Funeral services for Lorraine M. Roth, age 63 of New Leipzig will be 10:00am Thursday, May 18, at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Elgin. Pastor John Amundson will officiate with burial in Zion Lutheran Cemetery.


A family service will be held at 7:00pm on Wednesday evening at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin.


Serving as casketbearers are Bruce, Monte, Chad, and Kirby Mutschelknaus; Miles Stoller, and Darrell Schulz.


LORRAINE MARGARET MUTSCHELKNAUS was born December 30, 1942 in Richardton, ND; the daughter of Arthur and Amelia (Schmautz) Mutschelknaus. She graduated from Elgin High School in 1961 and worked as a dental assistant in Bismarck until her marriage to Bruce Roth on February 15, 1963.


In 1966, they moved to a farm north of New Leipzig and lived there until 1984 when they move into New Leipzig and bought the B & L Lounge.


She enjoyed playing cards, needlework, crafts, and having her family, friends, and faithful pets, Joey and Boots around her. She was a member of Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church and was active in the Heart River Homemakers for many years.


Lorraine passed away on Sunday May 14, 2006 at her home in New Leipzig after a courageous battle with cancer.


Lorraine will be greatly missed by her husband Bruce; one son, Wade (Celestia) Watauga, SD; three daughters, Julie (Walter) Small, Bismarck, ND; Gail (Ted) Hafemann, Hardin, MT; and Tonya (Mike) Kraye, Rapid City, SD; twelve grandchildren; one great grandchild; one sister, Dorothy (Adolph) Wutzke, Oroville, CA; one brother, Roland (Dorothy) Mutschelknaus, New Leipzig, ND; two sisters-in-law, Elaine Mutschelknaus, Elgin, ND; and Terry Mitchum, Butte, MT.


She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, Clarence, Elmer, and Vernon, and three nephews, Trent, Jason and Russell Mutschelknaus.