Marieta Mary Roth, the sixth child born to Harry and Velma (Miller) Roth, on Jan. 2, 1941, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sept. 6, 2023, at the age of 82.
Marieta was baptized at East Fairview Mennonite Church on Jan. 24, 1954, where she was a lifelong faithful member. Marieta grew up on a farm south of Milford and she attended country school district #92. As a young lady, Marieta worked at Formfit in Crete and later became a certified nurse’s assistant. She spent her career working at the Anna Sunderman Home in Seward.
After retirement, she worked at Crestview Care Center and Sunrise Country Manor, both in Milford. She was a very caring and loving caregiver for “her” residents in the nursing homes. At home, she was always the quiet one, in the background showing her love to family by meeting needs that needed to be done and even ones that didn’t need to be done, going above and beyond to show them how much she loved them.
Her hobbies included watching Nebraska football, shopping, doing word searches and crossword puzzles, volunteering at Etcetera Shop in Seward, playing dominos and traveling when the opportunity presented itself. Her favorite travel memory was when she was able to go to the Holy Land and walked where Jesus walked.
Survivors include her brothers, Roger (Nancy) Roth, Beaver Crossing, Lonnie Roth, Joseph Roth, and Leonard Roth, all of Milford; sisters, Janice Oswald, Milford, Ila (Larry) Kremer, Congress, Arizona, Carolyn Miller, Millersburg, Indiana, Sharon (Roger) Lehman, Washington Boro, Pennsylvania; brother-in-law, Cloy and Delores Roth, Cairo; and many nieces, nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.
Marieta was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Velma Roth; brother and sister-in-law, Herbert and Jeanene Roth; sister, Ora Roth; and brother-in-laws, Larry Miller and Gale Oswald; niece, Audrey Roth; nephew, Darrel Roth; and a great-nephew, Henry Benjamin Izeke.
The funeral service was Sept. 9 at the East Fairview Mennonite Church with burial in the church cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to the South Entrance Project at the East Fairview Mennonite Church. Arrangements by Lauber Funeral and Cremation Services.
