Arlene F. (Roling) Johannes 1927-2014

JOHANNES, ROLING, WELCHERT, CLARK, BRANT, WALSH, WEGMANN, FESSLER, SELLNER, SCHRAAD, CHERNE, LEHMAN, LUKAN, BESSEY

Posted By: cheryl moonen (email)
Date: 1/6/2015 at 20:09:23

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Friday, July 25, 2014

EARLVILLE, Iowa - Arlene F. Johannes, 87, of Earlville, died Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at Shady Rest Care Center in Cascade.

Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 25, at Kramer Funeral Home, 750 12th Ave SW in Dyersville, where a vigil service will be held at 3 p.m. Friends may continue to call from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at the funeral home. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica in Dyersville, with burial in the church cemetery. The Rev. James Bergin, SVD, will officiate.

Arlene was born June 10, 1927, in Earlville, daughter of Theodore and Frances (Welchert) Roling. She married Arthur C. Johannes on Jan. 18, 1949. Together they farmed near Earlville in Delaware County for over 20 years and then semi-retired in Dubuque.

Survivors include her children, Gary (Mary Kay) Johannes, of Greeley, Roger Johannes, of Earlville, Linda (George) Clark, of Dubuque, Julie (Tim) Brant, of Scales Mound, Ill., Sue Walsh, of Iowa City, and Nancy (Rob) Wegmann, of Dyersville; 21 grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren and two stepgreat-grandchildren; siblings, Al (Mary) Roling, of Oregon, and Art "Mike" (Paula) Roling, of Dubuque; and a sister-in-law, Dorothy Roling, of Earlville.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Arthur, in 1989; a daughter-in-law, Kathy Johannes; siblings, Rose Fessler, Agnes Sellner, Amanda Schraad, Mary Cherne, Hilda Lehman, Leona Lukan, Viola Sellner, Helen Bessey, Raymond Roling, Donald Roling, Ted Roling and LaVerne Roling; and sisters-in-law, Rita Boge and Germaine Fendell.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.kramerfuneral.com.