Rita Roberts, 60

Oct. 30, 1960 —
Jan. 17, 2021
 
LIME SPRINGS - Rita Marie Roberts, age 60, of Lime Springs, Iowa passed away on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021.
A public visitation will be held on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021 from 2-7 p.m. at Notre Dame Catholic Church in Cresco, Iowa. A private funeral mass will be held for the family on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 11 a.m. Burial will take place at Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Lime Springs. The family is planning a celebration in honor of Rita later this summer when everyone can gather safely.
Lindstrom Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. 
Rita was born on Oct. 30, 1960 in Columbus, Wis. to Jerome and Beatrice (Schmitt) Weisensel. She attended St. Jerome Catholic Grade School and Columbus High School, graduating in 1978.
Rita worked in banking before moving to Houston, Texas, where she fell in love with an Iowa boy after being set up on a date by her parents and soon to be mother-in-law. She moved to Lime Springs in the fall of 1986. After a motorcycle accident in 1987, she married the love of her life, Tony, at Saint Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn. on Aug. 29, 1987. The date was special to the couple, as it was her mom’s birthday, and she wore her mother-in-law’s gown. Rita always teased it was because of “the moms” that she was this happy.
Rita held many jobs from bartending, clerking, tutoring, to becoming the first female hired in the Fareway Meat Department in Cresco. She loved her work at Notre Dame School as a secretary and food service director. In 1999, en route to a family Christmas, she applied for a dispatcher position with the Howard County Sheriff. She was hired in January 2000 and still working there. 
She was an active volunteer in the community with Junior Community Club, Firemen Auxiliary, Children’s Theatre, Boy Scouts, Vacation Bible School and My Club Mentoring. A member of Notre Dame Parish landed her a position as a CCD teacher and lector. Rita enjoyed fishing, four-wheeling playing cards, but mostly spending time with family and friends. 
Survivors include her husband, Tony of Lime Springs; a son, Thomas (Cami) of Clarksville, Tenn.; and siblings, Terry (Marcia) Weisensel of Sun Prairie, Wis. and Tim (Candy) Weisensel of Wautoma, Wis. Rita is also survived by her in-laws, Tim Roberts of Lime Springs, Ann (Bruce) Saulnier of Ft. Meyer, Fla., Rena (Dean) Pecinovsky of Grand Meadow, Minn. Ed (Jill) Roberts of Grand Meadow and Ted (Amy) Roberts of Lime Springs; and several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her parents; mother and father-in-law; and a sister in-law, Diana Roberts. 

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