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ROEPKE, VIOLET ELVIRA age 95, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 7, 2014. She was born in Hibbing, MN on May 10, 1919 to Eiler Jensen and Edith Cook. Vi grew up in Ironwood, MI, where she helped in her family's dairy. After high school in Ironwood, she received a business degree from Marquette College. She met her husband, Myron Roepke, in the church choir in Lakeside Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, MI. They sang together in church choirs for 66 years before his death in 2004. Vi and Myron raised three sons, Craig, Kurt, and Karl. She is survived by three granddaughters, Kelly Roepke-Borth, Tara Roepke, and Tatiana Freundlich and a grandson, Kiel Roepke. She was great-grandmother to two great-granddaughters, Kayla and Rebecca, and to two great-grandsons, Ryan and Aaron. She served as president of the Cosmopolitan Women's Club and the Albuquerque Garden Club. Vi was very involved with many public service organizations. Among her favorites were the Carrie Tingley Childrens Hospital, and the Albuquerque Hearing and Speech Center. A Celebration of Vi's life will be held on Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 2:00 pm at St. Luke Lutheran Church, 9100 Menaul Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM. A reception will follow the service. In lieu of flowers, Violet asked that memorial contributions and donations be made to a children's charity. Violet's care has been entrusted to: Daniels Family Funeral Services, 7601 Wyoming Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109, (505) 821-0010.
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