Roupp, Roselena Ruth Willems (1924-2005)

Newton Kansan obituary: 2005 June 18 p. 2

Birth date: 1924

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Jul 4 p. 2

text of obituary:

ROSELENA RUTH ROUPP

Roselena Ruth Roupp, 80, of Goshen, Ind., died June 15, 2005, at Greencroft Healthcare Center. She was born Nov. 13, 1924, to Abraham F. and Anna Willems in Greensburg, Kan.

She married S. Milford Roupp on Aug. 8, 1948, in Greensburg.

She taught school for three years. She was the church secretary and historian for Whitestone Mennonite Church of Hesston, Kan. She was co-owner of Country Gardens floral shop in Hesston for 17 years, and owner of the Sunflower Patch of Hesston for seven years.

She was a member of Whitestone Mennonite Church. She was co-founder of the Hesston Garden Club and a member of Dyck Arboretum.

Survivors include her husband, Milford Roupp; four daughters, Valerie Helser of Denver, Colo., Sherry Jordan and her husband, Mark, of Goshen, Janelle Diller and her husband, Steve, of Colorado Springs, and Patrice Dunbar of Kelowna, B.C.; two brothers, Ezra "Mike" Willems of Craig, Colo., and John Willems of Salem, Ore.; and seven grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by two brothers, Aaron and Abe Willems, and a sister, Esther Selzer.

Memorial services were held at Whitestone Mennonite Church. Burial was in Eastlawn Cemetery.