Funeral services for Marjorie Roethler, 89,
of Aurelia will be Wednesday, March 12, 2008, at 2:00 P.M. at the
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee with Deacon Leroy Rupp
officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday from 2:00 until 8:00, with the
family being present from 6:00 to 8:00, at the Redig Funeral Home in
Aurelia. Burial will be in the Mt. Calvary Catholic Cemetery in
Cherokee, Iowa. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been
established.
Marjorie Jane Parrott was born June 1, 1918,
the only daughter of Jay M. and Angie Lucille (Dick) Parrott south of
Aurelia, Iowa. She attended school in Aurelia, graduating in 1936. She
obtained her normal teaching certificate in Storm Lake and taught
country school. Marjorie also took care of her ill mother. She later
worked for Swanson Hardware in Cherokee.
Marjorie married Ralph Roethler on January
2, 1947 at Marcus, Iowa. They lived on the Dick farm south of Aurelia
for 37 years, retiring into Aurelia in 1983.
She was a 4H leader for 25 years working
with the Pitcher Ramblers and Aurelia Lassies, two of her demonstration
teams represented Cherokee County at the State Fair. She enjoyed sewing,
gardening and helping Ralph on the farm. Marjorie became a resident at
Sunset Knoll Nursing and Rehab Center in Aurelia on November 9, 2006.
On March 8, 2008 Marjorie died at the Mercy
Medical Center in Sioux City, Iowa.
Preceding Marjorie in death were
her parents, husband Ralph on July 3, 1999, and a brother, Robert
Parrott.
Survivors include her sister-in-law, Mabel
Parrott and her nieces, Linda and her husband Larry Fixsel, Bobbi and
her husband Michael Canale, and Carol and her husband John Cook, and
other relatives and friends.
