Roth, Viola Mae

Viola Mae Roth, 104, of Williamsburg, died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, at Highland Ridge Care Center in Williamsburg. Memorial Services: 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 3, at Harvest Baptist Church, Williamsburg, with Pastor John Sauser and Pastor Danny Capon officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date in East York/ Harrington Cemetery, rural Williamsburg. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, at the church. Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo, is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be contributed to Harvest Baptist Church or the American Cancer Society.

Viola is survived by her children, Dennis L. Roth and wife Susan of Manhattan Beach, Calif., Elizabeth E. Benner and husband Stan of St. Peter, Minn., and Marilyn K. Austin and husband Richard of Williamsburg; seven grandchildren, Timothy Benner (Becky), Carrie Martin (Sam), Buck Austin (Candy), Brenna Capon (Danny), Michael Roth (Cham), Julie Roth and James Roth; nine great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Kenneth; and two brothers, Ralph and Clyde Dennis.

Viola Mae Dennis was born Sept. 17, 1909, in Berthold, N.D., the daughter of Jesse Everett Dennis and Ellen Clarissa Gloyd Dennis. She received her early education in Sanborn, Iowa and graduated from Mason City High School in 1927. Viola married Kenneth Chester Roth on May 15, 1928, in Spencer, Iowa. The couple raised their family in Mason City and retired to Apache Junction, Ariz. Viola returned to Iowa and settled in Williamsburg.

Viola was a loving wife, mother and homemaker. She also was treasurer of the Iowa Division of the American Cancer Society for many years. Viola enjoyed reading, traveling, birding, and Bible study. She was a member of Harvest Baptist Church, Williamsburg.

She was a wise woman who dearly loved her family and her Lord.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.klosterfuneralhome.com.

Published Dec. 31, 2013 in The Gazette