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Leela Rohlfs

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[JULY 17, 2006]  BEASON -- Leela Marcella Rohlfs, 79, of Beason died Saturday, July 15, 2006, at 12:28 p.m. at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital.

Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Lincoln. Her funeral will follow at 11 a.m., with Greg Wooten officiating.

Burial will be in Zion Cemetery, Lincoln.

Mrs. Rohlfs was a homemaker.

She was born May 8, 1927, in Lincoln to Russell and Margaret Sims Smith. She married Robert Dale Rohlfs on July 27, 1945, in Lincoln. He preceded her in death.

She is survived by five daughters, Cheryl (and Bill) Roy of Beason, Diana (and Greg) Steimle of Fairbury, Donna (and Marty) Bolter of Fairbury, Mary (and Jhan) Roberts of Downs and Lisa (and Mark) Basala of Melvin; one foster daughter, Cindy (and Chuck) Harrel of Forrest; three sons, Bob Rohlfs of Springfield, Michael "Mitch" (and Ann) Rohlfs of Lincoln and Bill Rohlfs of Maryville, Tenn.; two sisters, Mary Wheeler of Lincoln and Kay (and Phil) Renner of Pekin; one brother, Robert (and Bonnie) Smith of Monticello; 20 grandchildren; and 22 great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by her parents and her stepmother, Sara Page Smith, who raised her; one brother; and one sister.

She attended the First Church of the Nazarene in Lincoln.

Mrs. Rohlfs loved her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to the First Church of the Nazarene.

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