She is also survived by one nephew, Kenneth McEowen and wife Donna of Alliance, Nebraska, a great nephew, Daniel McEowen of Alliance, Ne. She was preceded in death by three sisters; Mary Alice McEowen and husband Wesley, Elizabeth Gross and husband Dean, and Ella Edwin "Eddie� Benny and husband Earl. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials be sent to the charity of the donor�s choice with preferences to the organizations she was active in. Online condolences may be expressed at www.speakschapel.com (Arrangements: Carson-Speaks Chapel)