Elaine E. Roeber | April 24, 1927 - September 26, 2021
Obituaries-Pierre / Posted Sep 30, 2021 | 5:36 AM / 336 views
Elaine E. Roeber, 94, of Miller, passed away Sunday, September 26, 2021, at the Weskota Manor in Wessington Springs.
Memorial service will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 8, 2021, at Reck Funeral Home, Miller with Rev. Rhonda Wellsandt Zell officiating. Burial will follow at Burdette Cemetery, rural Tulare, SD. A visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Elaine was born on April 24, 1927, in Hand Country to Carl Frederick Winsell and Elsie G. Engelmann. She attended country school and later graduated in 1945 from Miller School. She attended Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa in 1948 and furthered her degree to receive a B.A from Huron College in Huron, South Dakota in 1969.
On October 7, 1949, she married Wendell Keith Roeber at Trinity Lutheran Church in Miller. They established a home in Burdette Township. Elaine was proud of her skills raising geese and chickens. She taught 32 years at six various schools and was also a member of the Eastern Star in Tulare as well as the Tri County Good Sam’s Camping Club.
Survivors include two sons: Steven (Marilyn) of Springboro, Ohio and Scott (Kim) of Tulare; seven grandchildren: Stacey (Will) Dettwiller, Westerville, Ohio, David (Kelsey) Roeber, Germantown, Ohio, Jessica (Jordan) Oswald, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth (Neal) Colford, West Fargo, ND, Andrew (Jess) Roeber, Miller, SD, Alex (Lucy Blocker) Roeber, Pierre, SD, and Erika (Dalton) Franck, West Fargo, ND; nine great grandchildren: Jackson and Scarlett Dettwiller, Chandler Oswald, Connor Colford, Kenzi, Kayli, Elsie, and Luke Roeber and Harper Franck; along with many nieces and nephews.
Elaine was preceded in death by her husband, Wendell; parents; siblings and their spouses: Carl F. “Rick” (Marie) Winsell, Phyllis (Orville) Resel, and Harriet (Clayton “Tip”) Sisk.
Reck Funeral Home of Miller has been entrusted with Elaine’s arrangements.
