Rogene (Oler) ROOT

ROOT, OLER, STILSON, SHADLE, OHEARN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 3/18/2010 at 16:36:50

March 11, 1931 - March 5, 2010

Rogene Root, 78, of Cedar Falls, a former Webster City resident, died Friday, March 5, 2010 at her daughter’s home. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Trinity Lutheran Church, with Revs. Mike Kroona and Tony Ede officiating. Burial will be in the Graceland Cemetery. Visitation will be at the Foster Funeral and Cremation Center from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 Wednesday and at the Church after 11:00 a.m. Thursday.

Rogene Oler, daughter of Lyle and Vada Stilson Oler, was born March 11, 1931 at Yankton, SD. She graduated from Dows High School in 1949. She also attended Ellsworth Community College at Iowa Falls and A.I.B. at Des Moines. On September 21, 1951, she married Leon A. Root at San Diego, CA. Following Leon’s discharge from the Navy, they moved to Dows. In 1960, they moved to Webster City. In 1970, the couple purchased the Modern Cleaners. Following their retirement, the couple continued to work at the cleaners. Mr. Root died December 12, 2003.

Mrs. Root is survived by daughters and sons-in-law, Tracy and Robert Shadle of Cedar Falls; Joan and Morrie O’Hearn of Webster City; son and daughter-in-law, Paul and Ann Root of Webster City; grandchildren, Sarah, Nathan and Rachel Shadle; Joey and Jordan Root; Connor, Carly, Emma and Ella O’Hearn; great-granddaughter, Lauren. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, William Oler. She was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church.

Foster Funeral Home, Webster City, Iowa
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