Obituary Record

Lena Luetta (Wiese) Rohlff
Died on 2/14/1975

Published in the Pilot-Tribune February 17, 1975

Mrs. John (Lena) Rohlff, 75 years old of Winside, Nebraska, passed away at Wayne, Nebraska, February 14.

She was born June 22, 1899 in Blair, Nebraska, the daughter of George and Sophie Wiese. Lena spent her childhood in the Blair area. John Rohlff became her husband on December 24, 1919 at Blair, and lived in the Winside area since their marriage. They observed their 50th wedding anniversary in 1969.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and one sister.

She is survived by her husband; two daughters, Mrs. Arlene Zoffke and Mrs. Herbert (Evelyn) Jaeger, all of Winside; also one son, Virgil of Omaha; 7 grandchildren; 2 sisters, Alice Wiese, Blair; Mrs. Otto (Dora) Wrich, Kennard; five brothers, Andrew and Harry Wiese of Mo. Valley, John of Ft. Calhoun and Alfred Wiese of Kennard.

Services were Monday at 2 p.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Winside, Neb. with the Rev. Reimers officiating.

Burial will be in the Pleasant View Cemetery at Winside.

Her body will lie in state at the Wiltse Mortuary at Winside, Nebraska, until services.

~~~Obituary courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Public Library, Blair, Nebraska~~~

FindaGrave # 212366438

Printed in the Washington County Pilot-Tribune on 2/17/1975


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