ROETHLER, Marjorie J.

ROETHLER, PARROTT, DICK, FIXSEL, CANALE, COOK

Posted By: Lynette Edsall (email)
Date: 3/11/2008 at 11:10:23

MARJORIE J. ROETHLER

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.