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If you have reached this blog you are more than likely a relative or friend of Roger Suhr.  This page has been set up to share loving (and funny) memories and stories about our Dad, aka Hodge.  If you have a story you would like to share please comment below and I will send you my email address. 

Roger W. Suhr age 62 of Watertown passed away on Saturday October 5, 2013

 

following a fall from a tree stand while hunting.

 

Funeral Services will be held on Saturday October 12, 2013 at 11 a.m. at St.

 

John’s Lutheran Church in Watertown with Rev. Clint Burrows of St. Mark’s

 

Lutheran Church in Richwood officiating. Burial will be at the Lutheran Cemetery

 

in Watertown. Relatives and friends may call at the Hafemeister Funeral Home in

 

Watertown on Friday from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. and at St. John’s Lutheran on

 

Saturday from

 

10 a.m. until the time of the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials

 

 to St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Richwood, or to the charity of one’s

 

choice would be appreciated. Roger was a very generous person and was a

 

tissue donor, and because of this, others will be given the opportunity to see and

 

live a more productive, and

 

satisfying life. The Hafemeister Funeral Home of Watertown is serving the family.

 

Online condolences may be made at www.hafemeisterfh.com.

 

Roger William Suhr was born on February 5, 1951 in Watertown, the son of

 

Norman and Esther (Borth) Suhr. He was a 1969 graduate of the Watertown

 

Senior High School and was the state wrestling champion in his weight class in

 

1969. Roger graduated in 1974 from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point

 

with a degree in Natural Resources. Afterwards Roger worked on the Alaskan Pipeline for a

 

number of years. On June 7, 1980 Roger married Ellen McFarland at St.

 

Bernard’s Catholic Church in Watertown. He and his wife farmed in the Town of

 

Emmet for twenty years. Roger was also a finish carpenter for himself and

 

various contractors in the Watertown area. He was a member of the Isaac

 

Walton League of America. Roger loved the outdoors, especially fishing and

 

hunting at the family cottage. He

 

enjoyed watching his children in various sporting events

 

and traveling together as a family.

 

Roger is survived by his wife Ellen, his three children, Jason (Kendall) Suhr of

 

Waukesha, Julie (Richard) Goss of Fort Atkinson and Robert Suhr of Watertown,

 

his mother-in-law, Ruth McFarland of Watertown, and two grandchildren,

 

Addison

 

and Amelia Suhr. Roger was very excited about his third grandchild that is

 

due in December. He is also survived by a sister, Jane (Dennis) Fischer of

 

Minneapolis,

 

MN and a brother Ronald (Penny) Suhr of Watertown, nieces, nephews, other

 

relatives and many friends. Roger was preceded in death by his parents and his

 

father-in-law Robert McFarland.