Roma E. Adams
b. 5 January 1918, d. 28 March 2008
- Father: Peter Adam b. 7 December 1874, d. 4 June 1952
- Mother: Johanna Rietbrock b. 1 September 1892, d. 26 October 1955
- Roma E. Adams married Reinhold H. Dennerlein.
- She was born on 5 January 1918 in Rhine, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
- The following appeared in a local newspaper: Funera1 services were beld Saturday morning for Peter Adams, 77, who died at his home Wednesday afternoon. The services were held from the S. S. Peter and Paul Catholic church with interment in the church cemetery. /P/ The deceased was born in Germany December 7, 1874, and came to this country at the age of six, and settled in the town of Rhine with his parents, Jacob and Katherine Adams. /P/ November 9, 1910, he was married to Miss Johanna Rietbrock of the town of Herman. The couple spent their entire married life on the Adams homestead farm. /P/ Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Miss Leona, Sheboygan, and Mrs. Reinhold Dennerlein, Johnsonville; six sons, Arno, Town Russell, Gilbert, Hubert, Wilbur and Vernon, at home, and Earl with the U. S. army in Germany; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. George Nauth of Kiel and Mrs. Adam Mueller of Sheboygan, and a brother, Jacob of Sheboygan.
- The following appeared on 27 October 1955 in the Sheboygan Press: Mrs. Johanna Adams, 63, of Route 1, Elkhart Lake, widow of the late Peter Adams, died early Wednesday evening at St. Nicholas Hospital. She had been a patient at the hospital for the past 10 days.
The former Johanna Reitbrock, she was born Sept. 1, 1892, in the town of Herman, a daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Bender Rietbrock. She attended district schools and, on Nov. 9, 1910, was married to Peter Adams of the town of Rhine.
Prior to Mr. Adam's death in June, 1952, the couple operated the Adams homestead farm in the town of Rhine, six miles southeast of Kiel. /P/ Survivors include two daughters, Miss Leona Adams and Mrs. Reinhold (Roma) Dennerlin, of Sheboygan; six sons, Gilbert, Hubert, Wilber and Ver of the town of Russell, and Sgt. Earl Adams, in the armed forces, and six grandchildren.
She is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Alma Stauss, of the town of Herman, Mrs. Hilda Voecks, of Rockford, Ill., and Mrs. Erna Negley, of Columbus, Ohio, and two brothers, Arthur, of the town of Herman, and Louis, of Sheboygan. One brother and one sister also preceded her in death.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Meiselwitz Funeral Home, Kiel, with the Rev. F.X. Kheil, pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, officiating. Burial will be in the parish cemetery. The body will lie in state at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Friday. - Roma E. Adams became a widow at the 8 April 1997 death of her husband Reinhold H. Dennerlein.
- Roma E. Adams died on 28 March 2008 at age 90 in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, at Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center.
- The following appeared on 29 March 2008 in the Sheboygan Press: Roma E. Dennerlein, 90, a resident of Harbor Heights, 505 S. Water St., died at Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center on Friday, March 28, 2008. /P/ Roma was born January 5, 1918 in the Town of Rhine to Peter and Johanna (Rietbrock) Adam. /P/
Roma was united in marriage to Reinhold H. Dennerlein. The couple resided on Lakeshore Rd. for many years. Reinhold preceded her in death on April 8, 1997. /P/
Survivors include two daughters, Leonilla Karow of Greenfield, WI and Kathleen (Scott) Weyda of Greendale, WI a son, Dennis (Jane) Dennerlein of Spartenburg, SC three grandchildren, Michelle (Timothy) Heckmann and Stephen (Heather) Weyda and Lindsey Dennerlein; five great-grandchildren Benjamin, Emily and Joseph Heckmann and Madelyn and Grace Weyda; three brothers, Wilbert Adams and Vernon Adams of the Town of Rhine and Earl (Hildegard) Adams of Colorado Springs, CO; a sister-in-law, Aurelia Schuricht and other family members. /P/ In addition to her husband, Roma was preceded in death by a sister and three brothers. /P/ Funeral services will be held Monday, 11:00 A.M. at Ballhorn Funeral Chapels. Rev. Dr. Roger J. Mealiff, Pastor of Ebenezer United Church of Christ, will officiate. Burial will take place in Saron United Church of Christ Cemetery. A time of visitation and support will be held at Ballhorn Chapels on Monday from 10:00 A.M. until the time of service. /P/ A memorial fund has been established in her name.
- Last Edited: 24 Mar 2010