Gwendolyn Darlene Carter Roepka went home to Jesus on the 25th of September 2022. She was a Nickerson resident for over forty years and spent the last few months in memory care at Legend of Hutchinson.
Gwen was born at a church in Sun City, on Jan. 14, 1928. She spent her younger childhood years in Kansas and moved to the state of Washington when she was around 13 years old. She was a Daddy’s girl growing up and loved being with him as much as possible. After a divorce in the mid 60’s, she moved back to Kansas and worked at Miro Flex Company in Wichita for about ten years. She met the love of her life, Bill Roepka at a dance event at the Cotillion Ballroom in Wichita in 1975 and they were married April 9th, 1976. Over their 40 plus years of marriage they were inseparable. Together they built their forever home in Nickerson with Gwen cleaning up after every saw cut. Even though she was far away from them, Gwen’s family never worried about her after she met Sweet ole Bill due to his constant care, love and respect for her. She had a crazy sense of humor, loved to dance and was proudly known as a spotless housekeeper. While working in the high school lunch room and at Lil Nick, she might have had some favorite kids that got the special Gwen treatment.
Gwen was preceded in death by her parents, one brother and one sister and her beloved son Rufus. Bill passed away July 21, 2022 after a short illness.
Those surviving her include her daughters Winnie Graves of the Seattle, WA area and Diana LeValley of Cape Coral,FL,stepdaughter Cyndi Hart (Dale) of Pueblo, CO, stepsons Bill Roepka Jr (Sheila) of Manhattan KS, Greg Roepka (Sue) of Hutchinson, Tom Roepka (Donna) of Hutchinson, and her numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great grandchildren, nieces and nephews and a crew of her adopted Nickerson “grandkids”.