John H. Rohde

IN MEMORY OF
JOHN H. ROHDE

BORN
October 27, 1919
rural Boyden, Iowa
PASSED AWAY
March 18, 2008
Sioux Center, Iowa

FUNERAL SERVICE
10:00 A.M. Saturday
March 22, 2008
St. John Lutheran Church ~ Rural Boyden, Iowa
Rev. S. Kim Peterson ~ officiating
Visitation
will be Friday, March 21st after

2:00pm with the family present from 6:30 – 8:00pm at St. John Lutheran Church of rural Boyden, Iowa

MUSIC
“How Great Thou Art”
sung by: Scott & Mary Beth Johnsen
CONGREGATIONAL HYMNS
No. 296 “Just As I Am”
No. 448 “Amazing Grace”
No. 439 “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”
Organist: Delores Winter

HONORARY CASKET BEARERS
Dewain Rohde Faye Rohde
Douglas Rohde Linda Rohde
CASKET BEARERS
Jeff Beyer Richard Beyer
Bruce Stegemann Kevin Stegemann
John McEvilly Henry Paulsen

FINAL RESTING PLACE
St. John Lutheran Cemetery ~ rural Boyden, Iowa

After the graveside service relatives and friends are invited to join the family in the fellowship hall of the church.

Arrangements under the care of the
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home of Sheldon, Iowa
JOHN H. ROHDE

John Henry Elmer Rohde, the son of Henrich and Martha (Stegemann) Rohde was born October 27, 1919 on the family farm near Boyden, Iowa. He received his education in a country school in Sheridan Township. John started farming with his brother, Ken in 1953. He enjoyed running the tractor, combining and raising his sheep. Before he retired in 1986, he worked on his father’s farm. For the past year John has been a resident of the Good Samaritan Center in George, Iowa. He passed away at the Sioux Center Community Hospital & Health Center in Sioux Center, Iowa on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, reaching the age of 88 years, 4 months and 20 days.
He was a lifelong member of the St. John Lutheran Church in rural Boyden where he was baptized on December 7, 1919 and later confirmed on March 25, 1934. While John lived on the Maple Side Farm in rural Boyden, he enjoyed woodworking, fixing machinery, restoring antiques, inventing new things, bowling, spending time with his nieces, nephews and his family; going to threshing bees and spending time outdoors.
John is survived by a sister, Irene Rohde of Boyden; a brother and his wife, Kenneth and Donna Rohde of Boyden; two nephews, Dewain Rohde of Boyden and Douglas Rohde of Boyden; two nieces, Faye Rohde of Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Linda Rohde of Harrisburg, South Dakota; also a host of other relatives and friends
He was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, Marianne Rohde and a brother, Lee Roy Rohde.