Roepke, Darrell D. 1949-1997

ROEPKE, OLTMANNS, RUHLAND

Posted By: Doris Hoffman, Volunteer (email)
Date: 7/31/2017 at 21:06:20

. Roepke

LE MARS, Iowa - Darrell Dean Roepke Jr., 47, of Le Mars died unexpectedly Thursday, March 20, 1997, at Le Mars following an apparent heart attack.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at St. John's Lutheran Church, ELCA at Le Mars, with the Rev. David Kramer officiating. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, rural Hinton, Iowa. Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home in Le Mars is in charge of the arrangements.

Mr. Roepke was born Nov. 8, 1949, at Kingsley, Iowa, to Darrell E. and Charlene (Oltmann's) Roepke. He attended Kingsley High School. He drove truck for several years and did carpentry work. He married Glenda Ruhland July 29, 1972, at Neptune, Iowa. He married Teresa Schell April 22, 1989, at Le Mars. For the past five years, he has been a salesman for Lamperts Lumber Company in Le Mars. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, bowling, and shooting pool.

He was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church ELCA, Le Mars F.O.E. (Eagles Club), Le Mars Sportsman Club, and the Tuesday Night Bowling group.

Survivors include his wife, Teresa of Le Mars; his parents of Hinton; a son, Darin of Le Mars; four daughters, Karlene and her husband Dennis Stabe, Mindi, and Amie, all of Merrill, Iowa, and Emily of Le Mars; a stepson, Scott Flewelling of Le Mars; two stepdaughters, Angie and Jeni Flewelling of Le Mars; a brother and his wife, Gary and Carole of Merrill; two sisters, Pam Stoltze of Hinton, Iowa, and Jerelyn and her husband Jerry Dahl of Arlington, S.D.; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a brother-in-law, Mark Stoltze and his grandparents.

Sioux City Journal
Monday, March 24, 1997
Sioux City, Iowa