Sunday 4th January 2026

Mary Lou Roach, age 91, of Pilot Grove, died Thursday, January 2, 2020.

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, January 6with Rosary beginning at 9:40, at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Pilot Grove. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, January 5, at Meisenheimer Funeral Home in Pilot Grove.

Memorials are suggested to St. Joseph Catholic Church or the St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery Foundation.

Preceding Mary Lou in death were her parents, Henry H. and Mary Louisa Gerling, and her husband, Wayne.

Survivors include her three children, Vernon Roach, of Overland Park, KS, Kathleen Stewart, of Overland Park, KS, and Suzanne Nelson-Schien and husband, Bryan Schien, of Orlando; four grandchildren, Katelyn Stewart, of

Chicago, Krista Stewart, of Kansas City, Trent and Brock Nelson, of Orlando; and many nieces and nephews.