Roger L. Zorn,81, of Kiel, died peacefully Friday morning, June 23, 2017 in the loving arms of his wife Audrey after a long battle with dementia.
He was born on April 6, 1936 in St. Anna, son of the late Raymond & Lidwina (Winkel) Zorn. Roger attended SS Peter & Paul Catholic School and Kiel High School.
On October 19, 1957 he was united in marriage to Audrey Koeser at St. George Catholic Church, Elkhart Lake. In his early years he worked for Depies Feeds. Roger was a dedicated employee of Kohler Company for more than 40 years until his retirement.
He was a devote catholic and member of SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church, Kiel where he was involved in Holy Name Society, the Athletic Committee and was a longtime caretaker of the parish cemetery. Roger was a Little League coach and took great pride in attending all his children and grandchildrens sporting events and school activities. He was their greatest fan. Roger was always willing to help a friend, neighbor or family with projects or work around the house. He enjoyed woodworking, gardening, hunting and fishing in his free time. He especially loved his fly-in fishing trips to Canada with his sons. Coffee at McDonalds with the guys and trips to Oneida with Audrey were some of his favorite times.
Roger truly lived life to the fullest, he will be remembered by family and friends as a loving husband, father and grandfather.
Survivors include his wife of nearly 60 years, Audrey of Kiel, four children; Cal (Sharon) Zorn of Elkhart Lake, Jeanne (Ken) Heberlein of Kiel, Todd (Rachelle) Zorn of Fort Atkinson, Kenny Zorn of Kiel, his grandchildren; Nicole (Eric) Josing, Jennifer (Quinn) Madson, Matt (Karen) Zorn, Josh (Holly) Zorn, Heather Heberlein (Dan Wagner) Heidi (Jason) Tschudy, Tony (Jamie) Gries, Chris (Miranda) Gries, Ben Gries, Brandon Gries (fiance Libby Zimmerman), Landon, Jada and Berlyn Zorn, Jarmaine Jackson, Harrison Zorn and Julia Gabrielse, 11great grandchildren with one on the way, Cameron, Scarlett, Solomon, Madelyn, Cayden, Harper, Javin, Claire, Caeli, Kateri, Aria. He is further survived by one son-in-law, Dennis Gries, one brother, Robert (Belinda) Zorn, sisters-in-law, Mildred Zorn, Delores Schweitzer, Bonnie Hasler, Marlene Frauenfeld and Virgina Voland, along with numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Sandy Gries, his parents, a brother, Gerry Zorn, mother-in-law and father-in-law; Louis & Katherine Koeser, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law; Leroy Schweitzer, Elroy (Joanne) Koeser, Elaine (Eugene) Christel, Victor Frauenfeld, Elwood Voland, Marvin Hasler and Louis Koeser Jr.
The funeral Mass for Roger will be celebrated at 7:00pm on Thursday June 29, 2017 at SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church (423 Fremont St.) Burial will take place in the church cemetery.
Family and friends may call at the Church on Thursday from 2:30pm until 6:30pm when brief family rites will be held.
Rogers family would like to thank the nurses and staff at Willowdale, New Holstein, Personally Yours Elder Care of Waterford and Aurora Home Hospice of Burlington for all there care and concern. They would especially like to thank Fr. James Volkert of St. Mary's Church, Burlington and Karen (Vogel) Breunig for all the kind words and compassion shown to Roger and his family.

May Roger finally find peace from long term dementia.