FLOYD LYNN ROLENS
FLOYD "DUDE" ROLENS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JANUARY 10, 1941, IN OLD MINES, MISSOURI, A SON OF THE LATE RAYMOND AND VERMETTA (THEBEAU) ROLENS. FLOYD DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON MAY 26, 2000, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY-NINE YEARS, FOUR MONTHS AND SIXTEEN DAYS.
FLOYD WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE JANET (WISHON) ROLENS OF NOVEMBER 17, 1962, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI.
FLOYD IS SURVIVED BY FOUR SONS, DANNY ROLENS AND WIFE TINA OF CADET, CHRISTOPHER ROLENS AND WIFE JAMIE OF POTOSI, MIKE SKELTON OF SPRINGFIELD, STEVE SKELTON AND WIFE MICHELLE OF POTOSI, THREE DAUGHTERS, LISA RIDDLE AND HUSBAND RANDY OF CADET, KELLY LUBICH AND HUSBAND JAKE OF POTOSI, DAWN ROLENS OF POTOSI, THIRTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, TWO BROTHERS, LEROY ROLENS AND WIFE KITTY OF POTOSI, ARTHUR ROLENS AND WIFE WILMA OF ST. LOUIS, FIVE SISTERS, MARY BENOIST AND HUSBAND MIKE OF LEADWOOD, SALLY WARREN AND HUSBAND CARL OF BRANSON, KATHY HUMMEL AND HUSBAND BOB OF BLAIR, OKLAHOMA, GEORGIA DEMPSEY AND HUSBAND KENNY OF BLAIR, OKLAHOMA, LAURA THEBEAU OF DESOTO AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND WIFE HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, BRYAN "OLIE" SKELTON.
FLOYD ENJOYED SPENDING TIME IN THE OUTDOORS, FISHING, HUNTING AND RIDING FOUR WHEELERS. HE HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS HE ESPECIALLY ENJOYED THE TIME SPENT WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN. AS THEY ALWAYS KNEW HOW TO BRING A SMILE ON PA PA DUDE'S FACE.
VISITATION WAS HELD SUNDAY, MAY 28, 2000, FROM 2:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED MONDAY, MAY 29, 2000, AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH FATHER GEORGE GALOVICH OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, JAMES ROLENS, DANNY ROLENS, CHRIS ROLENS, STEVE SKELTON, DANNY JOE ROLENS, BRIAN SKELTON, ROY HINDLE AND RANDY RIDDLE.