Obit: Roehl, Hazel Marie (1935 - 2014)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org  

Surnames: Roehl, Reetz, Wetzel, Lafferty, Crothers, Curtin, Coulthard, Waltemate, Watton, Polzin, Wiesner, Mohr, Nemitz, Lindloff, Biebert

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 11/19/2014

Roehl, Hazel Marie (15 December 1935 -17 November 2014)

Hazel Marie Roehl (nee Wetzel), 78, of Neillsville died Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, at the Memorial Medical Center in Neillsville.

Funeral services for Hazel will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, 1014, at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Neillsville. Pastor Timothy Biebert will officiate. Interment will be in the Neillsville City Cemetery on her birthday, Dec. 15, 2014. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, at the Gesche Funeral Home, and from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday at the church.

A full obituary will appear in next week’s paper. Online condolences may be made at www.geschefh.com.

The Gesche Funeral home is assisting hazel’s family with funeral arrangements.

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 11/26/2014

Hazel Marie Roehl, 78, of Neillsville died Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, at the Memorial Medical Center in Neillsville.

Hazel Marie Wetzel was born Dec. 15, 1935, in Neillsville, the daughter of Emil W. and Meta M. (Reetz) Wetzel. She graduated from St. John’s Lutheran School in Neillsville and graduated from Neillsville High School in 1954. She was united in marriage to Clifford W. Roehl Jan. 9, 1960, at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Church by Rev. Norman Lindloff. Hazel worked for many years as a homemaker, farmer, bartender and kitchen worker at the Memorial Medical Center in Neillsville. They sold the farm in 1982, Clifford died in 1986 and Hazel retired from the hospital in 2000.

Hazel was a lifetime member of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, having been confirmed and married there. She always enjoyed a game of cribbage and a bottle of Coke.

She is survived by seven children, Rex R. (Susan) Roehl of Neillsville, Randy Roehl of Neillsville, Roger (Beverly) Roehl of Neillsville, Rodney(Suzanne) Roehl of Neillsville, Ronda (Ronald) Lafferty of Black River Falls, Ross Roehl of Neillsville and Rita (Donald) Crothers of Neillsville; 14 grandchildren, Nancy Curtin of Neillsville, Michael (Melissa) Coulthard of Neillsville, Matthew Coulthard of Neillsville Brant Waltemate of Wausau, Brett Roehl of Colby, Dillin (Deb) Lafferty of Tomah, Ryan Roehl of Neillsville, Adam (Ashley) Watton of Marshfield, and Garrett Watton of Neillsville; seven great-grandchildren, Chase Curtin, Aubree Polzin, Sierra Coulthard and Brady Coulthard, Marcus Waltemate and Aden Watton and Vanessa Watton; one great-great- granddaughter, Quinn Reis Polzin; four siblings, Walter (Joyce) Wetzel, Florence (Leo) Weisner, Raymond (Sharon) Wetzel and Karen (Kenneth) Mohr, all of Neillsville; and many nieces and nephews.

Hazel was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford W. Roehl, Sept. 8, 1986; her father, Emil W. Wetzel, Jan. 1, 1973; her mother, Meta M. Wetzel, Jan. 14, 1990; her father-in-law, William C. Roehl, Jan. 2, 1977; and her mother-in-law, Hattie B. Roehl, June 1, 1978.

Funeral services for Hazel were held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014, at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Neillsville with visitation from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, at the Gesche Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the church. Pastor Timothy Biebert officiated. Music was provided by Sharon Nemitz, organist, and St. John’s Children’s Choir. Interment will be in the Neillsville City Cemetery on her birthday, Dec. 15, 2014.

Online condolences may be made at www.geschefh.com.  The Gesche Funeral Home assisted Hazel’s family with funeral arrangements.