Rolfes, Lillian Mary (Stika) 1926 - 2016

ROLFES, STIKA, SINDELAR, WELCH, EVENSON, PHILLIPS, PECINOVSKY, MARHOUL, VSETECKA, LOBERG, QUIRK, KOUT, VAN HOUTEN

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 7/8/2016 at 11:49:31

Lillian Rolfes, age 90, of Calmar, IA, died on Saturday, July 2, 2016, at the Ossian Senior Hospice in Ossian, IA.

A memorial mass will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Friday, July 8, 2016, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 306 South Maryville, Calmar, IA, with Rev. Robert Gross presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 4:00-7:00 p.m., on Thursday, July 7, 2016, at the Schluter – Balik Funeral Home, French Chapel, 202 South Washington Street in Calmar, IA, and also after 9:30 a.m., at the church on Friday morning.

Lillian Mary (Stika) Rolfes was born on April 6, 1926 to Frank and Mary (Sindelar) Stika, on the family farm near Protivin, IA. Lillian attended Parochial School in Protivin, IA she left school to help on the family farm. While at a dance in Lawler, IA Lillian met Art Rolfes and they were married October 2, 1950, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Protivin, IA. Lillian and Art lived in Peoria, IL for a short time while Art finished watchmaking school. They then lived at Pocahontas, IA for two years where Art worked as an apprentice for a jeweler and Lillian worked, taking care of an elderly lady. In 1952, Lillian and Art moved to Calmar, IA, where Art opened his jewelry store. Lillian worked at Bucheit Produce, as a nurses-aid at the Ossian Senior Hospice and also as an In-Home Healthcare Worker. Lillian was a member of the Rosary Society at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, assistant Brownie Leader, Jr Auxiliary leader for several years and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. Lillian and Art enjoyed trips to Texas, South Dakota, Branson, MO, Michigan, Yellowstone Park and New York City. Lillian’s joys in life were polka music, cooking and baking kolaches, politics, crossword puzzles, reading, making “handmade” greeting cards, playing “Upwords” and writing letters.

Lillian is survived by her three children: Mary (Tom) Welch, Calmar, IA; Annette (Scott) Evenson, Harmony, MN, and David Rolfes, Calmar, IA. Two grandchildren: Carey (Tom Phillips) Welch, Dubuque, IA, and Matthew Welch, Dubuque, IA. One great granddaughter: Simone Phillips, Dubuque, IA.

Lillian was preceded in death by her parents: Frank and Mary (Sindelar) Stika. Her husband: Arthur Rolfes on March 2, 2004. Five sisters: Emma (Jim) Pecinovsky, Elizabeth (Tony) Marhoul, Helen (Bill) Pecinovsky, Edith (Jim Vsetecka) (Carol) Loberg and Cecilia (Elmer) Rolfes. One brother: Edward Stika. Sisters and brothers-in-law: John and Christina Rolfes, Leo and Emma Rolfes, Mildred and Harold Quirk, Victoria and Oswald Kout and Marie and Phil Van Houten.

Source: Schluter - Balik Funeral Home database

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