CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF Paul Rolfes

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Paul Rolfes


BOW VALLEY - Paul Rolfes, 70, died Aug. 15, 1999, at the Beverly 
Healthcare Hartington.

Visitation will be Aug. 18 from 1-6 p.m. with a rosary at 2 p.m. at 
the Wintz Funeral Home, Hartington.  An 8 p.m. vigil service will be 
held at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Bow Valley. A visitation 
will begin at 9:30 a.m. until service time Aug. 19 at Sts. Peter and 
Paul Catholic Church.

Mass of Christian Burial will be Aug. 19 at 10:30 a.m. at Sts. Peter 
and Paul Catholic Church, Bow Valley, with Rev. Mark Tomasiewicz 
officiating.

Burial will be in Sts. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Bow Valley, with 
military services conducted by the Wynot American Legion Post #31.

Pallbearers will be Scott Mines, Martin Haas, Cory Mines, Dennis Arens 
Jr., John Heine and Justin Heine.

Honorary pallbearers will be the fourth and fifth grade classes of East 
Catholic Elementary, Bow Valley.

Paul was born April 21, 1920, to Nicholas and Mary (Schnieders) Rolfes 
in Bow Valley.

He grew up and lived on the same farm all of his life.  He continued to 
farm until his illness.

He served in the U.S. Army during WWII from 1942-1945

He was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Bow Valley, and 
the Catholic Order of Foresters.

Survivors include two sisters, Clara Heine, St. Helena; and Sister Frances 
Ann Rolfes, Laredo, Texas; and twelve nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Elizabeth Rolfes, 
Edelwalda Mines; a brother, William Rolfes; and two brothers in-law, 
Alphonse Heine and Bernard Mines.

 

Wednesday, Aug 18, 1999-CEDAR COUNTY NEWS