Published in the Alton Daily News, September 26, 2013
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Frank O. Rothe Sr. age 83 of Brighton died 1:20 pm on Wed Sept 25, 2013 at Home.
BORN Jersey County, IL ON June 16, 1930
PARENTS deceased – Frank Otto & Lillie Marie (Down) Rothe
SPOUSE He first married Betty Jean (Philipp) Rothe on March 18, 1951 in Jersey County, IL
She passed away on Aug 10, 1993. He married Virginia “Gigi” (Lahr) Rothe on Sept 19, 1995 in Piasa and she survives
OCCUPATION Construction contractor and farmer
ORGANIZATIONS He was a member of the Jersey County Farm Bureau and the Jersey County Fair Association
SURVIVORS DAUGHTERS SON
Diana & Craig Bartscht – Ft Wayne, IN Frank O & Kimberly Rothe Jr – Brighton
Joyce & Phil Carson – Oakdale, IL STEPSON
Pam & Phil Ruyle – Kane, IL Michael & Lyn Fuller – Wilmette, IL
Patricia & Jan McGlaughlin – Muncie, IL
Joan & Mike Bink – Oconomowoc, WI
GRANDCHILDREN Andrew & Jennifer Bartscht, Aaron Bartscht, Kathryn & Aaron Geis, Nathan & Leigh Ruyle, Natalie Ruyle, Abigail & Jeff Eilerman, Alison Ruyle, Kristina & Michael Pulley, Adam & Heather Rothe, Hannah Rothe, Jessica Rothe, Jacob McGlaughlin, Taylor McGlaughlin, Matthew McGlaughlin, Julia Bink, Patrick Fuller, Kathleen Fuller and Mary Elyse Fuller
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN Wyatt Bartscht, Tillie Ruyle, Ava Pulley, Samual Pulley, Alayna Rothe and Emmy Rothe
SISTERS BROTHERS
Della Freeman – Godfrey Charles Rothe – Jerseyville
Verna Hewitt – Godfrey Robert & Odessa Rothe – Kane
Nina & Dale Darr – Medora Wilbur & Liz Rothe – Jerseyville
Ina & Bill Lowis – Piasa
SISTER IN LAW
Ruth Rothe – Brighton
PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY Parents, his first wife, Betty, 2 Brothers – Melvin & John Rothe and 2 Sisters – Evelyn Mundy and Eileen Voorhees
VISITATION 4-8 Sun Sept 29, 2013 at Targhetta & Wooldridge Funeral Home in Brighton
SERVICES 10 am Mon Sept 30, 2013 at the Paradise Baptist Church in rural Jerseyville where he was a lifetime member and Deacon since 1961
CEMETERY Brighton Cemetery
MEMORIALS Paradise Baptist Church or the Carmi Children’s Home
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Frank O. Rothe Sr. age 83 of Brighton died 1:20 pm on Wed Sept 25, 2013 at Home.
BORN Jersey County, IL ON June 16, 1930
PARENTS deceased – Frank Otto & Lillie Marie (Down) Rothe
SPOUSE He first married Betty Jean (Philipp) Rothe on March 18, 1951 in Jersey County, IL
She passed away on Aug 10, 1993. He married Virginia “Gigi” (Lahr) Rothe on Sept 19, 1995 in Piasa and she survives
OCCUPATION Construction contractor and farmer
ORGANIZATIONS He was a member of the Jersey County Farm Bureau and the Jersey County Fair Association
SURVIVORS DAUGHTERS SON
Diana & Craig Bartscht – Ft Wayne, IN Frank O & Kimberly Rothe Jr – Brighton
Joyce & Phil Carson – Oakdale, IL STEPSON
Pam & Phil Ruyle – Kane, IL Michael & Lyn Fuller – Wilmette, IL
Patricia & Jan McGlaughlin – Muncie, IL
Joan & Mike Bink – Oconomowoc, WI
GRANDCHILDREN Andrew & Jennifer Bartscht, Aaron Bartscht, Kathryn & Aaron Geis, Nathan & Leigh Ruyle, Natalie Ruyle, Abigail & Jeff Eilerman, Alison Ruyle, Kristina & Michael Pulley, Adam & Heather Rothe, Hannah Rothe, Jessica Rothe, Jacob McGlaughlin, Taylor McGlaughlin, Matthew McGlaughlin, Julia Bink, Patrick Fuller, Kathleen Fuller and Mary Elyse Fuller
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN Wyatt Bartscht, Tillie Ruyle, Ava Pulley, Samual Pulley, Alayna Rothe and Emmy Rothe
SISTERS BROTHERS
Della Freeman – Godfrey Charles Rothe – Jerseyville
Verna Hewitt – Godfrey Robert & Odessa Rothe – Kane
Nina & Dale Darr – Medora Wilbur & Liz Rothe – Jerseyville
Ina & Bill Lowis – Piasa
SISTER IN LAW
Ruth Rothe – Brighton
PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY Parents, his first wife, Betty, 2 Brothers – Melvin & John Rothe and 2 Sisters – Evelyn Mundy and Eileen Voorhees
VISITATION 4-8 Sun Sept 29, 2013 at Targhetta & Wooldridge Funeral Home in Brighton
SERVICES 10 am Mon Sept 30, 2013 at the Paradise Baptist Church in rural Jerseyville where he was a lifetime member and Deacon since 1961
CEMETERY Brighton Cemetery
MEMORIALS Paradise Baptist Church or the Carmi Children’s Home
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Published in the Alton Daily News, September 26, 2013
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Frank O. Rothe Sr. age 83 of Brighton died 1:20 pm on Wed Sept 25, 2013 at Home.
BORN Jersey County, IL ON June 16, 1930
PARENTS deceased – Frank Otto & Lillie Marie (Down) Rothe
SPOUSE He first married Betty Jean (Philipp) Rothe on March 18, 1951 in Jersey County, IL
She passed away on Aug 10, 1993. He married Virginia “Gigi” (Lahr) Rothe on Sept 19, 1995 in Piasa and she survives
OCCUPATION Construction contractor and farmer
ORGANIZATIONS He was a member of the Jersey County Farm Bureau and the Jersey County Fair Association
SURVIVORS DAUGHTERS SON
Diana & Craig Bartscht – Ft Wayne, IN Frank O & Kimberly Rothe Jr – Brighton
Joyce & Phil Carson – Oakdale, IL STEPSON
Pam & Phil Ruyle – Kane, IL Michael & Lyn Fuller – Wilmette, IL
Patricia & Jan McGlaughlin – Muncie, IL
Joan & Mike Bink – Oconomowoc, WI
GRANDCHILDREN Andrew & Jennifer Bartscht, Aaron Bartscht, Kathryn & Aaron Geis, Nathan & Leigh Ruyle, Natalie Ruyle, Abigail & Jeff Eilerman, Alison Ruyle, Kristina & Michael Pulley, Adam & Heather Rothe, Hannah Rothe, Jessica Rothe, Jacob McGlaughlin, Taylor McGlaughlin, Matthew McGlaughlin, Julia Bink, Patrick Fuller, Kathleen Fuller and Mary Elyse Fuller
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN Wyatt Bartscht, Tillie Ruyle, Ava Pulley, Samual Pulley, Alayna Rothe and Emmy Rothe
SISTERS BROTHERS
Della Freeman – Godfrey Charles Rothe – Jerseyville
Verna Hewitt – Godfrey Robert & Odessa Rothe – Kane
Nina & Dale Darr – Medora Wilbur & Liz Rothe – Jerseyville
Ina & Bill Lowis – Piasa
SISTER IN LAW
Ruth Rothe – Brighton
PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY Parents, his first wife, Betty, 2 Brothers – Melvin & John Rothe and 2 Sisters – Evelyn Mundy and Eileen Voorhees
VISITATION 4-8 Sun Sept 29, 2013 at Targhetta & Wooldridge Funeral Home in Brighton
SERVICES 10 am Mon Sept 30, 2013 at the Paradise Baptist Church in rural Jerseyville where he was a lifetime member and Deacon since 1961
CEMETERY Brighton Cemetery
MEMORIALS Paradise Baptist Church or the Carmi Children’s Home
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Frank O. Rothe Sr. age 83 of Brighton died 1:20 pm on Wed Sept 25, 2013 at Home.
BORN Jersey County, IL ON June 16, 1930
PARENTS deceased – Frank Otto & Lillie Marie (Down) Rothe
SPOUSE He first married Betty Jean (Philipp) Rothe on March 18, 1951 in Jersey County, IL
She passed away on Aug 10, 1993. He married Virginia “Gigi” (Lahr) Rothe on Sept 19, 1995 in Piasa and she survives
OCCUPATION Construction contractor and farmer
ORGANIZATIONS He was a member of the Jersey County Farm Bureau and the Jersey County Fair Association
SURVIVORS DAUGHTERS SON
Diana & Craig Bartscht – Ft Wayne, IN Frank O & Kimberly Rothe Jr – Brighton
Joyce & Phil Carson – Oakdale, IL STEPSON
Pam & Phil Ruyle – Kane, IL Michael & Lyn Fuller – Wilmette, IL
Patricia & Jan McGlaughlin – Muncie, IL
Joan & Mike Bink – Oconomowoc, WI
GRANDCHILDREN Andrew & Jennifer Bartscht, Aaron Bartscht, Kathryn & Aaron Geis, Nathan & Leigh Ruyle, Natalie Ruyle, Abigail & Jeff Eilerman, Alison Ruyle, Kristina & Michael Pulley, Adam & Heather Rothe, Hannah Rothe, Jessica Rothe, Jacob McGlaughlin, Taylor McGlaughlin, Matthew McGlaughlin, Julia Bink, Patrick Fuller, Kathleen Fuller and Mary Elyse Fuller
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN Wyatt Bartscht, Tillie Ruyle, Ava Pulley, Samual Pulley, Alayna Rothe and Emmy Rothe
SISTERS BROTHERS
Della Freeman – Godfrey Charles Rothe – Jerseyville
Verna Hewitt – Godfrey Robert & Odessa Rothe – Kane
Nina & Dale Darr – Medora Wilbur & Liz Rothe – Jerseyville
Ina & Bill Lowis – Piasa
SISTER IN LAW
Ruth Rothe – Brighton
PROCEEDED IN DEATH BY Parents, his first wife, Betty, 2 Brothers – Melvin & John Rothe and 2 Sisters – Evelyn Mundy and Eileen Voorhees
VISITATION 4-8 Sun Sept 29, 2013 at Targhetta & Wooldridge Funeral Home in Brighton
SERVICES 10 am Mon Sept 30, 2013 at the Paradise Baptist Church in rural Jerseyville where he was a lifetime member and Deacon since 1961
CEMETERY Brighton Cemetery
MEMORIALS Paradise Baptist Church or the Carmi Children’s Home
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