Johan Roffeis Family

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The Johan Roffeis Family

THE JOHAN ROFFEIS FAMILY, c 1903

Seated, Left to Right: Emil Roffeis (son), Johan (John) Roffeis, Rosailia (Schlinger) Roffeis, John Paul Roffeis (son)

Standing, Left to Right: Amelia (Roffeis) Miller - (daughter), Frank Roffeis (son), Mary (Roffeis) Janacek - (daughter), William Roffeis (son)

Kris (Pitterle) Erdman, contributor: Submitting pictures of the Johann (Rosalia Schlinger) Roffeis family in which he is pictured along with his adult brothers and sisters. Johann and Rosalia came here from Austria (Bohemia) around 1865. Also a Vincent (Francesca) Kreuziger family picture in which my grandmother Mary (Kreuziger) Roffeis is pictured with her adult brothers and parents. Vincent and Francesca also came here from the same area in Bohemia around the same time. They were some of the early parishioners and pioneer farmers.

Johan and Rosalia were my great-grandparents. They were married in 1866 in Landskron, Bohemia (Austria) and emigrated to Watertown that same year. They became parishioners on arrival at St. Henry's. John P. was my grandfather.

My mother Margaret (Roffeis) Pitterle was John and Mary's daughter and married my dad Ervin Pitterle in July of 1941 at St. Henry's. My husband Bob and I were also married at St. Henry's on April 22, 1967, so my roots were firmly planted at St. Henry's Parish and School.

1959 MARY A. ROFFEIS - TAKEN BY DEATH

Funeral Services at St. Henry’s on Monday Morning

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A. Roffeis, 77, widow of John P. Roffeis, 806 North Fourth Street, will be conducted Monday morning at 9:30 o’clock in St. Henry’s Catholic Church, the Rev. Elmer J. Dietzel officiating at the requiem Mass. Interment will be in St. Henry’s Cemetery.

Mrs. Roffeis died at her home this morning following a heart attack. Her death came suddenly and almost without warning.

She was the former Mary Kreuziger and was born in the town of Shields, a daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Kreuziger. She lived in the Watertown area all of her life. She and her husband moved to the city from their farm in the town of Emmet in 1921. They had been married on June 3, 1902, the marriage ceremony taking place in St. Henry’s Church of which both were lifelong members. Mr. Roffeis died here in 1928.

2 Daughters Survive

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Ralph Marquart, West Allis and Mrs. Ervin H. Pitterle, this city; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Besides her husband, Mrs. Roffeis was preceded in death by two brothers, John and Henry Kreuziger.

Mrs. Roffeis was a woman of deep religious convictions and a devout Catholic all of her life. She was a member of the Christian Mothers and Rosary Confraternity of St. Henry’s Church.

Friends may pay their respects at the Boyle Funeral Home starting at 2 p.m. Sunday and until the time of the funeral Monday at 9 a.m., followed by the service at the church. The Christian Mothers group will meet for the rosary at 3 p.m. and the Ushers Society and parish rosary will be said at 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.