EmmaLee Rolf

EmmaLee L. Rolf , 91, of Morrison, and formerly of Bluffs, died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010, at Mercy Medical Center North in Clinton, Iowa. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. Thursday at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Bluffs, with the Rev. Michael Bahr, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Bluffs, and the Revs. Mike Winkelman and Mark Winkelman, Pastors of St. Peter Lutheran Church in Morrison, co-officiating. First visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Tuesday at the Morrison Chapel of Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home. Second visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Wednesday at the Mackey-Daws Funeral Home in Bluffs. Interment will be at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery in Bluffs. Memorials are suggested to Trinity Lutheran Church in Bluffs, the Lutheran Deaf Mission Society and the American Heart Association . EmmaLee was born April 15, 1919, in Bluffs, the daughter of Harry H. and Emma M. (Tomhave) Koch. She married Charles Rolf Jr. on June 20, 1940, in Bluffs, and he preceded her in death Jan. 6, 1994. EmmaLee was educated in the rural Scott County grade schools and was a graduate of Bluffs High School in Bluffs. She attended Carthage College in Carthage and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1964 from MacMurray College in Jacksonville. EmmaLee's 32-year teaching career started by her teaching at three one-room schools, Pin Oak, Williams and Hazel Dell, all located in the rural Bluffs area. Following the years of raising a family she taught at Bluffs Community School in Bluffs for 27 years. She was a lifetime member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Bluffs and the church's Ladies Aid Society. She also served as Sunday school teacher. EmmaLee was also a member of Illinois Education Association and the National Education Association. She is survived by one daughter, Margery (Rev. Mike) Winkelman of Morrison; four grandchildren, Matthew Winkelman, Amy (Nate) Hinerman, Andrew (Maegwin) Winkelman, and Rev. Mark (Rebekah) Winkelman; six great-grandchildren, Nicholas, Cara and Jonah Winkelman and John, David and Lydia Winkelman; and one sister, Bernita Koch of Springfield. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles; two daughters, Judy Kay Rolf in infancy and Sharon Wright; one son, David Charles Rolf in infancy; one son-in-law, Kenneth Wright; one sister, Bernice Koch; and one brother, Byron Koch. To send online condolences go to www.bosmarenkes.com.

EmmaLee Rolf

April 15, 1919 - September 18, 2010