Venita E. Rohrbach

Venita E. Rohrbach, 91, of New Hope, Minn. passed away at Oakwood Care Center in Clear Lake on July 10, 2007. Private services were held at the St. Patricks Catholic Church, Clear Lake. The family requests memorials be directed to your local Hospice. Remember cards should be directed to Carol Berge at 1013 5th Avenue South, Clear Lake, Iowa 50428.

Venita was born to Frank and Susan (Hilkin) Noel in Dubuque, Iowa on Jan. 15, 1916.

Venita grew up in Dubuque where she met and married her husband Ralph Rohrbach in March of 1943. She raised her three children there and in 1965 moved to the Cedar Rapids/Marion, Iowa area. In 1977 they retired and moved to Bradenton, Fla. where they lived until Ralph died in 1996. A year later she moved closer to her family in the Minneapolis area where she lived until moving to Clear Lake shortly before her death.

Venita is survived by her three children, Barb (Rohrbach) and her husband, Jim Halverson, of Roseville, Minn., Carol (Rohrbach) and her husband, Al Berge of Clear Lake, and Steven Rohrbach and his wife, Debbie, of Iowa City, Iowa; seven grandchildren, Brad Ruhberg, Chris Ruhberg and his wife, Jen, Leslie (Berge) Walston and her husband, Dean, Alex Berge, Morgan Rohrbach, Amanda Rohrbach and Bryan Rohrbach.

Venita is preceded in death by two sisters, Lorraine (Mike) Kemp and Luella (Merlin) Apel; one brother, Arnold (Juanita) Noel; her husband and her parents.