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Dolores Irene (Lori) Rohrer Ohmes

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[September 03, 2021]  PHOENIX AZ — Dolores Irene (Lori) Rohrer Ohmes died May 20, 2021 of natural causes.

Mass of Christian Burial: 11 a.m. Friday, September 3rd at Holy Family Church, Lincoln

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Dolores Irene (Lori) Rohrer Ohmes died May 20, 2021 of natural causes. Lori was born November 8, 1928, in Lincoln, to John Edward Rohrer and Catherine Irene Knecht Rohrer, and was the youngest of three children. She is survived by her four children: Christopher John Ohmes (Catherine), Kathleen Mary Filak, the twins Mary Elizabeth Kwast (Daniel) and Margaret Ann Ohmes, four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Lori grew up on a family farm without electricity or running water, learned to drive a tractor at the age of 8, tended to and loved the farm animals, studied and taught the younger children in a one-room school house, and was voted President of her class at Lincoln Community High School. She was the first in her family to obtain a college degree, earning a degree in Journalism from Marquette University. After working as a journalist in Minneapolis, MN, she married Robert Louis Ohmes, and started a family there. Shortly thereafter, the family relocated to Milwaukee, WI and expanded.

Five years after losing her mother to breast cancer, and with her children not yet in high school, Lori was diagnosed with breast cancer and fought it off.

When she returned to the work force in the 1970s, she worked with 4C For Children, a non-profit entity dedicated to improving the quality of day care and early childhood education for pre- school children. She rose to become their Executive Director and received numerous awards from the state of Wisconsin, Milwaukee County and the City of Milwaukee in recognition of her work.

She remained briefly in Milwaukee after she retired, then moved to Las Vegas, NV, and finally settled in Phoenix, AZ. She took college classes in all of these places, studying and writing about a wide range of topics.

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Through it all, she was intellectually curious, loved to sing and dance, cherished the time spent with family, and was good company.

She died as she lived, peacefully and sustained by her deep faith.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 a.m. Friday, September 3rd at Holy Family Church, 316
S. Logan Street, Lincoln. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Saint Vincent de PaulHonor health breast center, or the Phoenix Rescue Mission https://phoenixrescuemission.org.

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