Edna C. Roethe

	Edna C. Roethe, age 83, of Pinckneyville, died at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 11, 2004 in the Pinckneyville Community Hospital.
	Edna was born on March 17, 1921 in Pinckneyville, the daughter of Julius and Emma (Lueders) Behm.  She was united in marriage to Herbert K. Roethe on April 9, 1940 in Pinckneyville and he preceded her in death on October 23, 2001.  Edna was a homemaker and enjoyed sewing and reading.  She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Pinckneyville.
	Survivors include two daughters, Mary Kuhnert and husband Roger of Pinckneyville and Linda Caupert and husband Ed of Springfield; two grandchildren, Chris and Cara Caupert and several nieces and nephews.
	She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; three brothers, Edward, Kenneth and Wally Behm and one sister, Helen Wiemann.
	Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. on Friday, May 14 at the Zion Lutheran Church in Pinckneyville with Rev. John W. Smithley officiating.  Interment was in the Mueller Hill Cemetery in Pinckneyville.
	Friends called at the Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Pinckneyville on Thursday, May 13 from 5 until 8 p.m. and at the Zion Lutheran Church on Friday from 9 a.m. until the time of services.
	Friends may make memorials to the Zion Lutheran Church or the Skilled Care Activity Fund.
