Roger Alan ‘Rocky’ Roggentine, 10 Jan 1953 - 22 May 2018

ROGGENTINE, MISEL, MARTIN, STEPHAN, MURLEY, JAPSER, KENYON

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 6/1/2018 at 14:25:06

Funeral service for Roger A. ‘Rocky’ Roggentine, 65, Amana, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 25, at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo. He died Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at St. Luke’s Unity Point, Cedar Rapids.

The Rev. Don Dovre will officiate at the service.

Burial will be in the First Lutheran Cemetery, rural Conroy.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 24, at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo.

A memorial fund has been established.

Online condolences may be left at www.klosterfuneralhome.com.

Roger Alan Roggentine was born Jan. 10, 1953, in Belle Plaine, the son of Donald L. Roggentine and Alice I. Misel Roggentine. He spent his early years in rural Marengo, graduating from Amana High School in 1971. He drove the school bus after graduation, then went on to work with various businesses in and near the Amanas. He was employed at Kinze Manufacturing for 35 years, retiring from there.

Rocky was a proud member of the Homestead Volunteer Fire Department. He enjoyed deer hunting, and working on Minneapolis Moline tractors. He loved driving around the Amanas checking up on everybody. But the grandchildren were the ones to bring a big smile to his face. He loved spending time with them, as well as his children, friends, and other family members.

Roger is survived by his children, Bobbie (Nathan) Martin, Waterloo, and Lucas (Ashley) Roggentine, Boone; three grandchildren, Maxwell Kenneth and Alexander James Martin, and Raegan Allyn Roggentine; four sisters, Penny Stephan, Marengo; Donna Murley (Lon), South Amana; Cindy Murley (Collin), rural Marengo, and Kelcy Jasper (Laverne), rural Marengo, along with several nieces and nephews, and numerous friends and loved ones.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Dixie Kenyon, and a brother Russell Roggentine.

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