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Clarice “Rusti” Rohrer

[May 02, 2021]  LINCOLN - Clarice “Rusti” Rohrer, 89, died September 7, 2020, at her home in Gilbert, Ariz, of natural causes.

Mass:  Friday, April 23, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Family Church

Reception: 12 Noon on Friday at the Lincoln Knights of Columbus

Funeral home: Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln    

Obituary

Clarice “Rusti” Rohrer, 89, died September 7, 2020, at her home in Gilbert, Ariz, of natural causes.

Rusti was born August 26, 1931, in Lincoln, to Theresa & Virgil French. She went to St. Mary’s of Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind. and earned a degree in Mathematics. She married John Rohrer on May 4, 1957. They moved out west in 1965 where they raised their 8 children along the Colorado River in Willow Beach, Ariz.

Rusti said the best days of her life were raising her 8 children. She was a homemaker until the youngest went to school, and then she started teaching. She taught school for the next 20 years and was revered as an excellent and caring educator.

After retirement, Rusti and John traveled together to visit their children across the country. Rusti moved to Phoenix after her husband passed in 1999. She was very involved in her church and serving those in need through St. Vincent de Paul. She also had a love of nature and gardening, and music.

She was a Godly woman who taught her children, “To thine own self be true.”

She is survived by her eight children, 15 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

“This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.” Psalm 118:24

Come celebrate the life of Clarice on Friday, April 23rd. There will be a mass held in her memory at 10:30am at Holy Family Church- 316 S Logan St. A reception will follow at 12pm at the Knights of Columbus - 217 Limit St.

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