Rollie Weis, 97, of Sartell died May 8 at his home in Sartell. His funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 4 at Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, 324 Second Ave. S., in Sauk Rapids. The chaplain James Neppl will officiate and burial will be in the Clear Lake Cemetery. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services on June 4 at the funeral home in Sauk Rapids.
Weis was born Dec. 31, 1924 in Clear Lake to Phillip and Hazel (Boyer) Weis. He honorably served our country in the U.S. Navy during WWII. Rollie married Janette Almer on April 22, 1945 at Peace United Church of Christ in St. Cloud and they were married for 71 years. He worked as a teacher of printing at the St. Cloud Reformatory for 15 years and also was a funeral assistant at Dingmann Funeral Home in Sauk Rapids. Weis was a lifetime member of American Legion Post #277 of Sartell, VFW Post #428 of St. Cloud, and St. Cloud Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie #622. He enjoyed woodworking, framing, hunting, fishing, golfing and traveling with his wife. Weis was strong-willed, generous and had a great sense of humor.
Survivors include the following: his daughter Sue Primus of Sartell; son-in-law Jan Freier of Minnetonka; grandchildren: Melissa (Mark), Sean (Megan) and Mikah (Jessica); and great-grandchildren: Kyle, Dylan, Marin, Kyra, Allie and Nick.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Janette on May 28, 2016; daughter, Sandi Weis Freier; grandson, Sean Thomas Primus; brother, Phillip Weis; and half-brothers, Jack and Robert Nichol.
Von Pinnon has been publishing the St. Joseph Newsleader since 1989, the Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader since 1995 and the Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader since 2015. She graduated from Minnesota State University-Moorhead with degrees in mass communications (with an emphasis on print journalism) and biology. She lives in southeast St. Cloud with her husband and two children.