ROCKE, Verna
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ROCKE, Verna
| nance53w (View posts) | Posted: 13 Nov 2003 5:22PM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Rocke, Schlegel, Steiner
October 23, 2003 The Wapello Republican. I am not related and have no further information.
Verna M. Rocke
Verna Mae Rocke, 87, of Mediapolis, died Sunday afternoon, October 19, 2003, at her home. The daughter of John Menno and Caroline Melinda Schlegel Steiner, she was born February 7, 1916, near Morton, Illinois. She married Orttie O. Rocke on May 4, 1941, at Morton. He preceded her in death on May 12, 1997.
She had attended schools in Morton and later received her GED in 1962.
She was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church at Oakville.
She was a homemaker, being a great cook. She loved her family for whom she occasionally played her harmonica.
She had done volunteer work, including helping with the second grade for the Mediapolis Community School District and helping residents at the nursing home in Mediapolis. She had also worked with the Home Health Care.
Survivors include three daughters, Doris and Jerry Kuntz of Burlington, Annette and Harold Massner of Burlington and Carol and Terry Miller of Mount Union; twelve grandsons; five granddaughters; thirteen great-grandchildren; three sisters, Marie Kaufman of Morton, Hilda Gerst of Mediapolis and Wilma Wiedman of Morton; and two half-brothers, Ivan Steiner and Melvin Steiner, both of Morton.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Orttie; daughter, Elizabeth Metzger; four sisters; and three brothers.
The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Apostolic Christian Church, Oakville, conducted by the ministers of the church. Burial will follow at the Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery, Oakville.
Visitation was Wednesday at the Hagele and Honts Funeral home in Mediapolis, where the family met with friends in both the afternoon and evening.
A memorial fund has been established for the benefit of the Apostolic Christian Home for the Handicapped at Morton.
Verna M. Rocke
Verna Mae Rocke, 87, of Mediapolis, died Sunday afternoon, October 19, 2003, at her home. The daughter of John Menno and Caroline Melinda Schlegel Steiner, she was born February 7, 1916, near Morton, Illinois. She married Orttie O. Rocke on May 4, 1941, at Morton. He preceded her in death on May 12, 1997.
She had attended schools in Morton and later received her GED in 1962.
She was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church at Oakville.
She was a homemaker, being a great cook. She loved her family for whom she occasionally played her harmonica.
She had done volunteer work, including helping with the second grade for the Mediapolis Community School District and helping residents at the nursing home in Mediapolis. She had also worked with the Home Health Care.
Survivors include three daughters, Doris and Jerry Kuntz of Burlington, Annette and Harold Massner of Burlington and Carol and Terry Miller of Mount Union; twelve grandsons; five granddaughters; thirteen great-grandchildren; three sisters, Marie Kaufman of Morton, Hilda Gerst of Mediapolis and Wilma Wiedman of Morton; and two half-brothers, Ivan Steiner and Melvin Steiner, both of Morton.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Orttie; daughter, Elizabeth Metzger; four sisters; and three brothers.
The funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Apostolic Christian Church, Oakville, conducted by the ministers of the church. Burial will follow at the Apostolic Christian Church Cemetery, Oakville.
Visitation was Wednesday at the Hagele and Honts Funeral home in Mediapolis, where the family met with friends in both the afternoon and evening.
A memorial fund has been established for the benefit of the Apostolic Christian Home for the Handicapped at Morton.