Olga M. Roehrig

Olga M. Roehrig, 98, died Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at ManorCare Nursing Home in Fond du Lac. She was born in St. Peter on April 1, 1918 to Joseph and Gertrude (Schneider) Wirtz. Olga married Ambrose Roehrig on April 19, 1938. He preceded her in death in 1964. She farmed and was a homemaker with her husband in Waupun and Dotyville, eventually settling on the Roehrig homestead just outside of Pipe. She worked at Club Harbor, Beyers Turkey Farm and in assembly for Tecumseh Products in New Holstein, from where she retired after 20 years.



Coming from a musical family, Olga sang and played both the piano and the accordion. As a young woman, she and her siblings, Rita and Rudy (on the guitar), sang and played on the local radio station, KFIZ. Olga’s love of cooking and baking was enjoyed by family and her many friends. She enjoyed traveling, especially her extended trips to Hawaii and Australia. But her greatest joy was her home where she would work outdoors in her yard with its many gardens.



Olga was a profound Catholic. Once settled on the Roehrig homestead, Olga became an active member of St. John the Baptist Church and the Christian Mothers Society,



Survivors include 2 sons, Alan (MaryAnn Sabel) and Michael; 2 daughters, Beatrice (Ron) Broege and Susan Pitzen; a daughter-in-law, Rhonda Bird Roehrig; 8 grandchildren; 3 step-grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren and 4 step-great-grandchildren. She is further survived by a brother-in-law, Frank Staab of Florida; and 2 sisters-in-law, Betty Wirtz of Indiana and Alice Wirtz of Fond du Lac. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ambrose; a son, Peter, in 2014; a grandson, Luke Roehrig; 2 sons-in-law, Henry Ertl and Ron Broege; 6 brothers, Herman (Regina), Ambrose (Lorraine), Herbert (Evangeline), Philip, Rudy (Alice), Edgar; 4 sisters, Estella (Jerry) Hahn, Genevieve (Bernard) Julka, Rita (Oliver) Ciske and Priscilla Staab; 2 infant siblings; a brother, Anthony and a sister, Christine; 4 brothers-in-law, Gregor (Maxine) Roehrig, Alfred (Cile) Roehrig, Edmund (Lucille) Roehrig and Harvey (Marie) Roehrig; and a sister-in-law, Arabelle (Gilbert) Bruns.



Visitation will be held Saturday, October 29, 2016 from 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Johnsburg. The rosary will be prayed at 10:30 AM following the visitation. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 AM at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church with burial to follow in the Parish Cemetery.



Olga will be lovingly remembered and sorely missed for all the musical influences, culinary gifts and love of growing things that she had given to her family and to those people lucky enough to be called her friend.