Obit: Roehl, Evelyn E. (1924 - 2012)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Roehl, Franke, Sanger, Pullman, Broeske, Allemann, Keiser, Michalak, Heiting, Faber, DePaoli

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 7/4/2012

Roehl, Evelyn E. (11 March 1924 - 30 June 2012)

Evelyn E. Roehl, 88, died Saturday, June 30, 2012, at the House of the Dove, Marshfield.

Evelyn was born March 11, 1924, in the Town of Fremont, Clark County, to Ernest and Emma (Franke) Sanger. She graduated from Marshfield High School and Stevens Point Teachers College and taught one year at Beaver Center School. She married Alvin Roehl June 19, 1945, in the Town of Fremont. He preceded her in death Dec. 28, 2003.

Evelyn assisted her husband in farming southwest of Chili until 1958 when she resumed teaching grades 1-8 at area schools. In 1965 she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from UW-Stevens Point and continued teaching third grade at Loyal Public Schools until her retirement in 1979. The couple lived in Spencer from 1975 until December 2001, when they moved to the Purdy (Angelus Retirement Community) in Marshfield. In February 2012 she moved to Pine Ridge Assisted Living, Colby, and in May went to the House of the Dove. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Spencer.

Evelyn enjoyed cake decorating, sewing, quilting, genealogy, drawing and painting. She especially loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She is survived by her children, Sharlyn (David) Pullman of McLean, VA, Marlene Broeske of Marshfield, Lavern (Kathleen) Roehl of Marshfield and Bernette (Leonard) Allemann of Abbotsford; her grandchildren, Angela Keiser and Thomas Pullman of Virginia, Austin Pullman of Texas, Tara Michalak of Marshall, Brian Roehl of Minnesota, Diane Allemann of Fitchburg and Beth Heiting of Mt. Horeb; great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mildred Faber of Neillsville.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Alvin; and two brothers, Elmer and Lawrence Sanger.

Her funeral service was at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 3, 2012 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Spencer. The Rev. David DePaoli officiated. Burial followed in West Spencer Cemetery in the Town of Sherman in Clark County. The visitation was from 9 a.m. until time of service Tuesday at the church.

Life Tributes Funeral Home and Cremation Service of Spencer are caring for Evelyn’s family.

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