Emily Roemig, 29 Mar 1910 - 16 Aug 2007

ROEMIG, OESTERLE, CLEMENS, ALBERT, MATTES

Posted By: Netha M Meyer (email)
Date: 8/17/2007 at 17:47:18

Emily C. Roemig, age 97, of Amana and Lakeview Village at Middle Amana, died Thursday, August 16, 2007 at Mercy Medical Center, Cedar Rapids, following a brief illness. Funeral Services: 10:00 A.M. Saturday, August 18, 2007, Middle Amana Community Church, Middle Amana with Elder Kristie Yoder officiating. Burial will be in the Amana Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 7 P.M. Friday, August 17, 2007 at the Middle Amana Community Church. Memorials may be contributed to the Amana Church Society or the Amana Heritage Society. Arrangements are with Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo.

She is survived by two sons, James and wife Terry, and Dennis and wife Kathleen, all of Amana; two grandchildren, Sarah Roemig and husband Scott of Excelsior, MN, and Rebecca Selzer and husband Neil of Verona, WS; and four great-grandchildren, Simon and Grace Roemig and Gabriel and Aidan Selzer. In addition she is survived by a step daughter-in-law, Madeline Roemig Bendorf of Iowa City, three step granddaughters, Carol Heusinkveld and husband David of Amana, Susan Goree and husband John of Iowa City and Elizabeth Cooper and husband George of Charlston, SC; four step-great-grandchildren, Forrest Heusinkveld, Kathrine and Martin Goree, and James Cooper; two sisters, Emma Albert and Elsie Mattes, both of Amana, as well as many nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jacob, a stepson Martin Roemig, and a step great-grandson Jordan Heusinkveld.

Emily Caroline Oesterle was born March 29, 1910 in Amana, Iowa, the daughter of Charles and Elsie Clemens Oesterle. She attended school in Amana and later the Cedar Rapids Business College. She married Jacob Roemig at the Little Brown Church in Nashua in 1943. She worked for many years as a bookkeeper and secretary for the Amana Society. Later she worked with her husband in the family business, the Colony Inn Restaurant, doing similar work. For many years she also did bookkeeping for her son and his wife at their businesses.

Emily loved to travel. She and her family took many long summer trips when her children were in school and in all covered 46 of the 50 United States, and Canada. In later years she took numerous car trips with her friends around the Midwest. She also traveled outside the U.S. Her favorite pastime was working in her yard and vegetable garden. The fall was a special time of year as it involved raking and burning of leaves. Her entire family will long stay cozy and warm using the afghans that she crocheted. Spending time with her granddaughters and great-grandchildren was a source of great joy.

She was a member of the Amana Church Society, the Amana Heritage Society and for many years was a member of the Eastern Star.

Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo
Cr Gaz 17 Aug 2007, 4b