Susan Rote, 60, of Osceola died Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at University Hospital in Iowa City. Celebration of Life Memorial Services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, November 7, 2020 at Powers Funeral Home 612 N. Dodge in Afton. Pastor Dwayne Henrichs will officiate. Burial will be at Hopeville Cemetery in Hopeville. Visitation with family receiving friends will be 1 hour before the service1-2 p.m. Saturday at Powers Funeral Home in Afton. In lieu of flowers, memorials are to the family. Online condolences can be given at www.powersfh.com. Susan Pearl Rote was born September 26, 1960 in Osceola to Donald Dean Hoyt and Sylvia Elaine (Clement) Hoyt. She graduated from Murray High School in 1980. On February 14, 1985, Susan married Richard Alan Rote in Adel. They first lived in Redfield, then moved to Hopeville. Susan was a homemaker and housewife. They lived near Lorimor and at Murray and most recently Osceola. Susan was a member of the Hopeville Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband Richard Rote of Osceola, mother in-law Bonnie Rote of Redfield; two daughters, Tracy (Cameron) Bainter of Hopeville and Chelsey Rote (partner Drew Clark) of Murray, one son, Brian (April) Rote of Bronte, Texas; two brothers, Ed (Janet) Hoyt of Moline, Ill. and Jerry Hoyt of Osceola; one sister Sandy Holder of Grimes; her sister-in-law, Linda Cope (husband Garry Johnston) of Dexter and 11 grandchildren, Payton, Lily and Bryan Bainter, Macayla, Mariah and Derek Simmerman and Mackenzie, Brooklynn, Adelynn, Brantley and Bowen Rote. Susan was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Danny Hoyt and her father-in-law, Richard “Dick” Rote. LISTEN TO THE SERVICE AUDIO HERE (COPY AND PASTE IN A NEW TAB): https://www.dropbox.com/s/nuneh13bfz1yqld/Rote%2C%20Susan%20service%20audio.wav?dl=0