Cecelia Clarice (Omvig) ROSKAMP

ROSKAMP, OMVIG, FOSEN, PETERSON

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 10/28/2010 at 13:20:33

January 31, 1917 -- October 23, 2010

KANAWHA, IA - Cecelia "Celia" Roskamp, 93, of Kanawha, passed away Saturday (Oct. 23, 2010) at the Kanawha Community Home. Funeral services for Celia Roskamp will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 26, at the Kanawha Lutheran Church with Pastor Lee Nelson officiating. Burial will take place at Amsterdam Township Cemetery in Kanawha. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. today, Monday, Oct. 25, at Ewing Funeral Home, 118 E. Second St., in Kanawha, and will continue one hour prior to the service at the church.

Cecelia Clarice Roskamp, the daughter of Abel and Mary (Fosen) Omvig, was born on Jan. 31, 1917, on the family farm near Kanawha. She attended rural school and was confirmed in the Kanawha Lutheran Church. Celia was united in marriage to Carl Roskamp on Oct. 9, 1940, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. The couple farmed around Belmond from 1942 until Carl's death on May 15, 1986. Celia then moved into Kanawha in 1987 and entered the Community Home in 2007. Celia was a member of the Kanawha Lutheran Church. She loved to bake, especially her kringlas, and do her housework. Celia took great pride in raising African Violets.

Celia is survived by her sister, Mabel Peterson of Britt; sister-in-law, Marjorie Omvig of Kanawha; brothers-in-law, Bernard (Marg) Roskamp of Clarion and Gene (Lois) Roskamp of Rock Island, Ill.; many nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, Joe, Oren, John and Art; and three sisters, Alice, Oviedia and Synneva. Ewing Funeral Home, 118 E. Second St., Kanawha.

Mason City Globe Gazette -- Iowa
October 25, 2010