Roger Lyle Ties

TIES, ERNST, SIEVERDING, GABRIEL, SPRANK

Posted By: Barbara Gehlsen Nugent (email)
Date: 7/31/2011 at 20:42:26

Obituary on-line, Telegraph Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, Jul 17, 2008

ROGER LYLE TIES

BELLEVUE, Iowa -- Roger Lyle Ties, 51, of Bellevue, died, Monday, July 14, 2008, at The Finley Hospital, Dubuque.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 17, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Bellevue. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. today at Kingery-Lemke Funeral Home, Bellevue. Friends also may call after 9:30 a.m. Thursday at the church.

He was born on May 10, 1957, in Bellevue, son of Lyle and Mary Ann (Ernst) Ties. He married Sandy Sieverding on Nov. 5, 1977, in Bellevue.

Roger farmed for more than 25 years, and for the past few years, he was employed at Alcoa in Davenport.

He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church.

Roger was an avid tractor puller.

He was a quiet, gentle man who loved his family. His grandson, Colton, meant the world to him. Roger will be deeply missed by all who knew him.

Surviving are his wife of 30 years, Sandy Ties, of Bellevue; three children, Travis Ties, of Bellevue, Robyn (Daren) Gabriel, of Houghton, and Kara Ties, of Bellevue; a grandson, Colton Gabriel; parents, Lyle and Mary Ann Ties, of Bellevue; two brothers, Larry (Susan) Ties, of Bellevue, and Daryl (Julie) Ties, of Maquoketa; and a sister, Carol (Clyde) Sprank, of Bellevue.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents; father-in-law, Gerald Sieverding; and nephew, Scott Sieverding.

In lieu of flowers, a Roger Ties Memorial Fund has been established.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.lemkefuneralhome.net.