Roth, Wallace James

Wallace James Roth, 83, of Hartwick, died Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011, at Brooklyn Community Estate. Mass of Christian Burial: 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 16, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Brooklyn, with Father Brian Shepley officiating. The family will receive friends from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery at 8 a.m. Monday. Kloster Funeral Home, Brooklyn, is in charge of arrangements.

Wally is survived by his wife, Betty; a daughter, Nancy DeBrower (Dean); two sons, Jim (Jeanne) and Tim (Marilyn); grandchildren, Shallee Williams (Howard), Shalen DeBrower (Nikki), Shane DeBrower (Libby), Claire Fazio (Ron), David Roth, Emily Roth, Barbara Roth (Scott Beck), Kent Roth and Faith Chandler (Jessie); and 10 great-grandchildren.

Also surviving are sisters, Kay Ostrom, Vivian Himschoot, Maxine Roberts (Cecil), Elmira Bevins (Kenny) and Shirley Bloome; a brother, Kenneth Roth (Donna); a brother-in-law, Lou Bees; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and a brother, Edward.

Wallace James Roth was born Feb. 15, 1928, in rural Hartwick, Iowa, the son of Fritz and Gertrude Dee Roth. He graduated from Hartwick High School with the class of 1946. He farmed in the Hartwick area for his entire life. He married Betty Bees on Nov. 22, 1948, at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Brooklyn. Wally was a member of the Hartwick Fire Department for 55 years and also a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Brooklyn.

A memorial fund has been established.

Online condolences may be extended to the family at .

Published Oct. 15, 2011, in The Gazette