Dorothy M. Roggenbuck

Dorothy Marie (Messing) Roggenbuck, 84, of the Helena-Harbor Beach area, passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at Meadow Lane Assisted Living while under hospice care. She was born on August 10, 1925 in Ruth to the late Henry and Lena (Tenbusch) Messing. Dorothy married Jerome Roggenbuck on October 29, 1947 in St Peter and Paul`s Catholic Church in Ruth. They spent their entire married life farming in the Helena area. He preceded her in death on October 3, 1984. She was a member of St. Anthony`s Catholic Church of Helena and of the Altar Society. She enjoyed quilting, gardening, playing cards and visiting with family and friends. She called planning/cooking a holiday dinner or going out to eat `her party`. Dorothy is survived by seven children, her daughter, Audrey Holdwick and her husband, Bill and their five children, Tammy, Eric (Joann), Kevin (Jodie), Greg and Keith (Abbey); son, Don and his wife Carmen, and his three sons, Andy, Steve and Joe; son, Herb and his wife, Joann and their two sons, Joshua (Sara) and Justin (Ellie); son, Dennis and his wife, Kathy and their son, Tony (Lori) ; son, Duane and his wife, Maggie and his two children, Rebecca and Jeremy (Kayla); son, Terry and his wife, Bernadette and their two children, Ryan (Carol) and Andrea (Doug) Lobert; and daughter, Lynn Liebeskind, and her husband, Jeff and their daughter, Jessica. She is also survived by seven great grandchildren, Cole and Kacie (Tony) Roggenbuck, Travis and Tyler (Kevin) Holdwick, William (Ryan) Roggenbuck, Gabriel (Andrea) Lobert, Quentin (Keith) Holdwick. She is survived by four step grandchildren, Don (Roseanne), Jim, and Matt McQueen and Edson Enrique Ramirez Bazon (Don); three step great-grand children, McKenzie Peruski (Keith Holdwick), Brady and Avery (Don) McQueen. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews. Dorothy is preceded in death by one granddaughter, Emily Holdwick in 1970 any by all of her Messing siblings and their spouses, Anna (Henry) Essenmacher, Leo (Laurette) Messing, Clara (Joseph) Clor, Helen (Roman) Kirsch, Walter (Dorothy) Messing, Magdalene (George) Kranz, Leonard (Theresa) Messing, Andrew (Genevieve) Messing, Arthur (Catherine) Messing, Lawrence (Margaret) Messing, Eleanor (John) Adler, Irene (Walter) Samulski; Sisters-in-law, Rochelle Roggenbuck, Aletha Romzek and Monica DeYoung, and Brothers-in-law, Glen Roggenbuck and Tony Roth. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 am Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at St. Anthony`s Catholic Church, Helena with Fr. Bill Spencer officiating. A Parish Vigil service will be at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, November 24, in the Ramsey Funeral Home, Harbor Beach. Visitation will be from 2-9 pm in the Ramsey Funeral Home on Tuesday November 24, and from 10am to the time of the service on Wednesday at St Anthony`s Church. Memorials may be given to St Anthony`s Renovation Fund.

Dorothy M. Roggenbuck

August 10, 1925 - November 21, 2009