Lewis Rohs

Lewis Rohs, age 82, of Hershey, passed away on Monday, December 24, 2018, at Great Plains Health.

Lewis was born March 13, 1936, in New Salem, North Dakota, to Edgar and Evelyn Rohs and was raised by his aunt and uncle, Minnie and Bernard 'Duke' Truscott. When he was young the family moved to Nebraska, first to Lincoln then to Grand Island. He attended Grand Island Senior High School where he played on the varsity football team and graduated in 1954. One of his greatest memories was playing in the State Football Championship game - Grand Island vs. Hastings, led by their quarterback, Tom Osborne, and Grand Island won!

Lewis joined the U.S. Air Force in 1955. He served in the South Pacific with the Atomic Energy Commission, and played football for Johnson Air Force Base and the Japan and Far East All Stars. Following his discharge in 1959, Lewis returned to Grand Island and went to work as a machinist for Berkley Pump Company and the ordinance plant until hiring on with the Union Pacific Railroad in 1970. He worked until suffering a severe back injury in 1983.

On August 14, 1960, Lewis was united in marriage to Madeleine Harrell in Grand Island. After living in Grand Island for 10 years the couple moved to North Platte with Lewis' job on the railroad then bought a home in Hershey where they have lived ever since.

Lewis was active in the Hershey community, serving on the Hershey Athletic Booster Board and Village Board. He was also a scoutmaster and coach, coaching girls softball and boys baseball, and helped start the T-Ball program. In his free time, Lewis enjoyed doing wood projects and was an active member of the Hershey United Methodist Church.

He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Madeleine, of Hershey; children, Marcella (Kevon) Faulhaber, of Blair, Craig (Karla) Rohs, of Wichita, Kansas and Mitchell (Liz) Rohs and Christine (Matt) Shafer, all of Omaha; 11 grandchildren, Andrew, Joshua and Zachary Faulhaber, Sierra, Hayden, Jersie, Cassidy, Seth and Tristan Rohs, and Jackson and Madeleine Shafer; sister, Pat (John) Logan, of Casper, Wyoming; brother, Jack (Cecil) Rohs, of Ft. Collins, Colorado; as well as other family.

Lewis was preceded in death by his father and stepmother, Edgar and Blanche Rohs; mother, Evelyn Rohs; aunt and uncle, Minnie and Duke Truscott; aunt, Vesa Otte; and brothers, Dick Rohs and Don Beckius.

Cremation was chosen. Memorial service will be at 10 a.m. on Friday, December 28, 2018, at the Hershey United Methodist Church with Pastor Mark Baldwin officiating. Inurnment will be at a later date in Fort McPherson National Cemetery. The memorial book may be signed at odeanchapel.com or prior to the service at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials are to the Hershey Youth League for boys and girls baseball. Odean Colonial Chapel at C & Sycamore is in charge of arrangements.