ical writer. He was first married to Margaret Spence and together they had five children, James, Maureen, Leslee, Gustav and Glenn. They later divorced. On September 30, 1983, Donald and Donna Marie Rogers were married at Grace Lutheran Church in Jesup, IA, and they were blessed with a daughter Amanda, and have enjoyed their years together.Don is survived by his wife, Donna of Brandon; two sons, James Roepke of Haughton LA, Gustav (Theresa) Roepke of Santa Monica, CA; three daughters, Maureen Roepke of Cedar Rapids, Leslee Roepke of Waterloo, IA, and Amanda (Andrew) Johnson of Rowley, IA; 13 grandchildren, Ethan Roepke, Wyatt Roepke, Brianne Roepke, Adam Roepke, Charles "Mitchell" Carpenter, Cole Carpenter, Cameron Carpenter, Gunnar Roepke, Ashley Roepke, Isabella Johnson, Roman Johnson, Abigayle Johnson and Phillip Johnson; one brother, Leland Roepke (Kate Hemingway) of Aurora, IA, two sisters, Annette (Bill) Reimer of Elkader, IA, Mary (Duane) Gerstenberger of Seattle, WA.His parents, Walter Roepke and Carolyn Roepke Brandt; two brothers, William and Kenneth Roepke and one son Glenn Roepke (in infancy), preceded him in death.Don was an active member of Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Independence, IA, and had served in various capacities for local VFW organizations; including, Commander of Bechter-Boies VFW Post #2440, of Independence, IA, and Smith-Geater VFW Post # 8884 of Vinton, IA. He also, had served as the Veteran of Foreign Wars - Department of Iowa, State Commander in 2007 - 2008. To read the full obituary, please click here: http://www.white-mthope.com/component/content/article/2-obituaries/922-donald-w-roepke.html