Hub and Marcella Roeder

Hub and Marcella Roeder were married on May 9, 1944 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Lillis, KS.  They raised their family on a farm west of Frankfort.  For 34 years they farmed and operated a dairy.  In September of 1978 they moved into the town of Frankfort. 

Hub was born October 19, 1914 near Gridley, Kansas, to Hubert and Clara (Lorson) Roeder. In 1920, the family relocated to a farm west of Frankfort. This continues to be the family farm.

Hub attended the Annunciation Catholic Grade School. In May of 1933, he graduated from Frankfort High School. Hub was a charter member of the Frankfort FFA Chapter and an active member of the Annunciation Catholic Church. Never one to have idle hands, Hub loved his hobby of woodworking for which his family has numerous pieces to remember him by.

Hubert H. Roeder "Hub", 102, of Frankfort died Friday, September 1, 2017.

Marcella Roeder was born October  2, 1919, at a farm northeast of Kelly, the daughter of Joseph and Helen Stallbaumer Boeckman. She attended Lillis Rural High School and graduated in 1937.  She attended Kansas State University and Emporia Teachers College, taught in country schools for five years, and was active in the Frankfort community. She attended Annunciation Church, was a member of the Altar society and managed the school lunchroom program.   She was a member of the Priscilla Club, the Progressive Homemakers and was on the Frankfort Library Board.  Marcella M. Roeder, 86, Frankfort, died Sunday, April 16, 2006. 

Hub and Marcella’s children are Helen (Jim) Fry, Rossville, KS, Jim (Moogie) Roeder, Bob (Joyce) Roeder, Leo (Nan) Roeder, Dennis (Linda) Roeder, all of Frankfort, and Ann (Bill) Matzke, Cottonwood,AZ.  They have fourteen grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren.  They lost a son, John Roeder in 1971 and a great-granddaughter in 2005.