Rohlfs, Allen D, 1942-2015

ROHLFS, KENOWITH, KLEMME

Posted By: Marjorie Brunsting-Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/23/2015 at 12:33:49

Allen Rohlfs

Date of Death
Monday, February 09, 2015

Le Mars, Iowa

Allen D. Rohlfs, 72, of Le Mars, Iowa passed away Monday, February 9, 2015 at The Abbey of Le Mars.

Visitation will be after 5:00 p.m. Friday, February 13, 2015 at the Carlsen Funeral Home in Le Mars with a 6:00 p.m. Prayer Service Friday evening at the funeral home with military honors provided by the Wasmer American Legion Post #241 of Le Mars. Inurnment will be at the Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, South Dakota. Expressions of sympathy can be extended to the family through www.carlsenfuneralhome.com.

Allen Dennis Rohlfs was born September 6, 1942 in Le Mars, Iowa to Alvin and Lila (Kenowith) Rohlfs. Allen was raised on a farm and attended school at the Chatsworth Independent School and graduated from Hawarden High School in 1960. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1961 during the Vietnam War. He was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He was later assigned to Shepherd Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas where he attended Computer Tech School. He was then assigned to Ellsworth Air Force Base in the Black Hills of South Dakota for 3 ½ years before being Honorably Discharged in 1965.

Allen was united in marriage to Janice Klemme on May 14, 1967 at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Akron. Allen and Janice had lived in Omaha, Nebraska; where Allen worked for Woodmen Insurance as a computer system operator for over 30 years. They had also lived in Council Bluffs, Iowa before retiring in 1997 and returning back to a farm in Plymouth County. Janice passed away on May 15, 2010.

Allen enjoyed traveling, listening to country music, dancing, and attending county fairs. Allen also had a gift for being organized, he was a very detailed individual and enjoyed doing his bookkeeping.

Survivors include a son, LaMont Rohlfs of Akron; his mother, Lila Rohlfs of Le Mars; a brother, Ronald Rohlfs and his wife Susan of Omaha, Nebraska; a special friend, Sharon Lee Baker of Oakland, CA; a favorite aunt, Helen Kenowith of Le Mars; one niece and five nephews; and several great nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father Alvin Rohlfs; his wife Janice and his brother Marlin. ©

Source: Carlsen Funeral Homes online obituary.