Centennial
Mabel Ahlean Wiley
1926 — 2021
Mabel Ahlean (Rouse) Wiley, 95, loving mother and grandmother, passed away in Centennial, Colorado, on Dec. 25, 2021. She was born June 12, 1926, in Alda, Nebraska, to George L. Rouse, Jr., and Alice Davison Rouse. She was the youngest of their seven children. After spending her childhood on a farm and graduating valedictorian from Alda High School in 1943, Ahlean was ready to leave small-town life behind. She worked as a bookkeeper in Grand Island, Nebraska, and Kansas City, Missouri, for several years before finding her true calling: nursing. Ahlean successfully secured a spot in Denver University's nursing program at Children's Hospital, earning her registered nurse's degree and...