Ernest Roeill

Obituary of Ernest Roeill ERNEST (ERNIE) ROEILL PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2012, AFTER A LONG FOUGHT BATTLE WITH CANCER. FOR 81 YEARS, WE WERE ALL BLESSED TO HAVE ERNIE WITH US. ERNIE WAS BORN TO THE LATE ERNEST AND MARGARET (CURTIS) ROEILL. HE RESIDED WITH HIS PARENTS AND TWO YOUNGER SIBLINGS IN EAST ROCKAWAY, N.Y. IN 1951, AFTER GRADUATING FROM EAST ROCKAWAY HIGH SCHOOL, ERNIE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY(DURING THE KOREAN WAR CONFLICT). AFTER COMPLETING BOOT CAMP, ERNIE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS ORION. IN 1953, HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO NEW LONDON SUBMARINE BASE, WHERE HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE NUCLEAR SUBMARINE, THE USS NAUTILUS. HE WAS PROUD OF HIS MILITARY SERVICE AND FOR HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE & PROTECT HIS COUNTRY. SHORTLY BEFORE ERNIE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM THE NAVY, HE MET AND MARRIED HIS FIRST WIFE, LILLIAN WASHER. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN, DEBORAH, STEVEN, PATRICK AND WILLIAM AND RAISED THEIR FAMILY IN COPAGUE, N.Y. IN 1979, ERNIE AND LILLIAN'S MARRIAGE ENDED. IN 1981, ERNIE MARRIED NANCY MARTINSEN AND BECAME A LOVING STEPFATHER TO NANCY'S CHILDREN, SHARI AND DONNA. NANCY AND ERNIE RESIDED IN ST. JAMES, N.Y. FOR 37 YEARS, ERNIE WORKED FOR THE NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY, WORKING HIS WAY THROUGH THE COMPANY. HIS TERRITORY WAS MANHATTAN TO MONTAUK. IN 1993, ERNIE AND NANCY RETIRED TO FLORIDA AND THE PLANTATION AT LEESBURG. THEIR LIVES WERE FILLED WITH MANY TREASURED FRIENDS, FUN WITH DARTS, CARDS, COUPLES COUNTRY DANCE, CRUISING ON THE OCEAN, AND ERNIE'S GAME OF GOLF, WITH HIS BUDDIES. HIS LIFE WAS FULL AND SPECIAL. ERNIE AND NANCY JOINED MORRISON METHODIST CHURCH, WHERE ERNIE SERVED AS AN USHER. ERNIE AND NANCY WERE BLESSED WITH 6 CHILDREN, 17 GRANDCHILDREN, 6 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND 6 "BONUS" GRANDCHILDREN. ERNIE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE NANCY, AND HIS LARGE FAMILY. FUNERAL SERVICE IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 AT 11AM AT MORRISON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN LEESBURG WITH A VISITATION 1 HOUR PRIOR TO THE FUNERAL. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE IN ERNIE'S MEMORY TO MORRISON METHODIST CHURCH ENDOWMENT FUND, 1005 W. MAIN ST., LEESBURG, FLORIDA 34748. Services FUNERAL SERVICE IS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 @ 11AM AT MORRISON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN LEESBURG WITH A VISITATION 1 HOUR PRIOR TO THE FUNERAL. Memorial Donations IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, DONATIONS CAN BE MADE IN ERNIE'S MEMORY TO MORRISON METHODIST CHURCH ENDOWMENT FUND, IN LEESBURG, FLORIDA.

Ernest Roeill

September 1, 2012