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Carlis 'Kelly' E. Roth

April 29, 1933 — December 5, 2012

IN MEMORY OF
CARLIS “KELLY” E. ROTH

BORN
April 29, 1933
Ashton, Iowa

PASSED AWAY
December 5, 2012
Tampa, Florida

FUNERAL SERVICE
10:30 A.M. Tuesday, December 11, 2012
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church; Sheldon, Iowa
Father Allan Reicks & Deacon Ray Portz ~ Officiating

Visitation will be Monday, December 10, 2012 after 4:00 P.M. with the family present after 6:00 P.M. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Sheldon; A Christian Wake Service will be at 7:00pm with a Knights of Columbus Rosary at 7:30pm the Vander Ploeg Funeral Home in Sheldon is in charge of arrangements.

MUSIC
“Be Not Afraid”
“Amazing Grace”
Instrumental Music
“Song of Farewell”
“How Great Thou Art”
Cantor: Mary Donahue
Organist: Laura Wagner

HONORARY CASKET BEARERS
Clair Roth Clete Roth
Cecil Roth Clifford Roth
Joe Roth Virgil Baune
CASKET BEARERS
Mike Roth Doug Roth
Steve Roth Larry Beldt
Dave Dickinson John Mehne

FINAL RESTING PLACE
St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery
Ashton, Iowa

Memorials may be directed to:
St. Patrick Catholic School or a
Donation in Kelly’s name, to your favorite charity.

After today’s 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 ~ Sheldon, Iowa
CARLIS “KELLY” E. ROTH

Carlis “Kelly” E. Roth was born April 29, 1933 on a family farm 1.5 miles west of Ashton, IA. He is the son of Louis Bernard and Margaret Matilda (Staudacher) Roth and one of 10 children. At age 5, he survived Polio. In 1952, Kelly graduated from St Joseph’s High school in Ashton. After serving in the army and attending several colleges, he went to work on a ranch in Crawford, NE and eventually moved back to work on the Beldt Ranch as a hired man. After working on the Beldt Ranch, he returned to the family farm where he worked in various construction jobs, building grain elevators and roads. He helped in building parts of the Big 4 Soybean Plant and went to work for the plant in 1960. In the late 60’s, he was hired to sell feed and later changed to sell agronomy products; he retired after 37 years of working for Cenex/Land O Lakes in 1997.
On August 19, 1961, Kelly married Doris Baune at St Joseph’s Cathedral in Sioux Falls, SD. They made their home in Sheldon, IA, where they raised their 3 children until they moved to Sioux Falls, SD on Labor Day 2009. Kelly passed away on December 5, 2012 at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida due to complications from a heart attack, reaching the age of 79 years, 7 months and 6 days.
Kelly was a member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Sioux Falls, SD and a past member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in Sheldon, Iowa; he was also an Honorary Life member of the Sheldon Knights of Columbus. He enjoyed long camping trips with his family and brother-in-law, Virgil and especially enjoyed the western mountains, with his favorite being, Glacier National Park. His hobbies and interests included refinishing furniture, beekeeping, fishing, golfing, dancing, reading western novels and hiking in the mountains. When Kelly and Doris retired they enjoyed spending winters at Avon Palms in Bowling Green, FL where they have many close friends.
Kelly is survived by his wife of 51 years, Doris; his sons, Jim of St. Anthony Village, MN; Paul of Sioux Falls, SD and his daughter, Julie Roth and her husband, Lewis Casson of Sioux Falls, SD. He is also survived by his 5 brothers and 4 sisters as well as numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
He is preceded in death by his parents.
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