David Charles Rohrer, age 77, passed away on Sunday, April 24, 2011 at United General Hospital in Sedro-Woolley, Washington.
He was born on December 3, 1933 in Camargo, Oklahoma to Jessie and Bessie (Butler) Rohrer.
David grew up in Sedro-Woolley, and was raised by his maternal grandparents, David and Catherine Butler on the Garden of Eden Road. After attending school, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps during the Korean Conflict, serving at Fairchild AFB and later in North Africa serving has a medic.
On April 26, 1957 he was united in marriage to Frankie Aveline at the Lyman Baptist Church and they would have celebrated 54 years together on April 26th.
David began his career with the Skagit County Road Department working as a surveyor and later a supervisor for 16 years under Howard Miller. David later represented the residents of Skagit County serving as a Commissioner for two terms.
David enjoyed fishing, working on their cabin at Cain Lake every Saturday for many years and traveling. He was a member of Valley Baptist Church, The Gideon’s, and the VFW of Burlington.
He is survived by his wife, Frankie Rohrer; his daughter, Linda Shultz; his grandson and his wife, Charles and Jessica Shultz and great-granddaughters, Hailey and Jaylyn Shultz all of Sedro-Woolley. 3 sisters, Pauline Kilian of Denver, CO, Laveta Middlestetter of Vici, OK and Lynda of Texas; his brother, Donald Rohrer of Vici, OK; A sister-in-law, Joyce Lind and her husband Wayne of Burlington, 3 nieces and 4 nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and an infant sister, Lela Marie Rohrer.
Funeral Services for David will be held on Saturday, April 30, 2011 at 11:00AM at Lemley Chapel in Sedro-Woolley with Pastor Mike Smith of Valley Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow at the Sedro-Woolley Union Cemetery. Visitation is available Wednesday through Friday from 9AM to 5PM at Lemley Chapel. Memorials are suggested to the Gideon’s, PO Box 152, Mount Vernon, WA 98273 or the Valley Baptist Church, PO Box 267, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284.
Frankie and family,
So sorry to hear about Dave’s passing. I can only imagine him meeting up with my dad in heaven and having a good laugh!
dave you went home. I wish you the best. you were a great inspiration to me growing up living next to you.. a great nieghbor and friend..
Patrick mullen MMC US NAVY RETIRED
To Frankie and the family,
Dave was an unforgettable man, such determination to walk again after losing both his feet. I will never forget the times at the lake and the stories he could tell, i imagine their are not to many people that dave didnt know or that dont know him. He was so generous to those around him and his love for his church, he was bold and told you what he thought at any time and thats what i loved about him. A little rough around the edges sometimes but thats Dave. I’m sorry i’m not able to make the funeral services but frankie if you need anything let me know. My thoughts and prayers are with the family. He was one of kind and will be missed.
Brent Frisbee
Frankie, Linda and family,
There are so many wonderful memories of time spent with Dave and with your family from the time
I was a little girl. Time spent at the lake, going to church , working in the hay,campaigning for Howard and later
for Dave. He was such a special person to our family and was always only a phone call away for
whatever we needed. When Dave was around there was always laughter and hugs.
Frankie, the friendship you and Dave extended to myself (and mom) all these years later has meant
so much. Know that you are in our thoughts and prayers
Tammy and Luvena
my hearts go out to the family.i have many memories of dave. he was always like a grandpa to me. i will always think of the memories of dave.most important i remember he would always invite us to the lake in the summer time.and every sunday at church he would give me hugs and kisses…
with much love from the frisbee family
Frankie and Family:
Was so sorry to read of your loss. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and all your family. Take care.
Mrs. Frankie, Linda, and Charles,
We are so sorry for your loss. We have all thought of you guys often over the years since we moved to Georgia. Know that we are praying for y’all. We love and miss you.
Greg, Donna, Tory, and Scott
To Frankie, Linda, Charles and the rest of the family:
I love you all so much and my heart is hurting for you. You guys know how special he was to me, I was sad to see him go but glad I got to give him a final kiss goodbye at the hospital.
Im definately going to miss my hug and kiss every Sunday at church, sometimes I was even lucky enough to get more than one and Miss Frankie never got jealous.
I have so many fond memories of him, loved his stories too. I think one of my fonest memories was the time Charles invited him to our Ag Mech class in high school to speak about road construction. I was one of 2 girls in a room full of boys and at the end before Grandpa was getting ready to leave, he said see that girl right there and pointed to me, thats my girlfriend and if any of you boys mess with her I will kick your @$#! Ha, ha 🙂 I was slightly embarassed for like .000005 seconds but I couldn’t help but laugh & got up and gave him a hug + kiss infront of the whole class.
Mr. Dave and his life story has been such an inspiration to me, I’m going to miss him every day but it makes it a little easier knowing that I will get to see him again one day in Heaven. I think it’s been raining so much lately because God is crying from laughing so hard with Dave, he’s probably definately keeping him on His toes. And Im sure on Monday morning Grandpa Dave and my Grandpa Baxter had a cup of coffee together 🙂
I love you all so very much, I know it’s hard to loose someone you love, especially someone who was so special to us. But he is in a place with no more pain and stuffering, so keep your heads up and just remember all the good times we got to share with him.
Frankie, Linda and the entire family,
I am so sorry for you loss. Dave and I are so grateful to have been able to spend a little time with David Saturday evening. I will miss his story telling abilities! Going to the lake will never be the same without being able to pop next door and see David or have you guys come sit with us for a while. His personality was as big as life itself and I have many great memories that I will cherish forever. I look forward to seeing the whole family on Saturday, I just wish it was under different circumstances.
Our love to you all,
Dave and Shelly (Noble) Oslie
My heart goes out to all the family during there time of sorrow.