Agnes C. Kessler Rohret

ROHRET, KESSLER, RYAN

Posted By: Greg Strub (email)
Date: 4/13/2012 at 14:37:37

1983 - 2 March - Iowa City Press Citizen

Agnes C. Rohret

Mrs. Joseph (Agnes) Rohret, 80, of 505 10th Ave., Coralville, who years ago worked in rural Johnson County schools, died Tuesday at Mercy Hospital after a short illness.

Mass will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, with the Rev. Joseph Denning officiating. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday at the Donohue-Lensing Mortuary. The Altar and Rosary Society will recite a rosary at 4 p.m. and the parish rosary will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the mortuary. Burial will be at St. Peter's Cemetery in Cosgrove, Donations may be made to St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church.

Mrs. Rohert was born 1 July, 1902, in Cosgrove, a daughter of Albert and Helen (Ryan) Kessler. She married Joseph Rohret Sept., 26, 1926, in Cosgrove.

She was a graduate of St. Peter's High School in Cosgrove and Ottumwa Heights College in Ottumwa. She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, the Altar and Rosary Society , and the Order of Catholic Foresters.

Survivors include her husband; one son, Leslie Joseph of Glenview, Ill.; one brother, Louis Kessler of Iowa City; and three sisters, Helen Rohret of Coralville, Mary Alois Kessler, and Genevieve Kessler, both of Iowa City.

Three brothers, and one sister died earlier.