Ellen Rohwedder (1933-2019)

ROHWEDDER, SNYDER, EHLERS

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 9/11/2019 at 19:08:42

Marjorie E. Rohwedder, 86, of Baldwin, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2019, at the Maquoketa Care Center in Maquoketa, Iowa.

A celebration of her life will be held at 10:30 A.M., Saturday, September 14, 2019, at Carson Celebration of Life Center in Maquoketa, Iowa. Visitation will be held on Friday, September 13, 2019, from 4 to 7 P.M. at Carson Celebration of Life Center in Maquoketa. Burial will be at the Pence Cemetery, rural Baldwin, Iowa.

Marjorie Ellen Ehlers was born on March 7, 1933 in Monmouth Township, Jackson County, Iowa, to Edward and Ellen Christina (Snyder) Ehlers. She was a 1950 graduate of Baldwin High School. She married Willis Edward Rohwedder on July 22, 1950 in Maquoketa, Iowa. He preceded her in death on April 27, 2004.

Marjorie was a housewife who had also worked at the Spot Café, co-owned the Baldwin DX Station with her husband, and lastly worked for Ben Franklin Store in Maquoketa.
She enjoyed playing bingo, listening to country music, and camping.

Those left to honor her memory include her children, Ellen Rickels of Monmouth, IA, Robert (Sherry) Rohwedder of Baldwin, IA, and William "Bill" Rohwedder of Baldwin, IA; 4 grandchildren, Brian, Joni, Becky and Rachel; and 2 great-grandchildren, Austin and Aiden. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a daughter Margaret, a half-sister Leona Miller, and a son-in-law Howard Rickels.

In lieu of other expressions of sympathy, a Marjorie E. Rohwedder memorial fund has been established.