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ROETHLER, Vincent C. 1931-1993

ROETHLER, GREENE, JACKSON, BLAU, STRICKER, TRUE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/7/2012 at 23:37:02

Vincent C. Roethler, 61, of Nora Springs, Iowa, died on Saturday, March 20, 1993 at his home.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, March 24, 1993, at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Nora Springs, with Rev. C. Clarkson officiating. His body was cremated following the service, and burial will be on Friday in Park Cemetery, Nora Springs.

The family requests memorials be made to the Vincent C. Roethler Memorial Fund.

He was born on August 22, 1931,in Ionia, Iowa, the son of Emil P. and Viola M. (Greene) Roethler. In 1948, as a 10th grader at Mason City High School, he joined the National Guard of Iowa, 1133rd Transportation company, for 35 years, retiring in 1983. He graduated from Mason City High School in 1950.

He married Phyllis J. Jackson on May 7, 1955, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. The couple lived in Mason City, where he was a carpenter. In 1958 they moved to Nora Springs where he opened Modern Cleaners. He operated the business until 1990. He also worked as head custodian and bus driver for the Nora Springs-Rock Falls School District for 22 years. He was a member of St. Luke Lutheran Church in Nora Springs.

Survivors include his wife, Phyllis of Nora Springs; two daughters, Jennie and her husband Donnie Blau, Meservey, and Deborah Jean Roethler of Grants, New Mexico; one son, Steven Vincent Roethler, Houston, Texas; two sisters, Johanna Williams of Gardner, Kansas, and Mrs. Robert (Marcella) Stricker of Mason City; three grandchildren: James Dean True, Krystal Blau and Melissa Blau, all of Meservey.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, LaVonne Schmidt.

[Nora Springs Advertiser -- 24 MAR 1993]


 

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