Deniece Fern (Kohls) Roth (1934-2026)
Deniece Fern (Kohls) Roth, 91, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 24. She was the fourth child, born to Reinhardt and Selma (Schultz) Kohls on July 23, 1934, on the Kohls family farm just inside Lincoln County, Kan.
On Aug. 26, 1934, Deniece was baptized in the Lutheran faith at St. Paul Lutheran Church.
She was confirmed in the Lutheran Church on May 8, 1948, at Immanuel Lutheran Church of Ellsworth, Kan.
Deniece attended Liberty Bell School then Limestone Ridge. She attended grade school, junior high and high school, graduating from high school in 1952. She then attended Stormont-Vail School of Nursing from 1952-1955.
On Sept. 2, 1956, she married William Edward Roth of Lorraine, Kan.
In May of 1982, Deniece graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Science in nursing.
Deniece worked at hospitals in Manhattan, Ellsworth, Dodge City, Kinsley, Larned, West Virginia, Salina and Virginia.
Bill Roth retired from NRCS in 1997 and they moved to Lindsborg, Kan. As tasks got harder, they moved to Eaglecrest Retirement Community in Salina, Kan. Following Bill’s death from a brain tumor, Deniece moved to Clay Center, Kan., to be closer to her son, Tom Roth and wife Terri.
Deniece volunteered at the Lighthouse for Christ and was a member of the Clay Center Piotique Quilters Guild and the Clay Center United Methodist Church. She enjoyed going to Patterson’s Health Mart for Call Hall ice cream, coffee and conversations.
She is survived by her children Amy Swann (Larry), Tom Roth (Terri) and Sara Rowe (Merle); grandchildren Will and Meagan Swann, Macey and Larry Morgan, Travis and Dena Ray, Tiana and Landon Cook, Nathaniel and Lindsey Rowe and Emilie and Zac Burt; great-grandchildren Pierce and Hattie, Garrett and Kailyn, Ryan and Tyler, Tailynn, Donnie Juliane, Zoe, Kendal and Baby Boy Burt.
She is preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, five sisters and husband William “Bill” Edward Roth.
Visitation will be on Friday, Jan., 30, from 10-11 a.m. at the Clay Center United Methodist Church, with the funeral service beginning at 11 a.m. Deniece’s wishes were to be cremated following the service.
Donations may be made to Kohls Scholarship at the Stormont Vail Foundation, sent in care of Carlson-Geisendorf Funeral Home, 500 S. Ohio St., Salina, KS 67401.