Robert Maurice Roller

Robert Maurice Roller, age 82, of Adams, Wisconsin went to his Savior on June 19, 2007 on a warm summer night as the corn was growing and crops being harvested.

Memorial services will be 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 23, 2007 at the Roseberry’s Funeral Home in Friendship, Wisconsin. Pastor Dwight Condon will officiate. Interment will be at the Easton Cemetery, Town of Easton, Adams County, Wisconsin at a later date.

Visitation will be 9 a.m. until the time of service on Saturday, June 23rd, at Roseberry’s Funeral Home.

Bob was born at home on October 2nd, 1924 in the Adams County Township of Easton, Wisconsin to Maurice and Beulah Ann (Mills) Roller. Bob lived his early years in Easton, he attended the local schools. He married Alice Marie Hollman on October 9, 1942 in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. Bob and Alice worked on the home farm, after a short stint of working on a farm near Morrisonville and on the Olp farm.

In 1971, Bob and Alice sold the farm, moved to Gardiner, MT a beautiful spot along the Yellowstone River and Cedar Creek. Bob worked for a few months at a John Deere dealership in Livingston, MT a distance of 50 miles one way. Bob soon earned a maintenance position job in Yellowstone National Park, WY.

While working in Yellowstone, Bob and Alice lived at Bridge Bay. Bob worked for the National Parks Service and upon retirement he worked for the Parks Concessionaire for a total of 24 years.

Bob and Alice had many visitors to show around "their park". They loved Yellowstone and in the late fall they packed groceries for the winter season.

They snowmobiled in and out the park on their weekends to their home on Cedar Creek. They snowmobiled throughout Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. They enjoyed fishing in the evenings at various places around Yellowstone Lake.

Their most memorable experience was late in fall, just after they had taken most of the groceries in for the winter. A bear broke into their mobile home the bear didnt win. Alice was in the home when the bear was first trying to enter at the back door. Alice left by the front door, walking approximately 2 blocks to the maintenance shop to get Bob. They returned to find the bear in the kitchen area. Bob went by the bear toward the back bedroom to get his gun. When Bob started back down the hall, a Ranger was entering the front door advising Bob, very strenuously, not to shoot the bear. Bob said it was their food, not the bears food. The bear was eventually lured out the back door.

After retiring from the concessionaire, Bob and Alice continued to live at Cedar Creek. When health issues became more evident, Bob and Alice decided to move back to Wisconsin, living in Adams. They renewed many friendships from the early days when they lived in Easton.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents, Maurice and Beulah Roller; sister, Jessie Spaude; son-in-law, Gerald Cook Sept. 14, 1991; and daughter-in-law, Patty Roller June 1994.

Survivors include his wife of 64 years, Alice Roller of Adams, Wisconsin
Daughter: Eleanor (Robert) Bonnett of Oxford, Wisconsin
Daughter: Dorthey Cook (Ken Smith) of Granton, Wisconsin
Son: Duane Roller of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Son: Victor Roller of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Grandchildren: 12
Great-Grandchildren: 11
Brother: Wilfred (Joy) Roller of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Cousin: Edith (Russell) Barton of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.

Roseberry’s Funeral Home is assisting the family. Visit www.roseberrys.com for online condolences and further information.