Obit: Rohrick, Olinda (1909 - 2013)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Akey, Bender, Hunt, Krueger, Kwasigroch, Miller, Neumueller, Patrick, Rohrick, Scharp, Touchon, Worske

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 05/02/2013

Rohrick, Olinda (Miller) (5 APR 1909 - 26 APR 2013)

Olinda Rohrick, 104, Medford, died on Friday, April 26 at Memorial Nursing and Rehab Center in Medford.

Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, April 30 at 11 a.m. at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Medford, with Rev. James Krueger officiating. Interment will be at Medford Evergreen Cemetery II. Pallbearers are her grandchildren.

Visitation will be held at the church on Tuesday from 9 a.m. until the time of service.

Hemer Funeral Homes of Medford and Rib Lake assisted the family with arrangements.

The former Olinda Miller was born on April 5, 1909 in Windsor, Colo., to the late Jacob and Louise (Scharp) Miller. She attended schools in Scottsbluff, Neb.

On January 9, 1930 in Gering, Neb., she married Samuel Rohrick, who preceded her in death on July 11, 1982. They resided in Milwaukee where she worked at a garment factory. In 1942, they moved to Stetsonville where they owned and operated Sam's Curve Inn for 17 years, then they owned and operated various other taverns for 10 years until retirement.

She was a member of Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church in Medford, and past member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Stetsonville and Taylor County Tavern League. She enjoyed playing cards, puzzles, crafts, quilt making, crocheting and playing bingo.

Survivors include four daughters, Lucille Worske Touchon of Silver Springs, Fla., Virginia "Ginny" Neumueller of Wausau, Diane "Suzie" Patrick of Pharr, Texas, and JoAnn (Dennis) Bender of St. Francis; 12 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two sons, Clarence and Bob; four sons-in-law, Don Worske, Leon Touchon, David Patrick and Ralph Neumueller; a great-grandson, Alexander Hunt; five sisters; and two great-grandsons-in-law, Dennis Kwasigroch and Clifford Akey.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials to Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church and School.

Online condolences may be made at www.hemerfuneralservice.com.