Roling, Mildred 1913-2004

ROLING, LUDWIG, BOHNENKAMP

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, Volunteer
Date: 4/15/2007 at 15:36:51

REMSEN, Iowa -- Mildred Roling, 91, of Remsen died Monday, Dec. 27, 2004, at Happy Siesta Nursing Home in Remsen.

Services will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Remsen, with Monsignor Nicholas J. Ruba and the Revs. Timothy Johnson and James Tigges officiating. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. today, with a St. Mary's Guild and Catholic Daughters of America rosary at 3 p.m. and a vigil prayer service at 7:30 p.m., at Fisch Funeral Home in Remsen.

Mrs. Roling was born Dec. 7, 1913, in rural Remsen, the daughter of John and Rose (Bohnenkamp) Ludwig. She was raised in rural Remsen and received her education at St. Mary's Catholic School in Remsen.

On Aug. 23, 1938, she married Lawrence Roling in Remsen. They farmed near Remsen for 35 years and in 1973 they retired and moved into Remsen. She had been a resident of Happy Siesta Nursing Home since April 19, 2004.

She was a beautiful homemaker and enjoyed canning, quilting and was especially known for her homemade bread, rolls and beautiful tea rings during the holidays. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and was active in the Christian Mothers and Catholic Daughters of America, where she served as Grand Regent for two terms. She also volunteered many hours for the church, and making altar breads. The couple through the years enjoyed traveling, dancing and playing cards with their many friends and relatives.

She will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 66 years, Lawrence; a son and his wife, Fred and Mary Kay of Remsen; five daughters and their husbands, Sally and Kenneth Kneip and Ruth and Bob Kneip, all of Le Mars, Iowa, Diane and Robert "Butch" Ames and Rose Mary and Rich Braun, all of Omaha and Connie and Harold Pronga of Waukon, Iowa; 21 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Joan Schroeder of Remsen and Lola Holbrook of Los Angeles, Calif.

She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Linda Kneip; nine sisters, two in infancy, Eleanor Nilles, Evelyn Galles, Rosena Hughes, Callista Doherty, Lucille Price, Rose Mary Kenney and Cleo Loutsch; and a brother, Frank Ludwig.

Pallbearers will be Rick Kneip, Tim Ames, John Roling, Derek Pronga, Rebecca Braun and Susan Irwin.

[Part of the Darrell Eason Obituary Collection; source:Sioux City Journal]