Leola Louise Roesler

May 19, 1912 - September 1, 2015

Leola Louise Niemeyer Roesler was born to Otto H Niemeyer & Ella L (Henning) Niemeyer on May 19, 1912 at Concordia, Missouri, and passed away September 1, 2015, at Geneva, Nebraska, at the age of 103 years, 3 months and 12 days. She was one of three children in the family. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Pauls Lutheran Church in Concordia, Missouri. Her family moved to Sylvan Grove, Kansas, for a short period of time during her childhood until moving back to Concordia, Missouri. She completed 8 years of education at St. Pauls Lutheran School. She lived here until she ventured to Kansas City, Missouri and provided domestic assistance to various families. In 1941, she moved to Idaho where she met her future husband, Fred Roesler. They were married on November 15, 1942, in Concordia and to them four children were born. She has been a member at Zion Lutheran Church of Tobias since her marriage and was very active in the choir, was secretary of the Sunday school for over 30 years and a LWML member. She also enjoyed attending Senior Center activities in Western. In later years, she moved to her daughter’s home in Geneva for several years before moving to Heritage Crossings . She was preceded in death by her parents and siblings, husband Fred, son-in-law William Stirba Jr., grandchildren Chad Holtmeier, Dawn Lichti and Stacy Stirba. She is survived by son Glenn (Becky) Roesler of Geneva, Karen (Glennis) Holtmeier of Tobias, Sandra (Max) Lichti of Geneva and Glenda Stirba of Daykin, 11 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Funeral services for Leola will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, September 5, 2015 at the Zion Lutheran Church, Tobias, Nebraska with Pastor Ryan Meyer officiating. Burial will follow the Funeral service in the Zion Lutheran Church cemetery. Public visitation will begin Friday at 1 pm until 8 pm with family greeting friends from 5 to 7 at the Farmer & Son Funeral Home in Geneva, Nebraska. Memorials are directed to the Zion Lutheran Church.