Rita Josephine (Roling) Reuter

ROLING, SOPPE, REUTER, CASEY, BURKEN, KETELSEN, CLOOS, MARTIN

Posted By: Barbara Gehlsen Nugent (email)
Date: 7/28/2011 at 07:10:27

The Clinton Herald Obituary

CLINTON - Rita J. Reuter, 84

July 10, 2004

CLINTON - Rita J. Reuter, 84, of Clinton, died Friday at Mercy Medical Center South. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Lemke Funeral Home, North Chapel, 2304 N. Second St., Clinton, with a vigil service at 4 p.m. Mass of the Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Prince of Peace Parish, Clinton. The Rev. Jeffrey Belger will officiate. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Sugar Creek. Pallbearers will be her grandchildren; Larry Reuter, Dennis Schmidt, Dwaine Burken, Jason Ketelsen, Julie Muenster, Joe Martin, Chris Reuter and Adam Reuter.

She was born March 6, 1920, in Sugar Creek to Herman H. and Agnes Soppe Roling. She married Ben Reuter on Oct. 1, 1940, in Sugar Creek. She was a homemaker and past board member of Meals on Wheels of Maquoketa. She was a member of the Catholic Church and active in church circles.

Survivors include her husband, Ben Reuter of Clinton; and eight children, Donald (Darlene) Reuter of Preston, Mrs. Eleanor (Leo) Casey of Fulton, Ill., Geraldine Burken of Preston, Mrs. Darlene (Dale) Ketelson of Fulton, Mrs. Lois (Tom) Cloos of Bellevue, Mrs. Judy (Tim) Martin of Springville, Terry (Bonnie) Reuter of Spragueville and Edward (Carol) Reuter of Sabula; 31 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; and two brothers, Ambrose (Dorothy) Roling of Preston and Adrian (Margaret) Roling of Preston.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters and four brothers. Death date: July 10, 2004,