Victoria Ann "Vickie" Roeder Obituary (1957 - 2019)

Victoria Ann "Vickie" Roeder, 61, of Dwight, passed away at the University of Chicago Medical Center on February 25, 2019. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday March 1, 2019 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Goodfarm. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 2, 2019 also at Trinity Lutheran Church in Goodfarm, IL. Burial will be in Goodfarm Cemetery at a later date. According to Victoria's wishes cremation rites will be accorded. Hager Memorial Home in Dwight is in charge of arrangements. Vickie was born on September 13, 1957 in Champaign, IL a daughter of Robert and Mary (Talbot) Bechmann. She married Robert Roeder on January 14, 1984 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Goodfarm, IL. He survives in Dwight. She is also survived by daughter, Jessica Roeder of Normal; son, Josh Roeder of Dwight; sister, Tracy (Ted) Wolf of Normal; 9 nieces and nephews. Vickie is preceded in death by her parents and a niece, Sara Roeder. Vickie taught elementary school in the Dwight area for 35 years beginning her career at Goodfarm Consolidated School teaching 1st and 2nd grade in a one room school house. Upon Goodfarm's closure she continued her career at Dwight Elementary School where she taught 1st grade until her retirement. Her hobbies included gardening, fishing and playing with her grand dog Reggie. She also enjoyed playing euchre and watching Chicagoland sports. She was especially fond of helping her husband on the family farm. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Goodfarm, IL and will be dearly missed by all who knew her. Memorials in honor of Vickie may be made the American Heart Association or the Alzheimer's Association. Online condolences may be made at www.hagermemorial.com.