Mary Utzinger Roeder
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Savannah, GA - Mary Elizabeth Hewit Utzinger Roeder died November 21, 2021 in Savannah, GA at the age of 100.
Born in Jersey City, NJ, she married Arthur Utzinger in 1940, and they had three sons.
While raising a family, she opened a preschool in Plainfield and when her husband died suddenly in 1962, she gained her real estate license.
In 1964 she met Kenneth Roeder, a Chatham widower with two sons. They married the following year. He died in 1993.
She was predeceased by two brothers, Frank and Hardy, as well as her eldest son, David.
She is survived by Richard Utzinger (Karen), Savannah, GA; Thomas Utzinger, Warren, NJ; R. Kent Roeder (Kathleen), Sparta, NJ; and John Roeder (Clarice), Dacula, GA; Pat Utzinger, Dolylestown, PA, and Linda Utzinger, Mechanicsburg, PA; eight grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandsons.
A service is planned December 18, 2021 the Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church in Plainfield NJ.
In her memory, donations may be made to United Church of Christ of East Goshen, PA, (www.ucceastgoshen.org)
Please read the full obituary and sign the online guestbook at www.foxandweeks.com
Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel, Savannah, GA 912-352-7200.