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Roselyn
Bender-Bub
Jun 3, 1939 — Oct 21, 2024
Kiel
Roselyn Bender-Bub left this earth on October 21, 2024. She was born at home to her parents, Arthur J. and Sylvia (nee Reichwaldt) Kraemer on June 3, 1939. Roselyn was baptized and confirmed at Zion Lutheran Church in Glenbeulah. She attended school at Elkhart Lake public schools and graduated from high school with the class of 1957. She was the class valedictorian. On June 22, 1957, Rosie married James Bender, her high school sweetheart at Zion Lutheran Church, Glenbeulah. Together they had a son and four daughters. They were married 24 years when Jim passed away on October 4, 1981. On July 22, 2017, she married Henry Bub at St. Peters UCC in Kiel. She was a member of St. Peters UCC for 64 years. During her lifetime Rosie held various jobs in the food service industry. The one she enjoyed the most was the 11 ½ years she managed the cafeteria at Hayssen Manufacturing near Sheboygan. She loved to cook and bake and enjoyed the people who worked there. In her younger and middle-aged years, she did a lot of sewing, making all her own clothes and clothes for her family and friends. She also enjoyed being on the alumni reunions for the Elkhart Lake High School classes of the 1950's for more than 30 years. She also had a great passion for genealogy, putting together many books on different parts of the family tree.
Rosie is survived by her husband Henry and her large, loving family, her son; Donald (Mary) Bender and four daughters; Vonda (Tom) Heiberger, Tamara Gierke, Heidi Bender and Vida (Randy) Schneider; two stepsons, Neil (Karen) Bub and Brian Bub. She is further survived by 12 grandchildren, Jason (Angeline) Heiberger, Jennifer (Travis) Pitzen, Peter (Gina) Heiberger, Matthew (Jenna) Heiberger, Tommy (Amanda) Heiberger and Michael (Heather) Heiberger, Joshua (Krystle) Gierke, Shana (Matthew) Horst and Jeremy Gierke, Amanda (Nathan) Schipper, Brandon (Megan) Schneider and Sara (Alex) Bolwerk; step-grandchildren, Angela Ollendorf and Tyler Ollendorf. The family also includes many dear great grandchildren; Dakota and Kaden Reiss, Lilyanna, Leland and Aleah Schipper, Allison, Anna and Aidan Pitzen, Adelaide, Thomas and Mercedes Heiberger, Issac, Malachi and Lydia Heiberger, Jackson and Claire Heiberger, Hudson Gierke, Cullen Horst; step-great-grandchildren, Austin and Ashtyn Ladwig; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Fred (Sandra) Kraemer, Allen (Lynn) Kraemer and David (Karen) Kraemer; brother and sisters-in-law, Connie Bender, Jelane Gosse, Lou Anne Lohoff, Dianne Bub, Kenneth (Alaine) Bub and Barbara (Allan) Woepse.
Rosie was preceded in death by her husband, Jim, her parents, Arthur and Sylvia Kraemer, her father and mother-in-law, Albert and Martha Bender and Lewis and Arline Bub, a great-granddaughter, Makenzie Horst, two brothers, Arthur Jr. and Melvin (Shirley) Kraemer, brother and sister-in-law, Gladys (Wallace) Buechel, Ralph Bender, Gerhardt (Ruth) Bender, Robert (Elaine) Bender, Richard (Carol Mae) Bender, Roger Gosse, Don Lohoff and Roger Bub and son-in-law, Dan Gierke.
A funeral service for Rosie will be held at 11:00am on Friday, October 25, 2024 at St. Peter's UCC (424 Fremont Street, Kiel) with Rev. Nicole Herda officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 24, 2024 at the church from 4:00pm until 7:00pm. Visitation will continue on Friday, at the church, from 9:30am until 10:45am when brief family rites will be held. Burial will follow at the Kiel Belitz Cemetery.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to the nurses and staff at Willowdale Health Services for their care and concern.
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